Dr Kim J. Brown - Assistant Professor
E: brownk4@ohio.edu
P: (740) 593-1122
Research interests: Forest carbon dynamics, tree physiology
                                       canopy architecture and plant morphological/physiological interfaces

LAB PHONE IN 419 PORTER HALL = 740-593-0405

Graduate Students working w/ Dr. Brown

Dawn Black, Ph.D. student
Research interests: below-ground carbon processes, mycorrhizal function and diversity
Funding: NSF - Graduate Research Fellowship

Mac Burgess, MSES student
Research interests: Dysart Woods biohydrology project, soil moisture modeling
Funding: Dysart Woods Research Fund from Ohio University

Jyh-Min (James) Chiang, Ph.D. student
Research interests: Assessing carbon balance consequences of potential
                                         tree species shifts in Eastern US forests
Funding: OU - Houk Grant, USFS - Deleware OH

Heather Joesting, MS student
Research interests: Ecophysiological dynamics of American Chestnut seedlings
Funding: PBIO Teaching Assistant

Deah Lieurance, MSES '04; lab tech '05
Research interests: invasive species biology of woody plants (Amur honeysuckle)
Funding: OU - Houk Grant, USFS-FFS LAI project

Megan Swan, Ph.D. student
Research interests: Inter- and intra-population plasticity in bigtooth aspen ecophysiology
Funding: NSF-IGERT - BART at UMichigan Biological Research Station

Undergrad Researchers working w/ Dr. Brown

Sarah Bauer, Lab Tech Extraordinaire, 2003-2005
Research project: canopy structure (hemispherical photos, TRAC), LAI assessment

Amber Locks, PACE Student 2004-2005
Research project: Stomatal variance within and among elevated-CO2 tree crowns

Jasmine Bascom, HTC sophomore
Research project: Germination success of Amur honeysuckle seeds taken from open- and shade-grown shrubs
Funding: PBIO, HTC


Andrew Bishop, PBIO senior
Research project: Mycorrhizal extraction method development, and Duke REU recipient
Funding: PBIO

LAB ALUMNI:
Dave May, MS student, Geography
Research interests: Remote sensing techniques for tree species classification & foliar dynamics
Funding: Currently working as cartographer in Cleveland Ohio

Mark Gathany,M.S.E.S.
Research interests: Carbon sequestration in forest soils in Dysart Woods, Ohio
Funding: Ohio Soil & Water Conservation District Grant, PBIO Teaching Assistant
Currently: Ph.D. Student in Indy Burke's lab at Colorado State University

Post-doc: Rita Giuliani, Ph.D.
Research interests: forest canopy architecture and leaf production, canopy utilization of light
Currently: University of Bologna, ITALY

Research technician: Anthony Perry
Research interests: Johns Hopkins Environmental Studies program, EPA intern

Zach Gibbons-Ballew
Project: Dysart Woods comparisons of second- and old-growth stand compostition and structure
Currently: Valiant Dysart Defender, and OU-PBIO alumnus

2002-2003 PACE Student: Jody Helm
Project: Quantifying variability in leaf stomatal density within forest canopies in ambient and elevated CO2
Currently: OU-PBIO alumna, last known in NYC-NYBG

Other Graduate Students working w/ Dr. Brown (committees)

* (MSES)   Cynthia Caldwell - primary production and ecosystem respiration of AMD streams
* (MSES)   Doug Christen- road size and density as invasive species conduits
(PhD)  Aurea Cortes-Palomec - molecular genetics and evolution of violets
* (MS)   Nanda Filkin - environmental controls on freshwater red algae development
(PhD)  Kurt Hartman - Amur honeysuckle reproduction and dispersion
*(MS)   Audrey Larrimer - bigtooth aspen & vegetative associations
(MS)   Dave May - remote sensing of leaf area index from multi-spatial and multi-spectral images
*(MSES)   Corie McCament - pilot study: reintroduction of chestnut hybrids in SE Ohio
(PhD)  Cheryl McCreary - alpine violets: phylogeny and ecology
(PhD)  Peter Schweizer - land use effects on stream biodiversity and water quality
*(MS)   Hemakumar Velugula - Fingerprinting the chemical composition of forest smoke

* = defended and done!

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