#  Lab Members 

 



##  Principal Investigator 

 



  [### Benton Taylor

 ](/people/benton-taylor-0)Principal Investigator

 

 

 

      ![Benton Taylor](/sites/g/files/omnuum7056/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/taylorlab/files/benton_taylor.jpg?itok=VXkxieU4) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

##  Graduate Students 

 



  [### Alaina Bisson

 ](/people/alaina-bisson) <alainabisson@fas.harvard.edu>Graduate Student

 

 

 

      ![Graduate student Alaina Bisson](/sites/g/files/omnuum7056/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Alaina%20Bisson_0.png?itok=aVcj9JM-) 

 

 

 

   [### Calvin Heslop

 ](/people/calvin-heslop) <cheslop@g.harvard.edu>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](/sites/g/files/omnuum7056/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/taylorlab/files/img_3091_2.jpg?itok=t0zga7TJ) 

 

 

 

   [### Carina Berlingeri

 ](/people/carina-berlingeri) <carinaberlingeri@fas.harvard.edu>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](/sites/g/files/omnuum7056/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/taylorlab/files/carina_berlingeris_photo_1.jpg?itok=P8nGK_Ju) 

 

 

 

   [### Eve Farrell

 ](/people/eve-farrell) [eve\_farrell@g.harvard.edu](mailto:eve_farrell@g.harvard.edu)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](/sites/g/files/omnuum7056/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Eve-Farrell-300x300.jpeg?itok=kRloj9SU) 

 

 

 

   [### Nikhil Chari

 ](/people/nikhil-chari) <nchari@g.harvard.edu>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](/sites/g/files/omnuum7056/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/img_0963.jpg?itok=CZYnv85V) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

##  STAFF 

 



  [### Erin Ciccone

 ](/people/erin-ciccone) <eciccone@oeb.harvard.edu>Lab Administrator

 

 

 

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   [### Lauren Jaeger

 ](/people/lauren-jaeger) <ljaeger@fas.harvard.edu>Research Associate

 

 

 

      ![Taylor Lab Research Associate Lauren Jaeger](/sites/g/files/omnuum7056/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Lauren%20Jaeger.jpeg?itok=5Sfi-eeA) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  DIRECTORY 

 



 [### Principal Investigator

 ](/people/principal-investigator) 

 

 [### Postdoc

 ](/people/postdoc) 

 

 [### Graduate Student

 ](/people/graduate-student) 

 

 [### Undergraduate

 ](/people/undergraduate) 

 

 [### Staff

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