People

James Ault, Ph.D.
Plant breeding and propagation, tissue culture, plant evaluation, plant exploration for germplasm acquistion
Contact: jault@chicagobotanic.org

Neal Blair, Ph.D.
Carbon cycling, evolution, and the fate of organic matter in surficial environments
Contact: n-blair@northwestern.edu

Louise Egerton-Warburton, Ph.D.
Soil and fungal ecology
Contact: lwarburton@chicagobotanic.org

Jeremie Fant, Ph.D.
Plant population and conservation genetics
Contact: jfant@chicagobotanic.org

Kayri Havens, Ph.D.
Rare species conservation, invasive biology, reproductive ecology
Contact: khavens@chicagobotanic.org

Patrick Herendeen, Ph.D.
Plant evolution and systematics, paleobotany
Contact: pherendeen@chicagobotanic.org

Andrew Jacobson, Ph.D.
Aqueous geochemistry, radiogenic isotope geochemistry, environmental geochemistry, geomicrobiology
Contact: adj@earth.northwestern.edu

Daniel Larkin, Ph.D.
Ecological restoration and invasive biology
Contact: dlarkin@chicagobotanic.org

Gregory Mueller, Ph.D.

Systematics, diversity, biogeography, ecology, and population biology of mushrooms and other macrofungi, conservation of fungi, mycorrhizas

Contact: gmueller@chicagobotanic.org

Jennifer Schwarz, Ph.D.
Environmental education
Contact: jschwarz@chicagobotanic.org

Krissa Skogen, Ph.D.
Plant Ecology and Demography
Contact: kskogen@chicagobotanic.org

Francesca McInerney, Ph.D.
Isotope ecology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology
Contact: cesca@earth.northwestern.edu

Pati Vitt, Ph.D.
Plant demography, seed banking, climate change
Contact: pvitt@chicagobotanic.org

Stuart Wagenius, Ph.D.
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of habitat fragmentation
Contact: swagenius@chicagobotanic.org

Nyree Zerega, Ph.D.
Plant systematics, conservation, reproductive ecology, crop origins
Contact: n-zerega@northwestern.edu