The 2021–2022 Iler + CaraDonna Lab Group gathered on the roof of our building in Chicago.
Amy Iler, Ph.D.
I accept graduate students through a joint program in Plant Biology & Conservation through Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden. I will not be accepting any new graduate students this year (2022, for fall 2023). Please email me directly if you are interested in joining our group in the future or if you have questions about the program!
Alexandra Zink
Alex is a second-year Masters student, and she is interested in pollination of crops in urban environments. She conducted fieldwork at Windy City Harvest farm sites to understand whether yields of bee-dependent crops in Chicago are pollen limited and whether this depends on the amount of green space surrounding different urban farms.
Amelia Litz
Amelia is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate interested in studying the effects of environmental change on native bees. Ground-nesting bees are important pollinators, yet basic aspects of their life-history remain largely unknown. Amelia's research aims to characterize the nesting habitat of solitary, ground-nesting bees in wild ecosystems. By addressing this key gap in our knowledge of these important pollinators, broader ecological questions such as, how ground-nesting species will respond to changes in land use and the climate, can be investigated.
Elsa Godtfredsen
Elsa is a PhD candidate interested in plant phenology and ecophysiology in
the context of climate change. Her research investigates the effects of early
snowmelt on plant demographic vital rates, physiology, and pollination. She
is also interested in understanding how earlier snowmelt affects
germination dynamics via effects on maternal plants.
the context of climate change. Her research investigates the effects of early
snowmelt on plant demographic vital rates, physiology, and pollination. She
is also interested in understanding how earlier snowmelt affects
germination dynamics via effects on maternal plants.
Kathryn Dawdy
Kathryn is a second-year Masters student interested in understanding the consequences of altered flowering times for plant-pollinator interactions. Kathryn is co-advised with Paul CaraDonna.
Izzy Rodelius
Izzy has worked on our pollination-demography project for two years and
is now conducing an independent project as part of an NSF REPS
(Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate Student) supplement! Izzy is interested in figuring out whether some of the variation in pollen
limitation that we have been seeing across years is related to drought
stress.
is now conducing an independent project as part of an NSF REPS
(Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate Student) supplement! Izzy is interested in figuring out whether some of the variation in pollen
limitation that we have been seeing across years is related to drought
stress.
Vicky Delira
Vicky is the lab manager for our pollination-demography project. She is
also a MS student in our program (mentor: Paul CaraDonna). Vicky's
research investigates how floral longevity responds to different levels of
pollination.
also a MS student in our program (mentor: Paul CaraDonna). Vicky's
research investigates how floral longevity responds to different levels of
pollination.
Jeremy Jonas & Mikaela Jones
JJ and Mika are two incredible teachers from Tucson, AZ. We have been
fortunate enough to have them on the Colorado team for the past two
years as RETs (Research Experience for Teachers, funded by the National
Science Foundation).
fortunate enough to have them on the Colorado team for the past two
years as RETs (Research Experience for Teachers, funded by the National
Science Foundation).
Lab alumni
Marie Faust, MS (2019) currently Science Outreach Specialist at NEON
Diana Jerome, MS (2020) currently PhD student at University of Edinburgh
Samantha Danguilan, MS (2021), Science Tutor
Jane Ogilvie, Postdoc/Lab Manager (2018–2020)
Josh Scholl, Postdoc (2020–2022)
Sarah Walwema, Undergraduate Honor's Thesis, Northwestern University (2018)
Luke Liu, Undergraduate Researcher, Northwestern University (2020)
Diana Jerome, MS (2020) currently PhD student at University of Edinburgh
Samantha Danguilan, MS (2021), Science Tutor
Jane Ogilvie, Postdoc/Lab Manager (2018–2020)
Josh Scholl, Postdoc (2020–2022)
Sarah Walwema, Undergraduate Honor's Thesis, Northwestern University (2018)
Luke Liu, Undergraduate Researcher, Northwestern University (2020)