Team

directs the Center, leads the meta-ecosystem experiments, and mentors research assistants, post-docs, and students.

co-leads the Institute, thinks about how to integrate it all, works with the genomics team, and mentors students and postdocs.

applies remote sensing, bioacoustics, and GPS animal tracking, collaborates on willow ecology, supervises PhD students and coordinates with the Arctic LTER.

conducts research on terrestrial nutrient cycling, leads the Broader Impacts Working Group and the journalist course, and mentors students.

leads the Data Working Group, supervises genomic analysis, conducts the willow common garden and transplant experiments, and mentors students and postdocs.

conducts Arctic grayling common garden experiments, leads the GXE (Genetics X Environment) Working Group, and mentors PhD students.

focuses on Arctic grayling and willow genomics, willow common garden experiments, and leads data management for EVOME.

coordinates scientific, administrative, and logistical activities across EVOME’s institutions, field sites, and research teams. Maura is also the Field Safety Officer, and works on tundra plant identification in the field.

leads the Trait Working Group and conducts research on invertebrate stoichiometry, traits, common garden/transplant experiments, and mentors one PhD student.

leads the Ecological Working Group research on willow physiology and ecology, co-supervises a Columbia U. PhD student and mentors REU students

leads terrestrial insect community analysis, brings his expertise in whole genome sequencing to investigate adaptation, demography, and thermal tolerance of insects, shares genomic computational techniques, and supervises one PhD student and several undergraduate researchers.

leads the Meta-ecosystem Working Group, develops models integrating field observations and forecasting ecosystem function, and mentors students.

works on whole genome sequencing with the scientists who specialize in the ecology of the organism.

determines Arctic grayling traits and co-supervises PhD students.

co-leads research on birds focused on phenology, bioaccoustics, genetics, stable isotopes, and fecal metabarcoding.

co-leads the EvoME Journalism Fellowship.

shares new tools in computer science and statistics to test for plastic and evolutionary changes in genetic and ecological networks.

brings her expertise as an Arctic plant ecologist and facilitates activities at Toolik.

studies Arctic grayling traits and phenology with a large focus on the aquatic common garden experiment.

provides EVOME with her expertise in beetle systematics and taxonomy to help us understand the beetle community.

co-leads research on white-crowned sparrows focused on phenology, bioaccoustics, genetics, stable isotopes, and fecal metabarcoding.

works on the physiochemiostry side of EVOME from aquatic chemistry to our suite of monitoring loggers at each site. She also helps coordinate teams, facilitates on the ground collaboration, and ensures our field operations run smoothly.

studies the hydrology and biogeochemistry of the EVOME Institute’s stream-riparian sites, collecting field samples and managing our data logger network.

works on EVOME’s environmental data.

is studying insect genomics and will be building reference genomes as well as collecting ~400 individuals per species for whole genome sequencing to correlate with environmental variables for landscape genetic analysis with PI Rachel O’Neill.

is helping with Arctic grayling physiology experiments and field work under PI Matt Gilbert.

is studying how insect communities and food webs respond to a gradient of temperature and vegetation, and how they might link aquatic and terrestrial systems. Coadvised by Carla Atkinson and Jeff Lozier.

works with Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) genomics. They are conducting both a landscape genetics study and constructing a pangenome to understand genetic diversity, demographic history, and regions of the genome that might underlie climate adaptation with PI Jill Wegrzyn.

is investigating hatch timing and growth of Arctic Grayling in observed temperatures across a latitudinal gradient across the Arctic under PI’s Peter Westley and Erik Schoen.

Ian is a second year PhD student with Natalie Boelman studying the effects of climate-driven deciduous tall shrub expansion on high latitude ecosystems. He is also interested in understanding how shrub expansion affects other Arctic species, such as migratory songbirds.

is studying Arctic Grayling ecology and physiology across the landscape, temperatures, life stages, and seasons in the field and in common garden experiments under PI’s Matt Gilbert and Erik Schoen.

assists with EVOME’s Journalist Program and on vegetation survey fieldwork.

leading fieldwork for bird research.

leading the molecular extractions of fish, willow, bird, and mayfly DNA.

focuses on willow genomics both in the field and lab by contributing to field collections and helping to establish the willow common gardens experiment.

assists in sampling for hydrology and biochemistry of stream and riparian ecosystems, monitors loggers, and supports field experiments.

assists in willow ecology studies, and is conducting research on how the photosynthetic capacity of Arctic willows changes in response to temperature and carbon dioxide across latitudes.

removes and installs Acoustic Recording Units (ARUs) used to monitor birds at our study sites at the beginning and end of field seasons.

removes and installs Acoustic Recording Units (ARUs) used to monitor birds at our study sites at the beginning and end of field seasons.

Mentored onsite by Brandon Lind, Airianna McGuire, and Samira Obbu under PI Jill Wegrzyn, Jenna will contribute to the establishment of replicated willow common gardens in Fairbanks and Toolik, including greenhouse preparation, planting, and early-season monitoring. They will also participate in a bioinformatics project focused on analyzing newly assembled willow genomes to investigate sex chromosome evolution and genomic diversity across Arctic populations.

Mentored onsite by Ian Shuman under PI Jesse Krause, James will be involved with monitoring bird phenology and nests, bird banding, and determining reproductive success. James will be assisting with the collection of blood for genetic sequencing to determine relatedness, and to quantify stable isotopes to determine the degree of energy transfer between stream and terrestrial ecosystems. He will also collect feces to determine diet composition, and feathers to compare diet and growth rates. His motivation for continued learning is to be a positive role model for his 11 year old son Elias.

Mentored in the lab by PI Jeff Lozier, Kelly will assist with sorting terrestrial and aquatic insect samples, and study trait measurements of beetles.

Mentored onsite by Matt Zimmerman and Roberto Ponce Velez under PI Erik Schoen, Lily will quantify the diet composition of Arctic grayling across life stages, with a focus on physiology.

Mentored onsite by Madeline (Maddy) Frey under PI Carla Atkinson, Medina will assist with food web and trophic subsidy characterization. Using sticky traps, they will quantify the delivery of aquatic insects to terrestrial ecosystems at our sites, and how in-stream and riparian variables influence their abundance and distribution.

Mentored onsite by Andie Norton and Harrison Dubois under PI Linda Deegan, Milana is studying how leaf decomposition rates are affected by factors like canopy type, moisture, and temperature.

Mentored onsite by Ian Shuman under PI Mary Heskel, Stella will study willow growth ecology, physiology, and morphology.

Mentored onsite by Madeline (Maddy) Frey under PI’s Carla Atkinson and Jeff Lozier, Ellis is studying how arthropod communities differ across the latitudinal gradient. Ellis will assist with food web and subsidy characterization through the use of stable isotopes, and with basal resource and aquatic insect collections.

brings her expertise in education and diversifying science.

brings his internationally recognized expertise in eco-evolutionary dynamics.

leads Team Science Retreat discussions on team dynamics and equity, as well as analyze the team’s DiSC workplace profiles to improve cooperation between varying personalities.

facilitates program evaluation and progressive development evaluation to improve EVOME’s processes for all involved.