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    • Monteverde Region, Costa Rica
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    • Tree Platforms
    • CloudNet Meeting 2015
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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
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​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



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DAMON R. VAUGHAN
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ph.D. Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry


Research Interests: Tree physiology and growth, tree water relations, wood density and structure, Western conifer forest health, forest restoration, wood utilization of restoration byproducts

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Kentucky

Email: damon.vaughan @ uky dot edu

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GRACE ATTEA
​ Lab Manager & Technician

 M.S., University of Dayton, Department of Biology
LOUISE HOSBURGH
​Technician & M.S. Student
​University of Kentucky

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COSTA RICAN FIELD AND LAB TEAM
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ELENTER CUBERO
Technician and Field Coordinator


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PABLO GUTIERREZ
Research Technician
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ELESTER CUBERO
​Research Technician
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LUIS
SOTO-SOLANO
Research Technician

Summer 2024 Undergraduate Research Team

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Anna Ackerman-Forestry & Natural Resources
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Shelby White- Biology
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Nick-Gray- Natural Resources and Environmental Science
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Max Arnett- Natural Resources and Environmental Science
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Avery Maltz- Biology, Smith College

High School Student Intern

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Will Coning

LAB ALUMS



RESEARCH ASSOCIATES & TECHNICIANS
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.

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                                                        

  • Home & Lab News
  • People
  • Research
    • Cloud Forest Environmental Physiology
    • Valley Fog and Forest Function
    • Ecohydrology of Maritime Forests in Coastal Georgia (2021-2024)
    • Urban Ecohydrology (2017-2022)
  • Tree Climbing for Science
  • Media, Outreach & Collaborators
  • Publications
  • Past Courses
  • Photos
    • Monteverde Region, Costa Rica
    • Canopy Work
    • Field Season: Winter 2017-18
    • 2017 Doug Fir Tree Climbing
    • Field Season 2017
    • F&M Tree Climbers 2017
    • Tree Platforms
    • CloudNet Meeting 2015
    • Mexico
    • Maui