Mia is now a Collegiate Fellow at University of Michigan, where she studies how nitrogen-fixing bacteria (rhizobia) affect the evolution of cyanide production in clovers, and conversely, how cyanide production affects the evolution of mutualism. Mia received her Ph.D. from Cornell University where she studied how soil microbes affect the ecology and evolution of plant defenses over succession.
José Waterton
José received his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from University of California, San Diego where his dissertation was on factors shaping the evolution of emergence timing and its community-level impacts in seasonal environments. Here at IU, José is using a long-term nitrogen addition experiment to test how nitrogen affects natural selection on plant traits and the opportunity for selection.
Emma Boehm
Emma received her Bachelor of Science from University of Minnesota where she double majored in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior & Plant and Microbial Biology. She has received a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Emma is currently studying rapid adaptation including the role of epigenetics and plasticity. See Emma’s CV.
Mackenzie Caple
Mackenzie received her BS in Plant Biology from the University of Michigan. Her research concerns the ecology and evolution of plant-microbe interactions, with a focus on how elevated soil nitrogen affects the mutualism between legumes and rhizobium bacteria. See Mackenzie’s CV.
Lana Bolin
Lana received her Bachelor of Science from University of Minnesota where she double majored in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior & Plant Biology. Lana has received a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She is currently studying how and why microbes can help plants adapt to environmental stress.