Cristy Portales-Reyes, PhD
Assistant Professor - Biology
Cristy is interested in understanding why biodiversity is rapidly declining as well as the strategies that could slow down or stop diversity loss from ecosystems. She is a true grassland enthusiast! While most of her field work is located in North American grasslands, she is a big fan of collaborative science and synthesis.
Eileen Schaub, MS
PhD Student - Biology
Eileen is interested in the effects of global change in plant development. She is particularly fond of all things flowers! During her MS, she studied the effects of increased temperature in early flower development in Alaskan species that preform flowers. Check out her cool work here!
Kyle Curran
PhD Student - Biology
Kyle is interested in studying how plant mutualisms are affected by climate change and other human-driven perturbations. They are especially interested in the resource mutualism between leguminous plants and rhizobia! For their Senior Thesis at Webster University, they studied the effects of the urban heat island on flowering phenology in orchard trees in the Greater St. Louis area.
