The Suding Lab

About us

 

our mission

We are ecologists based at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Our aim is to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of restoration, invasion, and environmental change.

We embrace: variability as well as average values; process and pattern as well as structure; feedbacks that lead to rapid change as well as those that lead to resilience; and creative as well as conservative management actions.

We are committed to sharing our science, passion, and curiosity in the natural world.

Lab Retreat, Northern Colorado 2022: Caitlin White, Jane Smith, Jon Henn, Elisa Van Cleemput, Isabel de Silva, Katya Jay, Katie Suding, TomMerchant and Sam Ahler.


Katharine Suding

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Katie is a Distinguished Professor of Ecology at University of Colorado Boulder. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a highly-cited author who has written extensively in the areas of ecosystem dynamics and management, ecological restoration, biodiversity, and conservation. Her current research focuses on managing ecosystems in a rapidly changing world. In 2018, she received the Robert H. MacArthur Award from the Ecological Society of America, a biennial prize given by the Ecological Society of America to an ecologist for their pivotal contributions to the field.


our impact

1.

We have published over 150 papers in a range of peer-reviewed journals, with audiences ranging from basic scientists to applied practitioners.

 

2.

Our work is widely used and cited, recognized as among the top 1% in citations in ecology and environmental science by ISI Web of Science.

 

3.

Alumni of the Suding lab have gone on to be pivotal leaders in academia, federal agencies, and non-profit organizations.

 

4.

We have strong collaborative relationships with groups leading conservation and restoration efforts at the local, national and international level.


current lab members

Sam Ahler

Pronouns: they/them

PhD Student (BS, University of Wisconsin Madison)

Research Interests: Bud banks/vegetative reproduction, restoration ecology, functional trait ecology, LGBTQ+ experiences in STEM

Website | Publications | Twitter

sam.ahler@colorado.edu

Jon Henn

Jon Henn

Pronouns: he/him

Postdoctoral Fellow (PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison; BA, St. Olaf College). Co-advised by Dr. Marko Spasojevic.

Research Interests: Plant community change, restoration ecology, climate change, functional traits

Website | Publications | Twitter

jonathan.henn@colorado.edu

Katya Jay

Pronouns: she/her

Postdoctoral Fellow (PhD, Oregon State University; BS, Macalester College). Co-advised by Dr. Will Wieder.

Research Interests: Plant community ecology, global change biology, ecogeomorphology

Publications

katya.jay@colorado.edu

 

Joey Lodge

Pronouns: they/them

PhD Student (BA, Hamilton College)

Research Interests: Alpine ecology, community ecology, biogeography, and global change biology

aj.lodge@colorado.edu

Annie Meeder

Pronouns: she/her

PhD Student (NSF Predoctoral Fellow; MS/BS, California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo)

Research Interests: Community ecology, field botany, STEM education, island systems

annie.meeder@colorado.edu

Tom Merchant

Tom Merchant

Pronouns: he/him

PhD Student (NSF Predoctoral Fellow; BA, Brown University)

Research Interests: Plant community, ecosystem ecology, and global change, plant-microbial interactions, data science

thomas.merchant@colorado.edu

 

Advyth Ramachandran

Pronouns: he/him

PhD Student (NSF Predoctoral Fellow; BS, University of California Riverside)

Research Interests: Plant community ecology, ecosystem ecology, fire ecology, biogeography, global change

Publications | Twitter

advyth.ramachandran@colorado.edu

Jane G. Smith

Jane G. Smith

Pronouns: she/her

Research Associate (PhD, New Mexico State; BA/BS, University of Colorado Boulder)

Research Interests: Botany, alpine flora, ecosystem ecology, soil organic carbon and carbon cycling

Publications

jane.g.smith@colorado.edu

Sarah Elizabeth Stockman

Pronouns: she/her

Professional Research Assistant (BA, Wellesley College)

Research Interests: Plant community ecology, climate change, biodiversity, data science, STEM education

sarahelizabeth.stockman@colorado.edu

 
Katharine Suding

Katharine Suding

Pronouns: she/her

Distinguished Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (PhD, University of Michigan; BA, Williams College)

N211 RAMY (main campus)

Publications | Twitter

suding@colorado.edu

Caitlin White

Pronouns: she/her

PhD Student (MS, MPA, Indiana University Bloomington; BA, University of California San Diego)

Research Interests: Community ecology, invasion, climate variability and disturbance, public resource management

Publications

caitlin.t.white@colorado.edu

 


some of our projects


some of our Partners

thank you, we cant do this alone!