Who's in the lab?

Allison Louthan

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Allison joined the Division of Biology at Kansas State University in January 2020 as an assistant professor. She conducted a postdoc at Duke University working with Bill Morris and her PhD at the University of Colorado-Boulder, working with Dan Doak. ​

Aaron Baumgardner, Lab Manager

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I am interested in how climate change affects plant communities. In 2018, I graduated from California State University, Bakersfield with a master's degree in biology. My thesis focused on the different metrics of drought and their effects on Southern California's chaparral shrublands. I am excited to expand my research and explore how altered precipitation regimes affect prairie and grassland ecosystems.

Alex Sutton, Postdoctoral Fellow

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I am interested in understanding how environmental conditions influence population dynamics and how a species’ life history may augment its susceptibility to climate change. My PhD thesis focused on understanding the climatic and demographic drivers of population growth of Canada jays in Algonquin Provincial Park, ON. I look forward to broadening my research to investigate how climate, patterns of land use, and species interactions influence plant population dynamics.