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Graduate Students
 
These are the current University of Washington graduate students involved with the Botanic Gardens. Each student is listed with the graduate degree being sought, the area of research interest and/or thesis/dissertation topic and the primary advisor.
 

Mitchell Almaguer-Bay (M.S.)
[Hinckley]


mabay@u.washington.edu

   

Katie Barndt (M.S.)
An assessment of the allelopathic potential of herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
[Reichard]


kbarndt@u.washington.edu

   

Laura Blume (M.S.)
Garry oak restoration: Post-planting treatment effects on seedling growth in Eastern Washington
[Baker]


lblume@u.washington.edu

   

Joel Breems (M.S.)
[Ewing/Wyllie-Echeverria]


jbreems@u.washington.edu

   

Lorraine Brooks (M.S.)
Can Commericial Wildflower Seed Mixes Contribute to the Spread of Invasive Species?
[Reichard]


leever@u.washington.edu

 


Caren Crandell (Ph.D.)

Health and Controlling Environmental Factors of a Culturally and Ecologically Important Bulrush, Schoenoplectus pungens (formerly Scirpus americanus) in the Coastal Marshes of Grays Harbor.

[Ewing]
carenjc@u.washington.edu 

 

Wendy DesCamp (M.S.)
Biology & Ecology of Lamium galeobdolon 'Florentinum', an invasive groundcover in western Washington. [Reichard and Ewing]


wdescamp@u.washington.edu

   

Dangelei Fox (M.S.)
Restoration of a culturally important plant, Lomatium nudicaule, on the Tulalip Reservation. [Ewing]


dangelei@u.washington.edu

   

Michael Hannam (M.S.)
[Ewing/Wyllie-Echeverria]


mhannam@u.washington.edu

   

Ryan Haugo (Ph.D.)
[Bakker]


haugor@u.washington.edu

   

Hannah Kinmonth-Schultz (M.S.)
[Kim]


hannak2@u.washington.edu

   

Rachel Mitchell (M.S.)
[Bakker]


rachelmm@u.washington.edu

   

Ben Peterson (M.S.)
[Ewing]


bmp4@u.washington.edu

   

Rodney Pond (Ph.D.)
Small-scale disturbance in North Cascades low-elevation riparian forests: ecological impacts, autogenic recovery and restoration
[Ewing]
Other interests:
the role of soils in ecological succession, the successional consequences of restoration practices, riparian forest ecology, wetland ecology, engineered wetland systems for wastewater treatment & urbanized ecosystem restoration and management


fishmael@u.washington.edu
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Jeff Richardson (M.S.)
Derivation of Leaf Area Index from Aerial Small Footprint LiDAR and Estimation of Leaf Area Index at the Washington Park Arboretum. [Wott and Kim]


jeffjr@u.washington.edu
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  Jeff Richardson

Patrick Schwartzkopf  (M.S.)
[Wott]


schwap@u.washington.edu

   

Lizbeth Seebacher (Ph.D.)
 Restoration of coastal estuarine habitats within previously diked wetlands in the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. (MS) and Eradication/(more like temporary suppression) of Phalaris arundinacea  and revegetation/restoration of riparian areas within agricultural watercourses in King County, Washington.[Reichard and Ewing]

lizbetha@u.washington.edu

   


Joshua Smith (M.S.)
Seed banks within the sediments of Lake Mills: a source for early seral native vegetation after removal of the Glines Canyon Dam?[Ewing]


joshuacs@u.washington.edu

 

Alaine Sommargren (M.S.)
Characterization of black lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis) habitats in the Pacific Northwest
[Ewing]



asomm@u.washington.edu

  Alaine Sommargen

Ginger Shoemaker (Ph.D.)
[Ewing/Wyllie-Echeverria]


gmt4@u.washington.edu

   


Lauren Urgenson (Ph.D..)
The Ecological Consequences of Japanese, bohemian, giant knotweed invasion in riparian forests.


lsu@u.washington.edu