People
Principal Investigator
Jason Fridley
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Clemson University
132 Long Hall
Clemson, SC 29634
fridley@clemson.edu
Lab Members - Clemson
Jeff Hamilton
Lab Manager
MS, University of Georgia
Aakriti Joshi
PhD student
MS, University of Göttingen
Jenna Martineau
PhD student
BS, Youngstown State University
Lab Alumni - Syracuse
Robert Griffin-Nolan
Postdoc, 2019-2022
Leaf function of woody invaders
Andrew Askew
Technical Director, 2007-2017
Buxton Climate Change Impacts Laboratory, UK
Mark Lesser
Postdoc, 2012-2014
Microclimates and tree growth in the Great Smoky Mountains
Alex Ebert
PhD, 2022
Arbuscular mycorrhizas and root traits in native and invasive woody shrubs (with Doug Frank)
Jordan Stark
MS, 2022
Drivers and effects of microclimatic variation in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Julie LeVonne
MS student
Home-away leaf function in woody invaders
Victoria Hull
MS, 2019
The effect of invasive plants on soil microbial activity in a NY temperate forest (with Doug Frank)
Luka Negoita
PhD, 2018
The effect of plant dispersal on ecosystem function
Elise Hinman
PhD, 2018
Survival in the forest understory: resilience and resistance to damage in native and invasive woody plants
Kelsey Martinez
PhD, 2018
Comparative ecophysiology of native and invasive plants across populations, species, and continents
Insu Jo
PhD, 2015
Linking above- and belowground resource-use strategies of native and invasive species (with Doug Frank)
Mason Heberling
PhD, 2015
Functional traits and resource-use strategies of native and invasive plants in Eastern North American forests
Andrew Siefert
PhD, 2014
Intraspecific trait variation and community assembly in old-field grasslands (with Mark Ritchie)
Catherine Ravenscroft
PhD, 2013
Local adaptation to climate change in a calcareous grassland system
Josh Lynn
BS, 2013
Latitudinal variation in herbivory intensity in Solidago altissima
Sophia Cohen Technician, 2021-22
Danny Yeo Undergrad thesis student, 2021-22
Arrin Shepp Technician, 2021-22
Skye Austin ESA SEEDS/SPUR Fellow, 2021
Fang Bao Visiting Scholar, 2018-19
Noelle Stevens REU student, 2019
Lauren Woolhiser Undergrad thesis student, 2017-18
Deliang Kong Visiting scholar, 2017-18
Matt Barni REU student, 2017
Dave Atkins REU student, 2017
Diamond Nwaeze REU student, 2015
Alice (Fox) Lindsay Lab Manager, Field Technician
Mara McPartland Technician, Succession Project, 2014
John Wiley Technician, Succession Project, 2014
Emily Pipher Lead Tech, Succession Project, 2012
Jeff Chieppa Technician, Succession Project, 2012
Steve Anderson Technician, 2010-2011
Paulette Lloyd Undergrad thesis student (ESF), 2010
Robert Ramos Undergrad thesis student, 2009
Steve Maheux Undergrad thesis student, 2009
Rachel Suhl Undergrad thesis student, 2008
Alaä Craddock Lab director, 2006-2011