Suding Lab Group
 

We are a research group in community and restoration ecology at UC Berkeley directed by Katharine Suding. We are a field-oriented laboratory, using a combination of long-term monitoring, modeling and experimental approaches from population to community to ecosystem levels of ecological organization. We work in grasslands, rangelands, oak woodlands, and alpine tundra.



Principal Investigator

Katherine Suding Katharine Suding
suding (at) berkeley.edu
Associate Professor
Plant community ecology, restoration, invasion, traits, soil feedbacks
Here is her CV...



Postdocs

Claudia Stein
cstein (at) berkeley.edu
Postdoc
Biodiversity and ecosystem function, invasion and seed limitation


Emily Farrer
ecfarrer (at) berkeley.edu
Postdoc, PhD '10 University of Michigan
Plant-soil microbe interactions, alpine tundra
Emily's website


Sara Jo Dickens
sara.jo.dickens (at) berkeley.edu
Postdoc, PhD '10 University of California Riverside
Plant, soil restoration and fire ecology, above and belowground feedbacks, biogeochemical cycling in reference to ecosystem ecology and exotic plant invasion


Seema Mangla
manglas(at) berkeley.edu
Postdoc, PhD '10, Oregon State University
Ecological restoration and management for sustainable ecosystems



Graduate Students

Loralee Larios
llarios (at) berkeley.edu
PhD Student, 4th year
Plant-soil dynamics, invasion of California grasslands


Hui Gao
huigao2009 (at) yahoo.cn
Visiting PhD Student, Nankai University, 4th year PhD
Population dynamics, grazing, Stipa, rangeland diversity


Lauren Hallett
lauren.hallett (at) berkeley.edu
PhD Student, 2nd year
Mechanisms of species diversity, novel ecosystems, serpentine grasslands


Joanna Hsu
jhsu118 (at) gmail.com
PhD Student, 1st year
Community diversity, plant population dynamics, alpine tundra



Technicians

Liana Nichols
liana (at) berkeley.edu
Lab Manager


Zoe Statman-Weil
zstatmanweil (at) gmail.com
Lab Assistant




Undergraduate Students

Alex Christensen
alex_christensen (at) berkeley.edu
Undergraduate Student
Soil characteristics and invertebrate populations in SF bay marshes



Some of our alumni... thanks so much!

  • Lisa August-Schmidt (former technician), PhD student, UC Santa Barbara
  • Heather McGray (PhD 2011, UCI), postdoc Univ of Texas Austin
  • Brad Butterfield (former postdoc)
  • Susana Rodriguez-Buritica (former postdoc), postdoc University of Arizona
  • Leah Goldstein (PhD September 2010, UCI)
  • Marko Spasojevic (PhD September 2010, UCI), postdoc UC Davis
  • Rebecca Aicher (PhD August 2010, UCI)
  • Charlotte Riggs (former technician), PhD student, University of Minnesota
  • Michelle Chang (former technician), Masters student, UC Santa Barbara
  • Isabel Ashton (former postdoc), ecologist, National Park Service
  • Elsa Cleland (former postdoc), assistant professor, UCSD
  • Emily Grman (former technician), PhD student, Michigan State
  • Erin Hayes (former technician), location unknown...
  • W. Stanley Harpole (former postdoc), assistant professor, Iowa State
  • Diana Hsueh (former technician), Masters student, Columbia
  • Kimberly Komatsu (former undergrad), PhD student, Yale
  • Chris Kopp (former technician), PhD student, UCSD
  • Dan Potts (former postdoc), assistant professor, Buffalo State
  • William Schlegel (former technician), rare plant specialist USFS
  • Warren Sconiers (former REU, technician), PhD student, Texas A&M
  • Rebecca Shirk (former technician), PhD student, Georgia
  • Jane G. Smith (former technician), PhD student, NMSU
  • Matt Talluto (MS '07), PhD student, U Wyoming
  • Ryan Winkleman (former REU, undergrad), environmental consultant
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