People

Jason McLachlan

Lab Principle Investigator

Jody Peters

Program Manager
Ecological Forecasting Initiative (ecoforecast.org)
PalEON (paleonproject.org)

Alyssa Willson

Graduate Student

Nathan Kroeze

Graduate Student

Cazimir Kowalski

Graduate Student

Hannah O’Grady

Graduate Student

Former Graduate Students and Post-Docs

Master’s Students

PhD Students

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Kira Sullivan-Wiley (2020-2021)
  • Yi-Hsin Erica Tsai (2013-2014)
  • Andria Dawson (2013-2014)
  • Zuofeng Shang (2011-2012)
  • Lynn Anderson-Carpenter (2006-2008)

Undergraduate Students

“*” indicates students who were co-authors on Publications

Emma Ackerley
Charlotte Adema
Santana Almeida
Aleah Appling
Kate Augustine
Katheryn Barnhart
Kimberly Bauer
Garrett Blad
Erin Bouquet
Theresa Brenberg
Caitlin Broderick*
Brianna Brown
Amanda Brueger
Bridget Bruns
Clare Buntrock
Josephine Chau
Will Chronister
Henri Chung
Alexandra Collaco
Jacklyn Cooney
Margaret Corcoran
Mariel Cuellar
Matthew Donahue
Chris Esber
James Evans
Isaac Evans
Nicole Fantozzi
Anita Feng
Marilia Figueiredo
Kelsey Flood*

Ben Foster*
Chloe Friend
Hayden Gallo*
Marissa Gaskill
Chris Glueck
Quercus Hamlin* – participated as a high school & undergrad student
Annie (Ye Na) Han
Alec Helmke
Nina Hemm
Julia Jones
Da Som Kim
Marissa Kivi
Rachel Koch
Mitchell Larson
Hannah Legatzke
Jenny Lesko
Anna Levesque
Andrew Marlin
Claire Mattison
Kyle McAvoy
Meredith McClain
Regine McCormack
Emily Mears
Chelsea Merriman
Nikki Micelotta
Emily Miller
Michelle Mueller
Alex Muench

A.J. Nelson
Sara Niedbalski
Luke Onken
Camille Patton
Annie Pappas
Alexandra Park
Camille Patton
Kaitlin Powers
Connor Powers
Grace Saalman
Sarah Skolozynski
Casey Samagalsky
Yerania Serrato-Bucio
Abby Shepard
Ian Shuman
Mike Spoltore
Reed Stevens
Matt Stewart
Brady Stiller*
Arturo Tablada
Will Tintor
Zoe Volenec
Alexis Waldschmidt
Evan Welsh
Christina Wiech
Dan Williams*
Mairead Willis
Yun Xing
Kate Zenker

Undergraduate Capstone Projects Advised

  • Ian Shuman (2023): Applying a Generalized Joint Attribute Model to the Historical Vegetation-Environment Relationship in the Midwestern United States (Forthcoming)
  • Michael Spoltore (2020): Challenges of multiple stable states for ecosystem management.
  • Marissa Kivi (2019): Understanding New England tree species dynamics with data
  • assimilation
  • Caitlin Broderick (2017): Reconstructing the pre-settlement vegetation of the Yellow River watershed and its implications for restoration and land management
  • Amanda Buerger (2015): Implementing the Use of The Nature Conservancy of Indiana’s Invasive Species List at the University of Notre Dame (co-advised with Barbara Hellenthal)