People

People

Jessica Gurevitch

Jessica Gurevitch

Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources
Principal Investigator
765.494.3568

Distinguished Professor & Dean's Research Fellow
FORS 101
195 Marsteller Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Megan Jefferis

Megan Jefferis

Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources
M.S. Student

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
715 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Research interests: invasive terrestrial plants and climate change.

 

Ashley Morris

Ashley Morris

Stony Brook University
Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Ecology & Evolution
650 Life Sciences Building
Stony Brook, NY 11794

Research interests: Pine Barrens; plant-insect-fungal interactions; range expansion.

 

Urmi Poddar

Urmi Poddar

Stony Brook University
Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Ecology & Evolution
650 Life Sciences Building
Stony Brook, NY 11794

Research interests: biological invasions; invasive plants; community assembly.

 

  • Rachel Sclafani, PhD 2021
  • Nicole Kinlock – Ph.D. 2020; Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
  • Morodoluwa Akin-Fajiye – Ph.D. 2019; Postdoctoral Researcher, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
  • Emily Rollinson – Ph.D. 2016; Assistant Professor, East Stroudsburg University, PA
  • Rebecca Grella – Ph.D 2012; Secondary School Teacher and Science Research Director, Brentwood High School, Brentwood, NY; CEO of Foundation for Equity Resources for Community Based Needs (FERN) 
  • Eliza Woo – Ph.D. 2008; Instructor, City College of San Franscisco, CA
  • Kerry Brown – Ph.D. 2004; Senior Lecturer, Kingston University, London, UK
  • Wei Fang – Ph.D. 2003; Assistant Professor, PACE University, NY
  • Paul Teese – Ph.D. 1997; Curator, Bowman’s Hill Preserve, PA
  • Daniel (Max) Taub – Ph.D. 1997; Associate Professor, Southwestern University, TX
  • Proserpina Gomez-Roxas – Ph.D. 1996; Professor, Mindanao State Univ., Philippines, Trustee, Foundation for the Philippine Environment and Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation
  • Janet A Morrison – PhD. 1994; Professor, The College of New Jersey

  • M. Genoveva Rodriguez-Castaneda – 2012-2013, Ph.D, Tulane University; now CEO of Esperantza LLC, WA
  • D. Ed Lowry – 2009-2012, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara; now Assistant Professor, Hampden-Sydney College, VA
  • Elizabeth Leger – 2004-2005, Ph.D., University of California at Davis; now Professor & Director of the Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
  • Katherine Howe – 2003- 2004; Ph.D., University of Washington, now Executive Director, Indy Hunger Network, Indianapolis, IN
  • Maria N. Miriti – 1999-2002; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; now Associate Professor, Ohio State University, OH
  • R. Matthew Landis – 1999-2001; Ph.D., Dartmouth College; now Associate in Science Instruction, Middlebury College,VA and research scientist at ISciences LLC
  • Timothy Howard – 1998-2000; Ph.D., University of Michigan; now Director of Science, NYS Natural Heritage Program
  • Laura Hyatt – 1998-2002; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; now Dean, West Valley College, CA