I graduated from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, and received my B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Science.

As a Research Technician I am responsible for the work that goes through Terry Chapin's lab. This means that I am always busy with fifty different things! I am processing samples and managing data for the Bonanza Creek LTER Artificial Communities Experiment, as well as the Nutrient Limitation Experiment. This summer I'll be helping set up the Managing Fire with Fire in Alaska Black Spruce Forests project to examine the relationship of landscape and regional patterns of germination, survivorship, and growth of seedlings across a range of site conditions (moisture, fire severity).

I also coordinate the lab space and equipment, help with other research that needs to be processed or analyzed, build trenches, and basically anything else people need from me. As long as I can get into the field from time to time, I'm happy.