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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”42″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”32″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”29″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”45″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Principle Investigators” tab_id=”1547232558743-6948db76-2f8e”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Mark Paschke<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”149″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Professor, and
\nShell-endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology,
\nDept. of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship<\/em><\/p>\n

Associate Dean of Research,
\nWarner College of Natural Resources<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]email: mark.paschke at colostate.edu<\/p>\n

Research Interests:\u00a0<\/strong>Restoration and ecology of disturbed ecosystems, soil and rhizosphere biology, ecology of invasive plant species, nitrogen biogeochemistry, biology of Frankia<\/em> and actinorhizal plants, ecology of plant-microbe interactions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”212″ img_size=”50×50″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=gqWU_2cAAAAJ”][vc_single_image image=”216″ img_size=”50×50″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Mark_Paschke”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Jayne Jonas<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”154″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Research Scholar,
\n Dept. of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship<\/em><\/p>\n

email: jayne.jonas-bratten at colostate.edu[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Research Interests:\u00a0<\/strong>Restoration and ecology of disturbed ecosystems, grassland and scrubland ecology, grasshopper ecology, ecology of invasive plant species, ecology of plant-insect interactions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”212″ img_size=”50×50″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=KYJ2Y6oAAAAJ&hl=en”][vc_single_image image=”216″ img_size=”50×50″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Jayne_Jonas”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Graduate Students” tab_id=”1547232558753-8e0e2e53-afeb”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Shabana Hoosein<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”192″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]PhD Candidate,
\nGraduate Degree Program in Ecology<\/i><\/p>\n

email: shabana.hoosein at colostate.edu[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Dissertation research: <\/strong>I am a community ecologist interested in plant and arbuscular mycorrhiza community dynamics within grassland systems. My current research is in the tallgrass prairie at Platte River Prairies in eastern Nebraska. With my research, I\u2019m hoping to better understand plant and mycorrhizal dynamics to aid in the restoration of grassland plant communities.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”216″ img_size=”50×50″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Shabana_Hoosein”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Ryan Schroeder<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”223″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]MS Student,
\nGraduate Degree Program in Ecology<\/i><\/p>\n

email: ryan.schroeder at colostate.edu[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Thesis research:\u00a0<\/strong>I am studying the soil seed bank composition of several semi-arid shrubland ecosystems throughout Colorado, from a high-elevation sagebrush park to Colorado Plateau salt desert shrublands. My findings will help natural resource managers better understand the potential limitations that the soil seed bank might pose to ecological restoration projects in degraded sites of these ecosystems.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”212″ img_size=”50×50″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=mcH6hLoAAAAJ&hl=en”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Ryan Lawrence<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”239″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]MS Student,
\nGraduate Degree Program in Ecology<\/i><\/p>\n

email: ryan.lawrence at colostate.edu[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Thesis research:\u00a0<\/strong>My research investigates whether soil seed banks of native ruderal species can be used as a restoration tool to minimize Bromus tectorum invasion in Colorado’s semiarid grasslands.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Alumni” tab_id=”1547234740881-46428eef-0e48″][vc_toggle title=”Ph.D. Alumni” style=”arrow”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mabruka Abubaira<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Ecology
\n(2019)<\/td>\n		Dissertation title:Restoring plant and insect community diversity in a crested wheatgrass dominated area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quy Khuc<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Forestry
\n(2018)<\/td>\n		Dissertation title:\u00a0An integrated eco-socio-economic analysis of forest transition and forest restoration in Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position:\u00a0Post-doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Geography, University of Alabama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00c9lan Alford<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Ecology
\n(2011)<\/td>\n		Dissertation title: Plant selenium accumulation and the rhizosphere effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current position: Biologist, WRA Environmental Consultants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Ryan Busby<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Ecology
\n(2011)<\/td>\n		Dissertation title: Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum<\/em> L.) interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the North American steppe: Prevalence and diversity of associations, and divergence from native vegetation.<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position: US Army Engineer Research and Development Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tom Grant<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Ecology
\n(2011)<\/td>\n		Dissertation title: Plant-soil feedbacks: a potential tool to improve management of invasive knapweeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current position: Faculty, Western Colorado University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jos\u00e9 Valdez-Barilla<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2008)<\/td>\n		Dissertation title: Dinitrogen fixation in white locoweed (Oxytropis sericea<\/em> var. sericea<\/em>) and swansonine production<\/a>. (co-advised with Dennis Child)<\/p>\n

Current position: Faculty, Texas A&M University, San Antonio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Paul Meiman<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2003)<\/td>\n		Dissertation title: Invasion ecology of Knapweed (Centaurea<\/em> spp. L.): Competition, establishment and interactions with soil biota<\/a>. (co-advised with Ed Redente)<\/p>\n

Current position: Faculty, Colorado State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”M.S. Alumni” style=”arrow”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Amy Goodrich<\/strong>
\nM.S. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2016)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Assessing vegetation reestablishment on disturbed high mountain lakeshores following historic dam removal in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA<\/a> (co-advisor with Paul Meiman)<\/p>\n

Current position:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sasha Victor<\/strong>
\nM.S. Ecology
\n(2015)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Restoring Populations of Threatened Physaria Species in the Piceance Basin<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position: Restoration researcher, MPG Ranch, Montana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Catherine<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nCumberland<\/strong>
\nM.S. Ecology
\n(2014)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Interactions between\u00a0Bromus tectorum<\/em>, grasshoppers, and native plants in sagebrush steppe communities<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position:\u00a0Ph.D Student, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Amber Shanklin<\/strong>
\nM.S. Ecology
\n(2014)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Experimental restoration treatments for burn pile fire scars in conifer forests of the Front Range, Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position:\u00a0Pikes Peak Region Conservation Director, Palmer Land Trust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Garrett Stephens<\/strong>
\nM.S. Ecology
\n(2014)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Understory responses to mechanical removal of pinyon-juniper overstory<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position:\u00a0Conservation Forester and Staff Supervisor, Jefferson Conservation District, Denver CO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Stephanie Barr<\/strong>
\nM.S. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2013)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Optimal seed mixtures and seeding rates for restoration of surface disturbances on Colorado shortgrass steppe<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position: Rangeland Management Specialist,\u00a0Pawnee National Grassland, United States Forest Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Cassandra\u00a0<\/strong>
\nStube<\/strong>
\nM.S. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2012)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Interactions between\u00a0Bromus tectorum<\/em>\u00a0L. (Cheatgrass) and native ruderal species in ecological restoration<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position:\u00a0Corporate Trainer, Nite Ize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Brock Bowles<\/strong>
\nM.S. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2011)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Development of a sagebrush steppe plant community 33 years after surface disturbance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current position: Environmental Protection Specialist, Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Zoe Miller<\/strong>
\nM.S. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2011)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: An investigation of nitrogen fixation by russet buffaloberry in Colorado conifer forests.<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position: State Botanist\/Ecologist, BLM New Mexico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Christopher Herron<\/strong>
\nM.S. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2010)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Using native annual plants to suppress weedy invasive species in post-fire habitats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current position: Research Associate, Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tim Hoelzle<\/strong>
\nM.S. Rangeland Ecology
\n(2010)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Factors controlling long-term development of a sagebrush steppe ecosystem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current position: Restoration Ecologist, USDI Office of the Secretary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Matt Schultz<\/strong>
\nM.S. Ecology
\n(2008)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Soil ecological interactions of spotted knapweed and native plant species.<\/a><\/p>\n

Current position: New Mexico Environment Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00c9lan Alford<\/strong>
\nM.S. Ecology
\n(2006)<\/td>\n		Thesis title: Soil ecological interactions of invasive knapweeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current position: Biologist, WRA Environmental Consultants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Research Staff” style=”arrow”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Brett Wolk<\/strong><\/td>\nREL Lab Manager\u00a0(2008-2013)
\nCurrent position:\u00a0Assistant Director, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julie Rieder<\/strong><\/td>\nPost-doctoral Research Associate\u00a0(2006-2010)
\nCurrent position:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura Perry<\/strong><\/td>\nPost-doctoral Research Associate\u00a0(2004-2008)
\nCurrent position:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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