The members of our group

Faculty:

Ram Oren, Professor - CV, Mail

Sari Palmroth, Research Assistant Professor - Mail

Post-Docs:

Hyun-Seok Kim, PhD 2009 - Dissertation title: "Measurement and modeling of radiation and water fluxes in plantation forests." Mail

Current students:

Eric Ward, PhD - Dissertation title: "Improving Models of Forest Carbon and Water Cycling: Revisiting Assumptions and Incorporating Variability." Web, Mail

A. Christopher Oishi, PhD - Mail

Dohyoung Kim, PhD - Mail

Visiting Scholars:

Gau Quiang, Graduate student

Former students:

Mathieu Thérézien, MS 2008 - Thesis title: "Coniferous small-scale canopy architecture and its influence on satellite retrieval of leaf area index." Mail

Joshua Uebelherr, MS 2008 - Thesis title: "The effects of plant-area index on precipitation throughfall and its spatiotemporal variation among deciduous and evergreen forests."

Heather McCarthy, PhD 2007 - Dissertation title: "Long-term effects of elevated CO2, soil nutrition, water availability and disturbance on carbon relations in a loblolly pine forest." Currently Post-Doc, Dept. of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine. Web link

Karina Schäfer, PhD 2002 - Disserttion title "Effects of increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations on water and carbon relations of four co-occurring tree species." Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Rutgers University. Web link

Brent Ewers, PhD 1999 - Dissertation title: "Effect of water and nutrient supply on mean canopy stomatal conductance of Pinus taeda and Picea abies." Currently Associate Professor, Dept. of Botany, University of Wyoming. Web link

Diane Pataki, PhD 1998 - Dissertation title: "Water use of co-occurring species in response to environmental conditions at varying temporal scales." Currently Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine. Web link

Nathan Phillips, PhD 1997 - Dissertation title: "Spatial and temporal properties of whole-tree and forest-level water transport." Currently Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, Boston University. Web link

Peter Jipp, PhD 1997 - Dissertation title: "Patterns of water-use in remnant and recovering forests following anthropogenic disturbance." Currently a Sr. Forestry Specialist, South Asia Agriculture & Rural Development Unit at the World Bank

Philip Todd, PhD 1995 - Dissertation title: "Use of a local mass balance method to determine the effects of soil water content on canopy conductance and to estimate forest stand evapotranspiration in a natural forest and in growth chambers." Currently at the FBI

Staff:

Jeff Pippen, Field Manager - Mail

Melissa Chernick, Field Assistant - Mail

Chelsea Maier, Lab Assistant - Mail

Yavor Parashkevov, Data Manager - Mail


Affiliates:

Gabriel Katul, Professor - Web, Mail

Kim Novick, PhD student - Mail