Terrestrial Ecosystems and Global Change
Weijie Zhang, a PhD student in Martin Jung’s group at the MPI in Jena, Germany, visit the lab for a month. He presented his work on global patterns of water use efficiency in the Ecoinformatics Seminar and had lots of time to talk about his work with other members of the lab. He also got to ride in a police car!
Darby Bergl presented and defended her prospectus, and received a unanimous thumbs-up from her committee (Mariah, Andrew, and Ted Schuur). Darby’s PhD research will focus on carbon cycling in deciduous forests of New England, with an emphasis on long-term observations and experiments from Bartlett Experimental Forest and the Hubbard Brook and Harvard Forest LTER sites. Congratulations, Darby!
In early January, Natasha and Jacob traveled to Albuquerque to participate in the annual SEV LTER “All Hands” meeting. The two-day meeting featured a workshop to foster two-way conversations between regional land managers and SEV LTER researchers about land management challenges and information needs, and a symposium which featured presentations on current research at SEV. Natasha presented her soil respiration modeling in the symposium.
The photo shows Natasha, LTER PI Jenn Rudgers (University of New Mexico) and Jacob out on the town.
