Shown above are the four primary investigators for our current research project in the Tropical Montane Cloud Forest in Costa Rica (for description, see RESEARCH tab). From left: Nalini Nadkarni (U of Utah), Todd Dawson (UC-Berkeley), Sybil Gotsch (U of Kentucky), Lauren Lowman (Wake Forest University). Photo Credit: Alex Wenchel
SYBIL G. GOTSCH, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Ph.D. SUNY-Stony Brook, Department of Ecology and Evolution
Research Interests: Canopy biology, ecohydrology, plant water relations, tropical ecology and conservation, climate change, urban tree physiology.
Associate Research Professor of Forest Ecophysiology Department of Forestry and Natural Resources University of Kentucky Email: sybil.gotsch @ uky dot edu
LOUISE HOSBURGH Technician & M.S. Student University of Kentucky
LAB ALUMS
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES & TECHNICIANS Elenter Cubero, Research technician 2022-2026 Pablo Gutierrez, Research technician 2022-2026 Grace Attea, Research technician 2022-2025 Damon Vaughan, post-doctoral researcher 2022-2025 Robyn Dudrick, Research technician 2021-2022 Cameron Williams, post-doctoral researcher 2017-2019 Rikke Reese Naesborg, research associate 2017-2018 Sarah McGraw, research technician 2012-2013
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS The following students conducted a guided research project in the lab for credit or provided field assistance or both.
Anna Ackerman '26 University of Kentucky Shelby White '26 University of Kentucky Nick Grey '26 University of Kentucky Evan Myers '26 University of Kentucky Avery Malz, '25 University of Kentucky Natalie Reynolds '24 University of Kentucky Sarah Cawood '24 University of Kentucky Maya Cooper '25, University of Kentucky Hannah Connuck '23, Franklin and Marshall College Whitney Wyche '23, Franklin and Marshall College Glory Edioma '23, Franklin and Marshall College Jalayna Antoine '22, Franklin and Marshall College Laura Bedoya '22, Franklin and Marshall College Ann Medina '22, Franklin and Marshall College Emily Anders ’20, Franklin and Marshall College Giuseppe Inglima ’20, Franklin and Marshall College Kimberly Fermano ’20, Franklin and Marshall College Ethan Abercrombie ’20, Humboldt State University Renee Bicaba ’19, Franklin and Marshall College Laura Green ’19, Franklin and Marshall College Briana Ferguson ’18, Franklin and Marshall College Yiting Liu '20, Franklin and Marshall College Hannah Wilson ’18, Tulane University Cait Barnes ’18, Belmont University Sucel Sanchez ’17, Franklin and Marshall College Jessica Murray ’14 University of North Georgia Julia Rosenwald '17, Franklin and Marshall College Andrew Glunk, ’15, Franklin and Marshall College Alexander Darby, ’15, Franklin and Marshall College Vanessa Duarte, ’16, Franklin and Marshall College Kenneth Davidson, ’16, Franklin and Marshall College Ignacio Picado Fallas, ’17, Franklin and Marshall College Mackenzie Dix, ’14, Franklin and Marshall College Erica Hample, ’16, Hampshire College Minh Pham, ’15, Franklin and Marshall College Cinthia Liu 15, Franklin and Marshall College