CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY, USA

Senior Lecturer, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

(2020-current)

Research Associate, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

(2014-current)

Instructor – NTRES 2100 Introductory Field Biology

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (PSU), State College PA, USA

Ph.D. in Ecology (2013)
Advisor:  David M. Eissenstat
Dissertation:  Decomposition of fine root organic matter among temperate tree species

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH (TUM), Weihnstephan, GERMANY

M.Sc. in Forest & Wood Science (2002)
Co-advisors:  Rainer Matyssek (TUM) & Tom Hinckley (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA) Thesis:  Root morphology and annual ring growth analysis in a 22-year old, dominant Douglas-fir

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN (TUD), Tharandt, GERMANY

B.Sc. in Forest Science (1997)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of California, Davis CA, USA

      Research Technician (2002), PI: David Smart

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

      Visiting Scholar (2001), PI: Tom Hinckley

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland

       European ERASMUS Scholar (1998)