Tyler is a postdoctoral researcher in the Silver Lab, and received his PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management in the Silver Lab at University of California, Berkeley.  He is an ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist who is broadly interested in understanding ecosystem dynamics, including nutrient cycling and the controls on ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions. He conducts both basic and applied research to understand the drivers of ecosystem nutrient cycling and greenhouse emissions, mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our global food system. His research uses a combination of long-term in-situ ecosystem monitoring fieldwork, targeted experiments using several analytical techniques, and modelling to better understand the drivers and mechanisms of ecosystem nutrient cycling and greenhouse gas emissions.