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Neil Pederson, sorta

Neil Pederson

Assistant professor & tree geek

 

thanks for the pic, Dave!

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Kacie Tackett

Kacie Tackett

 

MS student [aka hemlock grrl] & Summer 2008 Lilley Cornett Woods Old-Growth Forest Intern

Thesis project: "Disturbance history and climatic response of two hemlock-mixed mesophytic forests in the Cumberland Plateau"

Kacie's research was recently featured in the Lexington-Herald. See the associated audio slide show here.

Adrienne Cooper & friend

Adrienne Cooper

 

MS student

Thesis project: "Rediscovering old-growth forests in the Cumberland Plateau: benchmarks for the conservation of the region"

Nathan Malcom

Nathan Malcomb

 

MS student

Thesis project: "Long-term, tree-ring based productivity estimates of coastal forests in the Pacific Northwest"

 

hey Nathan - the old tree is the carrot-looking thing over your left shoulder!!

Eric Comley

 

MS student

Thesis project: TBD

Daniel "the Snail" Douglas

Daniel Douglas

 

 

advisee also working with Dr. David Brown - looking to see if snails might be indicators of old-growth forests on the Cumberland Plateau & The Inner Bluegrass Region.

to say Daniel is interested in snails is an understatement

 

 

pink lady slipper, aka Emily Pyland

Emily Pyland

 

research volunteer, apiring to be the female version of Herme & soon-to-be fan of post oak!

Nick Tomko

Nick Tomko

 

part-time work-study student, developer of a wicked pignut chronology & eagle scout!
 
measuring Lilley oak cross-section

 

Lab Alumni

 

Mad Skillz

Tyler A. Blythe

Tyler Blythe

 

Undergraduate Honors Student '08

Lab project: "Climatic sensitivity of northern and southern chestnut oak populations"

Tyler has begun his MS degree at Colorado State University

Glade Brosi

Glade Brosi

Independent Study Student & Surpeme Morrel Hunter:

Part I of the Whittleton Ridge & Histo-Presto Crue

Glade has begun his MS degree at the University of Kentucky

Clarissa Coring

Clarissa Cook

 

part-time technician [and trivia expert] - creator of much of the Kentucky drought study data

 

Ray Eaton

Ray Eaton

Independent Study Student & Mad Map-maker:

Part II of the Whittleton Ridge & Histo-Presto Crue

Troy Evans

Troy Evanss

 

advisee, independent study student & supreme tech [aka pignut boy]

Lab project: "Drought and Temperature Response of Pignut Hickory, Carya glabra, at Mt. Pleasant, Virginia"

Troy has moved on to work for the National Park Service in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Christine Lattin

Christine Lattin

 

independent study student [aka redd oakk grrl]

Lab project: "The effect of climate on the radial growth of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) in Virginia"

Christine will begin her PhD at Tufts Univesity in Fall '08

Erin Madeen

 

Erin Madeen

part-time work-study student, wearer of Converse sneakers in sub-freezing weather and posessor of ever-changing hair color!

 

yeah, she was cold, BUT Erin never admitted it!

MariaRenee

MariaRenee Mendez

 

part-time technician [and disliker of cold weather; you know, below 70 F] - creator of much of the data for the Daniel Boone National Forest non-Leucobalanus project

Drew Stockwell

Drew Stockwell

Independent Study Student & Summer 2008 Lilley Cornett Woods Old-Growth Forest Intern:

Part III of the Whittleton Ridge & Histo-Presto Crue

 
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