RESTORATION ECOLOGY LAB and STUDENTS

 

 

The Ecology Lab operates out of the Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington. Students and faculty in the lab combine techniques from horticulture with the understanding of ecological processes to restore, repair and manage ecosystems. Current and past lab members have worked on coastal and freshwater wetlands, prairies, oak woodlands, oak savannas, thornscrub, riparian systems, steppe, streams, arctic and sub-arctic environments, eelgrass and kelp meadows, bioswales, vernal pools, capped landfills.

Current graduate students and their interests:

Caren Crandell, (Ph.D.) Schoenoplectus pungens restoration and grazing impact.
Amy Lambert, (Ph.D.) Prairie restoration, art
Rodney Pond, (Ph.D.) Riparian restoration
Wendy DesCamp (M.S.) Invasive species
Alaine Sommargren (M.S.) Black lily restoration
Ben Peterson (M.S.) Restoration
Ginger Tennant (Ph.D) Eelgrass restoration
Mike Hannam (M.S.) Eelgrass restoration
Joel Breems (M.S.) Eelgrass restoration
Dangelei Fox (M.S.) Riparian restoration