Krista Ehlert

(St. Olaf College)

Above- and below-ground views in a buckthorn restoration project

(Ms L. Umek, Dr. Heneghan)

Katie Koch

(Lakeland College)

Pollination of purple coneflower (Echinacea) in prairie remnants

(Dr. Wagenius)

Heather-Rose Kates

(Oberlin College)

Floral scent, pollinators, and gene flow of an endemic in a fragmented landscape

(Dr. Skogen)

Ector Martell-Pinas

(University of Texas, El Paso)

Mycorrhizal fungal controls over plant competition

(Dr. Egerton-Warburton, Ms J. O'Shaughnessy)

Joslyn Mink

(University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Determining the best method of seed harvesting to maximize the genetic diversity in a native Great Basin species

(Dr. Fant, Ms J. Ison)

Bridgette Moen

(University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign)

The effect of prairie restoration and green roof habitat development on pollinator communities

(Ms R. Tonietto, Dr. Larkin)

Viviana Penuela

(University of Florida)

Biochemistry of carbon sequestration in soils

(Dr. Blair, Dr. T.Wilson, Dr. Egerton-Warburton)

Hannah Spungen

(University of Rochester)

Fungal macromolecules associated with soil carbon sequestration

(Dr. Blair, Dr. T. Wilson, Dr. Egerton-Warburton)

Laura Townsend

(Florida International University)

Pollen limitation in fragmented paririe sites of Echinacea angustifolia

(Ms. J. Ison, Dr. Wagenius)

Chad Zirbel

(University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Effects of buckthorn invasion and restoration on woodland nutrient dynamics

(Dr. Larkin, Mr J. Steffen)