Current Lab Members:

Dr. Daniel E. Stanton  Google Scholar  ORCiD

Dr. Natália M. Koch (Postdoc) - Lichen functional ecology; urban lichen ecology 
Google Scholar ORCiD

Mariana Cárdenas H. -PhD Student- Primary succession in tropical mountains
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10494

Abigail Meyer - PhD Student - Functional integration of lichen symbioses
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado2783
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16114

Ana Fávaro - PhD Student - Nitrogenase diversity in tropical environments

Meg Lake - PhD Student - Bryophyte ecophysiology

Garrik Martin - Undergraduate Researcher - Lichens and bryophyte function in old fields

Samsam Hassan - Undergraduate Researcher - Urban lichens and air quality

Former Lab Members:

Adelaide Mahler- Lab Manager 

Dr. Theresa Clark - Postdoc (2021 to January 2023) - Water relations and functional traits in mosses

Tana Route - Researcher- Assessing Ecosystem Services Provided by Lichens and Mosses

Abby Glauser - Researcher- Assessing Ecosystem Services Provided by Lichens and Mosses
M.S. Oregon State University

Anja Nilles - Undergraduate Researcher - Photobiont turnover and climate change

Emily Campbell - Undergraduate Student (Dean's Research Program) - Lichen-forming algal biology

Foster Wattles - Undergraduate Researcher - Cyanobacteria and alternative nitrogenases

Kaylee Goldhagen - Undergraduate Student (Dean's Research Program) - Trentepohlia sequencing

Emersen Mitchell - Undergraduate Student (Dean's Research Program) - Lichen algae

Lyndsey Quam - Undergraduate Student (Dean's Research Program) - Lichen ecophysiology

Laima Liulevicius - Undergraduate Researcher - Lichen impacts on mine site recovery; Photobiont diversity and environmental stressors
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16114

Dennis Such - Undergraduate Researcher - Moss ecophysiology and water sources

Ashley Aljets - Undergraduate Researcher - Lichen and Bryophyte communities across MN

Rachel Boulden - Undergraduate Student - Nitrogen fixation in cyanolichens

Nidhi Kamath - Undergraduate Student - Lichen biomass and elemental content across MN

Maria Valentin - Undergraduate student researcher (Graduated 2020)- Lichens and climate change
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16114

Kate Hembre - Undergraduate student researcher (Graduated 2020)- Lichens, Bryophytes and Forest Hydrology https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.704190

Dirk Last - Undergraduate student researcher - Lichens, Bryophytes and Ecosystem Services

Joe Ure - Undergraduate student researcher (Graduated 2019)- Functional traits of co-occurring lichen species
Ure, J.D., and Stanton, D.E. 2019. Co-dominant anatomically disparate lichens converge in hydrological functional traits. The Bryologist 122(3): 463–470. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-122.3.463.

Katarina Stone - Undergraduate student researcher - Hyperspectral imaging of lichen specimens

 Jean Pengra - Undergraduate researcher (Macalester) - Lichen ecophysiology under climate change -
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16114
Grace Hanson - Undergraduate intern (Evergreen State College)
Maha Syed - Undergraduate research assistant (UMN)
Cherley Muinjo - Undergraduate research assistant (St Catherine's University)
Hannah Bjorklund - Undergraduate research assistant (UMN)
Jack Pirner - Undergraduate research assistant (UMN)