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Javier
Lugo-Perez
Graduate
Research Assistant in Urban Landscape Ecology |
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(208)
885-7420
lugo3147@uidaho.edu
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Javier
is working
toward a Ph.D. in Urban Landscape Ecology. His dissertation
project is testing the Growth Differentiation Balance Hypothesis by
examining resource acquisition, and carbon allocation to oleoresins
in the foliage, bark, and sap of Ponderosa pine across a known range
of nitrogen availability.
He received his B.S. and M.S. in Ecology at the
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras.
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Steve
Nittolo Graduate
Teaching Assistant in Arboriculture |
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(208) 885-6734
snittolo@uidaho.edu
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Steve
Nittolo is working toward his M.S. in Arboriculture at the
University of Idaho investigating the impact of pruning methods on
callus formation, branch collar development, and decay of
co-dominant branches. Steve is also the University of Idaho Campus
Arborist and assists with teaching Arboricultural Tree Climbing
Techniques and Arboriculture. In his spare time he is researching
the impact of non-chemical control measures on Linden Aphids.
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Jennifer Van Wagoner
Graduate
Teaching Assistant in Urban Landscape Ecology |
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(208)
885-7420
vanw1013@uidaho.edu
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Jennifer is
working toward an M.S. in Urban Landscape Ecology at the University
of Idaho investigating the influence of environmental variation on
the phenotypic expression of stress resistance in Colorado Spruce. Jennifer
received her B.S. in Horticulture at West Virginia University and
continued her non-formal education at Longwood Gardens, Cleveland
Botanic Gardens, and the Chicago Botanic Gardens before arriving in
Idaho. |
Poojan Tripathi
Graduate Research
Assistant in Plant Science |
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(208) 885-7420
trip9793@uidaho.edu
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Poojan is working toward an M.S. degree in Plant Ecology in
Urban Ecosystems. Poojan joins us after receiving a B.A. in
Political Science at George Washington University and working with
several Federal Government Agencies in Natural Resource Management
in Washington D.C. His research is investigating the impact of
injected gibberellin inhibitors on the stress resistance mechanisms
of pavement bound green ash.
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Katherine Smetak
Graduate Research Assistant in Environmental Science |
(208)
885-7420
smet4265@uidaho.edu
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Katherine is working toward her M.S. in Environmental Science in an
interdisciplinary program with Soil Ecology, Urban Landscape Ecology
and Rural Sociology. She is examining earthworm population
dynamics in urban landscapes and investigating the role earthworms
play in mediating nitrogen availability and acquisition by turf and
trees. Katherine is also surveying homeowners knowledge and
attitudes toward earthworms in their landscape. Katherine received
her B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Maryland in
Baltimore County.
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Gary
Moen
Graduate
Researcher in Urban Landscape Ecology |
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(208) 426-3252
gmoen@boisestate.edu
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Gary is working toward an M.S. in Biology at Boise State University
in the Urban Landscape Ecology Program examining the impact of
container nursery production practices on the root development
characteristics and stress resistance of woody plants after transplant in the
landscape. Gary is also an instructor in Horticulture at
Boise State University College of Applied Technology. |
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Leslie Blackburn
Graduate
Researcher in Urban Landscape Ecology |
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(208) 426-3968
lblackburn@boisestate.edu
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Leslie is working toward a Ph.D. in Urban Landscape Ecology examining the
effects of nursery amendments on the growth, drought and pest
resistance, and transplant success of native Idaho forbs and shrubs.
Her goal is to examine plant allocation theory as it relates to
drought resistance in xeric species for use in native landscaping.
The project is in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and
Chicago Botanical Gardens. Leslie also coordinates the Horticulture
Program at
Boise State University College of Applied Technology. |
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David
Kiesig
Graduate
Researcher in Urban Landscape Ecology |
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(208) 732-6431
dkiesig@csi.edu |
David is working toward a Ph.D. in
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry investigating the genetic diversity
of Garry Oak and the potential for its utilization in urban systems.
He is characterizing isolated populations of the trees and
investigating their response to environmental variation to determine
their capacity to respond to stress through genetic control of
resource allocation strategies. David also coordinates the
Horticulture Program at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. |
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