Assistant Professor in Environmental Sciences and Architecture
Meghan has a joint appointment in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Architecture and started at UVA in August of 2024. Meghan received her BA from Middlebury...
Nick recently completed his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies at VCU (2021-2025) and is currently working on my his Master of Arts in Environmental Sciences at UVA (2025-2026). Nick is...
Salma is a fourth year Biology major and Sociology minor. She is pursuing a pre-dental track and her interests include volunteering in the Charlottesville community, spending time in nature, and...
Emma most recently completed her Master of Science in Forest Biology at the University of Georgia in Scott Merkle’s tree tissue culture lab. Her research interests focus on genomic variability of tree...
Post-Doctoral Climate Fellow, The Environmental Institute
Hanna is joining the lab on a Climate Fellowship from UVA's Environmental Institute. She is interested in determining the genetic architecture of intraspecific variation in tree leaf phenology. Hanna...
Tess is a second-year Environmental Sciences and Environmental Thought & Practice double major with a minor in Urban Planning. She is interested in human/environmental interaction and how to...
Alex recently completed her Ph.D. in the biogeochemistry lab at UVA, where she studied how soil minerals and nutrient dynamics influence forest productivity with the goal of informing more sustainable...
Ethan received his B.A. in Environmental Studies from Vassar College in 2022. He's interested in how we can best prepare forests and ecosystems for climate shifts, and how this preparation coincides...
Carter is interested in how genomics and physiology influence the tradeoff between carbon uptake and water use across the landscape, and how this influences carbon sequestration and water availability...
