Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Graduate Students

Calvin Heslop

Graduate Student
I am an ecosystem ecologist interested in the biotic and abiotic controls on nutrient cycling in terrestrial environments. My research interests are focused on the linkage of the N and C cycle in high latitude ecosystems. Specifically how the N fixing...
Calvin Heslop

Carina Berlingeri

Graduate Student
I am currently engaged in several projects studying how different global change drivers (nutrient pollution, disturbance, and rising CO2) alter belowground symbioses and plant resource-acquisition strategies. Moving forward, I want to explore questions...
Carina

Eve Farrell

Graduate Student
My research focuses on how mycorrhizal association type and global change shape both local plant-fungal interactions and broader biogeochemical processes.
Graduate student Eve Farrell

Nikhil Chari

Graduate Student
Nikhil is a Ph.D. student interested in carbon and nutrient cycling governing terrestrial ecosystems. His foci include soil carbon sequestration, mineral-organic interactions, and redox-driven biogeochemistry.
Graduate student Nikhil Chari

Taylor Lab Value Statement

We believe that great science is built on the pillars of inquiry, reason, and ethics. These pillars transcend the boundaries of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. Diversity, after all, is the greatest wonder of the natural world.