ECOSs – Research Labs
ECOSS research aims to answer, ask, and explore deep questions about how life and nature work in order to better understand our human relationship to the planet.
Aquatic Ecology
PI: Jane Marks, PhD
Freshwater ecology, focusing on the nutrient cycling between falling leaves, algae, microbes, aquatic insects, and fish that creates healthy ecosystems… LEARN MORE 
Uranium & Health
PI: Tommy Rock, PhD
Focusing on the special problem of legacy and future contamination from Uranium as well as oil and gas in the air, water, and landscapes of the Southwest… LEARN MORE
Dryland Ecology
PI: Matt Bowker, PhD
Biocrust ecology, with a special focus on cultivation and restoration techniques to bring lab-grown biocrusts to landscapes…
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Boreal Wildfire Ecology
PI: Xanthe Walker, PhD
Disturbance and ecosystem ecology; boreal ecology in fire- adapted forests; special focus on carbon balance based on forest type, fire severity, and forest soils…
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Physiological Ecology
PI: George Koch, PhD
Plant ecophysiology, hydraulic limits on tall trees, drought and climate induced stress in plants and soils, microbial ecology… LEARN MORE
Phenology, Carbon, and Climate
PI: Andrew Richardson, PhD
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Permafrost & Arctic Carbon
PI: Ted Schuur, PhD
Arctic ecology, climate feedbacks to permafrost thaw, Arctic carbon monitoring and modelin…
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Genes, Microbes, & Soils
PI: Bruce Hungate, PhD
Systems biology, carbon and nutrient cycling, microbial ecology, soil ecology, climate feedbacks to ecosystems, stable isotope probing, advanced -omics… LEARN MORE
Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Cycling
PI: Mariah Carbone, PhD
Arctic & Boreal Ecology
PI: Michelle Mack, PhD
Microbial Metabolism and Ecology
PI: Paul Dijkstra, PhD
and ecology; soil ecology;
agricultural ecology; carbon
cycling… LEARN MORE
Microbial Trophic Interaction
PI: Javier Navarro, PhD
Advanced – OMICS, Microbial Ecology
PI: Egbert Schwartz, PhD
soil ecology… LEARN MORE
