People

Dr. Meghan Blumstein

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Principal Investigator

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...

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Salma Haskett

Undergraduate Student

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...

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Emma Land

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PhD Student, Environmental Science

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...

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Dr. Alex Rice

Research Technician

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...

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Carter Watson

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PhD Student, Environmental Science

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...

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