Jennifer Talbot and Steven Allison honored as distinguished UCI alums

Congratulations to Jenny Talbot and Steve Allison, who were each named Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholar Alumni Honorees in UCI’s Celebration of Graduate Success. Only 50 alums from UCI’s history received this honor. Jenny Talbot is a PhD alum from Treseder Lab, and she is now an Assistant Professor at Boston University. You can read about her…Continue Reading Jennifer Talbot and Steven Allison honored as distinguished UCI alums

News coverage: Severe wildfires worst for soil microbes

Sandra Holden’s dissertation research has been covered in the online news site EnvironmentalResearchWeb: Severe wildfires worst for soil microbes The news story covers her recent publication in Environmental Research Letters: Holden, S. R., B. M. Rogers, K. K. Treseder, and J. T. Randerson. 2016. Fire severity influences the response of soil microbes to a boreal…Continue Reading News coverage: Severe wildfires worst for soil microbes

Amanda Aprahamian’s undergraduate honors thesis accepted for publication

Congratulations to Amanda Aprahamian, whose undergraduate honors thesis was just accepted for publication in Botany! Amanda interned at the Irvine Ranch Conservancy, where she worked with Megan Lulow. Mia Maltz was her graduate student mentor at UCI. Aprahamian, A. M., M. E. Lulow, M. R. Major, K. Balazs, K. K. Treseder, and M. R. Maltz. 2016….Continue Reading Amanda Aprahamian’s undergraduate honors thesis accepted for publication

Caitlin Looby’s new article in Cultures Magazine

Check out Caitlin Looby’s article in the Microbes and Climate Change issue of Cultures Magazine: Invisible Power Players in Climate Change Caitlin is a PhD candidate in Treseder Lab. She studies fungi in the cloud forests of Costa Rica. You can view her website here; http://caitlinlooby.weebly.com/…Continue Reading Caitlin Looby’s new article in Cultures Magazine

Caitlin Looby’s first chapter accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution

Congratulations to Caitlin! Her first dissertation chapter, “Belowground responses to elevation in a changing cloud forest”, has been accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution. It describes her research on soils along an elevational gradient in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Caitlin is a PhD candidate in Treseder Lab, and her website can be found here: http://caitlinlooby.weebly.com/ Looby,…Continue Reading Caitlin Looby’s first chapter accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution