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Principal Investigator

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Dr. Jenn Rudgers
Professor
Director Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
286 Castetter Hall
Office Phone: 505-277-6185
Link to Google Scholar

Home Website
Email: jrudgers@unm.edu

Post-doc

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Dr. Vanessa Moreira C. Fernandes
Interests: Biocrusts, Global Change Biology, Microbial Ecology, Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Link to Google Scholar
​Email: 
vfernandes@unm.edu

Graduate Students

Ben Gerstner
Keara Bixby
Interests: Middle Rio Grande Riparian System, Biological Controls, Arthropod Riparian Ecology
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​282 Castetter Hall
Email: 
kbixby@unm.edu

Ben Gerstner
Melanie Kazenel
Interests: Community Ecology, Mutualisms, Pollination Ecology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Global Change Biology ​
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282 Castetter Hall
Link to Google Scholar
Link to Website
Email: 
mkazenel@unm.edu

Ben Gerstner
Michael Mann
Interests: Community Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Fungal Community Assembly, Phylogenetics 
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282 Castetter Hall
Email: 
mimann@unm.edu

Ben Gerstner
Cassandra Maria Luz Miller
Interests: Global Change Biology, Microbial Ecology, Nutrient Cycling, Plant-Fungal Interactions
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282 Castetter Hall
Link to Google Scholar
Email: 
millerca@unm.edu

Ben Gerstner
Mariah Patton
Interests: Biocrusts, Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Global Change Ecology, Plant-Soil Interactions 


282 Castetter Hall
Link to Google Scholar
Email: 
mtpatton@unm.edu


Ben Gerstner
Shuqi Wu
Interests: Mutualism, Nutrient Cycling, Plant-Soil Interactions, Plant Invasion,
​Soil Food Web


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282 Castetter Hall
​Link to Google Scholar
Email: wushuqi@unm.edu

Ben Gerstner
Purbendra N Yogi
Interests: Colonization, Mutualism, Mycorrhizae, Phytogeography ​
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282 Castetter Hall
Email: 
yogip@unm.edu

Ben Gerstner
Shaun Ziegler
Interests: Adaptive Management and Conservation, Community Ecology, Mutualisms, Rare Species Population Biology
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282 Castetter Hall
Email: 
shaunziegler@gmail.com

Research Assistant Professor

Ben Gerstner
Dr. Eva Stricker
Interests: Pulse Dynamics, Facilitation, Biogeochemical Cycling
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3589 Castetter Hall
​Link to Website
​Email: 
evadr@unm.edu

Lab Technician

Ben Gerstner
Purbendra N Yogi
Interests: Colonization, Mutualism, Mycorrhizae, Phytogeography ​
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282 Castetter Hall
Email: 
yogip@unm.edu


Undergraduate Researchers

Abbi W.
Abby G.
Senior Honors Thesis Student
Emily G.
Emily S.
Mackenzie M.
Roxanne M.
Samanta A.
Shelby S.
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