Faculty
Michelle C. Mack, Ph.D. (she/her)
Professor of Ecosystem Ecology
Office: SLF 300B
Phone: (928) 523-9415
E-mail: michelle.mack@nau.edu
Focus: Ecosystem and community ecology, Plant-soil microbe
interactions
Google Scholar
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Xanthe J. Walker, Ph.D (she/her)
Assistant Professor
E-mail: xanthe.walker@nau.edu
Focus: Wildfire disturbance
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Post-doctoral Associates
Jeremy Forsythe (he / him)
Research Associate
Email: jeremy.forsythe@nau.edu
Website: https://www.jeremyforsythe.dev/
Technicians
Graduate Students
Lab assistants
Alumni
Post-doctoral Associates
- Charles Truettner, Ph.D. Current Position: Senior Manager, Climate Science at American Forests.
Email: ctruettner@americanforests.org - Rebecca Hewitt, Ph.D. Current Position: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Amherst College.
Email: rhewitt@amherst.edu - Mari Könönen, Ph.D. Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
E-mail: maritkononen@gmail.com - Mélanie Jean, Ph.D. Current Position: Assistant professor, Université de Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
E-mail: melanie.jean@umoncton.ca - Taryn Morris, Ph.D. Current Position: BirdLife South Africa.
E-mail: tarynleemorris@gmail.com - April Melvin, Ph.D. Current Position: Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
E-mail: amelvin@nas.edu
Website - Camila Pizano, Ph.D. Current Position: Associate Professor, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia.
E-mail: pizanoc@gmail.com
Website - Heather Alexander, Ph.D. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Auburn University.
Email: heather.alexander@auburn.edu - Catherine L. Cardelús, Ph.D. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Colgate University.
E-mail: ccardelus@colgate.edu
Website - Martin Lavoie, Ph.D. Current Position: Research Scientist, St. Francis Xavier University.
E-mail: martin21skifond@gmail.com - Ricardo Holdo, Ph.D. Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Georgia.
E-mail: rholdo@uga.edu
Website
Lab Managers
- Samantha Miller
- Melissa Boyd
Graduate Students
- Ellery Vaughan, Former M.S. Student
Current Position: Ph.D. Student in ESPM Department at U.C. Berkeley in the Silver Lab
E-mail: ellery_vaughan@berkeley.edu - Betsy Black, Former M.S. Student
Current Position: Data Analyst Fellow at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education with the US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
E-mail: betsyblack93@gmail.com - Brian Izbicki, Ph.D. Former PhD Student
Current Position: Research Fellow with the US Forest Service
E-mail: brian.izbiki@usda.gov - Lauren Kemper , Former M.S. student
- Haley Dunleavy, Ph.D. Former PhD Student
Current Position: Communication and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager at Toolik Field Station.
E-mail: hdunleavy@alaska.edu - Julia Stuart, Ph.D. Former PhD Student
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Michigan Tech University.
E-mail: juliamstuart@gmail.com - Laura Schreeg, Ph.D. Former PhD Student
Current Position: AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow.
E-mail: laura_schreeg@brown.edu - Silvia Alvarez-Clare, Ph.D. Former PhD Student
Current Position: Tree Conservation Ecologist & Center for Tree Science Academic Mentor, The Morton Arboretum.
E-mail: silvia.alvarez.clare@gmail.com
Website - Jennie DeMarco, Ph.D. Former PhD Student
Current Position: Lecturer in Environment & Sustainability, Western Colorado University.
E-mail: jdemarco@western.edu
Website - James Eddie Watkins, Ph.D. Former PhD Student
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Colgate University
E-mail: jwatkins@colgate.edu
Website - Leslie Boby, Former M.S. Student
Current Position: Extension Associate at Southern Regional Extension Forestry in Georgia.
E-mail: bobyleslie@yahoo.com - Jennifer Schafer, Ph.D. Former Ph.D. Student
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Winthrop University.
E-mail: schaferj@winthrop.edu - Beth Silverman Sprenkle, Former M.S. Student
Current Position: Environmental Consultant in Virginia.
E-mail: bsprenkle@wetlandstudies.com - Damion Graves, Former M.S. Student
- Simon McClung, Former M.S. Student.
E-mail: simon.mcclung@gmail.com - Barry Kaminsky, Former M.S. Student
E-mail: barrykaminsky@ufl.edu - Brian Howard, Former M.S. Student
E-mail: bh679@nau.edu - Briana Jasinski, Former M.S. Student
E-mail: blj92@nau.edu
Technicians
- Aradhana Roberts
- Norma Rivera
- Nell Smith
- Ayla Martinez
- Julia Reiskind
- Grace Crummer
- Camilo Mojica
- Alison Houlihan
- Jenny Rocca
- Erica Barraza
- Aisha Goodman
- Amber Borner
Graduate Lab Assistants
- Abhishek Mishra
- Chaitra Venus
- Jocelyne Valenzuela
Participants in NSF-funded REU Program
- Stephanie Juice (Cornell University)
- Alison Czerniak (Utah State University)
- Catherine Pociask (Michigan State University)
- Julie Meyers (University of Massachusetts)
- Laura Gutierrez (Tufts University)
- Charmagne Waskowski (University of Florida)
- Lila Middlefort (University of Minnesota)
- Bernice Hwang (Wellesley College)
- Kamala Earl (University of Florida)
- Violet Eklund (Northern Arizona University)
Undergraduate Lab Assistants
- Abby Lee
- Liz Brown
- Tasha Johnson
- Dayong Lee
- Corey Hanlon
- Megan Lipscey
- Tolu Bayonde
- Asaf Naor
- Kacie Pounds
- Amanda Rodriguez
- Phinecia Bright
- Charlie Nappi
- Kim Dalve
- Rafael Mendoza
- Jesse Buckles
- Ryan Norman
- Corey Rafael
- Anne Baker
- Adam Czaya
- Jennifer Pietarila
- Carolyn Tales
- Rady Ho
- Erin Kaczmarowski
- Liam Horn
- Alec Avey
- Carson Prieur
- Moises Ceja
- Luna Hale
- Marice Lopez
- Donna Berezowski
- K’andre Mays
- Victoria Fernandez
- Meredith Willingham
- Brittany Pashkow
- Michelle Montoya
- Meagan Flodeen
- Stephanie DiBiasio
- Stacy Samlal
- Olivia Vazquez
- Shantelle Bartra
- Hailun Zhu
- Nils Pederson
- Tiffany Otero
- Chase Mason
- Ashley Gordon
- Angelee Hendry
- Mirela Vasconcelos
- Dat Nygyen
- Josh Kritzer
- Erika Giblin
- Jackie Wescott
- Oona Takano
- Ashley Farquharson
- Austin Denny
- Bethany Avera
- Brandi Jo Petronio
- Cate Welch
- Catharine Pociask
- Madison Grout
- Paige Mohl
- Sherydan Quinn
- Tyler Gault
- Katie Holland
- Michael Pisano
- Marley Webster
- Shannon Barton
- Kira Harvey
- Lyle Becenti
- Chance Nelson
- Ryan Perez
- Elyanna Juarez
- Harlan Tso
- Viviana Penuela
- Chantelle Hoilett
- Katie Evans
- Emily Tissier
- Emily Becks
- Gaby Blohm
- Garrett Arnold
- James Lange
- Jamia Nelson
- Jessica McGuire
- Julie Meyers
- Kira Taylor-Hoar
- Natalie Izaguirre
- Laura Morales
- Peter Ganzlin
- Sarah Lane
- Stephanie Oleksyk
- Lauren Michaels
- Alicia Sendrowski
- Randell Louis
- Deme Panos
- Laura Palomino
- Viri Quinonez
- Ryann Whealy
- Devyn Webb
- Makenna Hopwood
- Abegayle Borro
- Victoria Sierra
- Krystal Vazquez
- Vincent Ramirez
- Talon Perkins
- Alexandria Jim
- Miguel Sotelo
- Makenna Haley
- Elishka Pierce
- Isabel Andrade-Munoz
- Violet Eklund
- Sophie Dunbar
- Sarah Smith
- Taryn Toombs
- Shelby Morgan
- Michele Miray
- Nathan Krstich
- Jacob Nunn
- Zoey Ford
- Ian Stepanek
- Maya Kurkhill
- Kristen Bauck
- Cassandra McCombie