We take a long-term view on ecological questions. Using paleorecords (especially from lake-sediment archives)
we reconstruct the environments of the late Pleistocene and Holocene to address the links between biodiversity,
climate, and disturbance processes (especially wildfire).
*** Prospective graduate students for fall 2024, please contact Prof Gavin by email ***
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People in the lab [Lab alumni]
New in the lab (2023)
- Katya Podkovyroff Lewis. Biology/Institute of Ecology and Evolution Phd Student.
- Wesley Rancher. Geography MS student.
Recently graduated (2023)!
- Jamila Baig - Ph.D. Environmental Studies, Science, and Policy (Geography focal department). Dissertation: Paleotemperature, Vegetation Change, Fire History, and Lake Productivity for the Last 14,500 Years at Gold Lake, Pacific Northwest, USA
- Monika Ruwaimana - Ph.D. Biology (Institute of Ecology and Evolution). Dissertation: Tropical Peatlands in West Kalimantan: formation, carbon and Late Pleistocene-Holocene history. Fulbright Scholar. Now Biology Professor at Atma Jaya University.
- Chantel Saban - Ph.D. Geography. Dissertation: Holocene Vegetation, Drought, and Fire Variability in the Northern Great Basin, Oregon.
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