Collaborators
Given the breadth of our interests, it is not surprising that our projects involve collaborations
with other scientists and students who bring a diversity of skills to our endeavors. Our collaborators also bring a broad cultural diversity that makes our research even more rewarding.

Orchids & Fungi

Richard P. Shefferson
Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Ecology
University of Georgia 

Martin Bidartondo
Lecturer in Fungal Sciences
Imperial College of London
Kew, U.K.

Jeff Diez
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lincoln University, New Zealand

Timothy Filley
Biogeochemist
Purdue University

Dag-Inge Oien
Post doctoral fellow
Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Norway

Hanne Rasmussen
Research Scientist
Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute

D. Lee Taylor
Institute of Arctic Biology
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Terrestrial Ecosystems

Cliff Johnston 
Professor of Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
Purdue University

Martin Cipollini
Plant Ecologist
Berry College, GA

David Gorchov
Associate Professor
Miami University, Ohio

Shoichi Kawano
Smithsonian Institution Regent Fellow
Emeritus Professor
Kyoto University

Richard Pouyat 
Research Forester
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
U.S. Forest Service

Josef Steufer
Plant Ecologist
University of Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Katalin Szlavecz
Invertebrate Soil Ecologist
Johns Hopkins University

Wetlands Ecology

Karin M. Kettenring
Assistant Professor
Department of Watershed Sciences
Utah State University

Andrew Baldwin
Associate Professor
University of Maryland, College Park

Ilka (Candy) Feller
Insect Ecologist
SERC

Thomas Jordan
Chemical Ecologist
SERC

Hiroshi Kudoh
Plant Ecologist
Kobe University, Japan

Landscape Ecology

Ryan King
Assistant Professor
Baylor University, Texas

Jos Verhoeven
Plant Ecologist
Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Denice Wardrop
Research Associate
Penn State University

Don Weller
Quantitative Ecologist
SERC

Coowe Walker
Watershed Specialist
Kachemak Bay Research Reserve, Alaska