Michael W. Palmer

mike.palmer@okstate.edu

PhD: Duke University, 1988.

I study the determinants of species richness at all spatial scales, from the microcosm to the continent. I have used a variety of methods, including meta-analysis of floristic data, greenhouse microcosms, computer simulations, permanent plot data, and field experiments. Particular projects include an analysis of North American floras, analysis of ordination methods, studies on microcommunities emerging from soil seed banks, the flora of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, the vegetation of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, the distribution of Costa Rican rain forest trees, analysis of species-area curves, methods for extrapolating biodiversity, applications of fractal geometry, forest dynamics in an old-growth North Carolina forest, succession following catastrophic wind disturbance in Minnesota, and several others. More recently I have become interested in the diversity of plant viruses, and the development of sustainable biofuels.

Daniel J. McGlinn

daniel.mcglinn@okstate.edu

PhD candidate

I am interested in the scaling of species diversity in space and time, neutral theory, and theory related to restoration ecology. I am addressing these research questions within the context of the tall grass prairie ecosystem.

Vaskar Thapa

vaskar.thapa@okstate.edu

PhD candidate

My research interests are focused on plant virus biodiversity and ecology. The distribution patterns of plant viruses and factors that determine the plant host range are my major areas of investigation.

 

 

 

Fumiko Shirakura

fumiko6221@yahoo.com

Fumiko has successfully completed the Master's degree.  She is interested in how disturbances influence forest dynamics and structure, and is also interested in studying exotic vascular plants. Fumiko is now using ordination to assess community structure of bread yeasts.

Shyam M.Thomas

shyam.thomas@okstate.edu

Shyam has successfully completed the Master's degree on mowing effects on tallgrass prairie vegetation.  He is now pursuing a doctoral degree at Iowa State University.

Mathew Allen

matt.s.allen@gmail.com

Master's candidate

I am interested in integrating our understanding of conservation biology and plant ecology with traditional land uses in such a way that will improve the management of our resources. My areas of possible research interest are in understanding the spread and management of invasive species and the fire history of the prairie.

María del Carmen Cobo

mccm04@yahoo.com

PhD candidate / Assist. Professor, University of Jaen.

My interests have been focused in soil-plant relationships and spatial variability in species composition and soil properties, especially related to extreme environments, succession and different types of disturbance.

José Ramón Arévalo Sierra

jarevalo@ull.es

Assistant Professor of Ecology

University of La Laguna - Tenerife Spain

I am interested in forest restoration, invasive species management, and the effects of grazing on species richness.

Pete Earls

pete.earls@okstate.edu

Lab Tech

I develop spatial models of plant diversity with the aid of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software.

Kiyoshi Sasaki

shiyoshi@hotmail.com

Department of Zoology

Given my ultimate goal of helping reptiles and amphibians, my interests include: (i) human impacts on organismal ecology, behavior, and distribution (my dissertation is "Ecology and Behavior in Japanese mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffii: Defensive Pattern and Variation in Compromised and Noncompromised Populations"), (ii) human-mediated rapid evolution, (iii) ecological study using dendrochronoloy, and (iv) relationship between growth of reptiles and amphibians (assessed using skeletochronology) and tree growth pattern with respect to annual variation in climate and other ecological factors.

 

Ray Moranz

raymoranz@yahoo.com

PhD candidate

My primary interest is discovering which ecosystem
management practices are best for restoring and
maintaining biodiversity.

Sue McAlister

sue.mcalister@okstate.edu

PhD: Duke University, 1990.

Bryophyte Ecology

 

Will Lowry

crazybear1980@yahoo.com

Masters candidate, plant taxonomy