Team

Research Interests Plant Ecology Restoration Ecology Invasion Ecology Climate Change Data Visualization Dr. Celis has a broad interest in terrestrial ecosystem processes, in particular how anthropogenic impacts influence these processes. He is currently working on understanding how rising arctic temperatures will affect the C balance of arctic ecosystems. He also Read more…

Aaron is interested in a broad range of questions related to forest carbon dynamics. As a graduate student at NAU, he would like to address the factors affecting annual tree growth (i.e., woody biomass increment), CO2 uptake (from eddy covariance towers), and tree phenology. He will be using long-term ecological Read more…

Dylan’s research investigates plant and fungal range expansion at the boreal arctic ecotone, where average annual temperatures are rising 2.5 times as quickly as the global average. His work explores the nutrient economies of plant symbiotic fungi in two major fungal groups: mycorrhiza and foliar endophytes. His work also seeks Read more…

Betsy is interested in understanding how forests and their capacities to store carbon are changing in light of climate change. She conducts her research on boreal forests in Alaska and Canada that are experiencing novel wildfire regimes.

Fritz’s graduate work will involve sequencing microbial communities in freshwater systems and incorporating microbes in freshwater aquatic ecosystems! Before coming to NAU, Fritz worked as a fisheries technician on the Idaho Steelhead Monitoring and Evaluation Studies project with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. She has also worked with Read more…