We study plant response to environmental change - on seasonal to million-year timescales - using modern and fossil substrates.

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​LAB NEWS
(past 12 months)

  • We welcome Dr. Bill Lukens to the lab! Bill received his Ph.D. in Geology from Baylor University.
  • New paper, "Plant growth chamber design for subambient pCO2 and δ13C studies" has been accepted for Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 
  • Jamie Vornlocher presented her thesis research at the Graduate Student Research and Project Showcase.
  • Our new review paper on interpreting carbon isotope records has been published in Earth-Science Reviews (open access!). A link to the paper can be found on the Publications page.
  • Congratulations to Collin Moore (M.S.), Rose Telus (M.S.), and Peace Eze (B.S.) on their graduations!
  • We presented our recent work at the AGU Fall Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Links to our abstracts can be found here.
  • Peace Eze presented her research at the Annual Honors Undergraduate Research Conference (abstract) (photo). 
  • Peace Eze has been awarded the Fall 2017 Outstanding Graduate from the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences! Congratulations, Peace!
  • Brian presented the lab's work at the Jackson School of Geosciences at UT Austin as part of the DeFord Lecture Series and Paleontology Seminar.
  • Rose Telus successfully defended her thesis work, "Identification of heavy rainfall events using high-resolution carbon isotope measurements across tree rings."  
  • A press release of our recent paper on early Paleogene CO2 levels is available here. 
  • Brian will be presenting two talks at the AGU Fall Meeting in New Orleans, LA. These and our other lab abstracts can be found here.
  • Our latest work (with postdoc Ying Cui, now at Dartmouth College) to reconstruct atmospheric CO2 levels across past global warming events was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
  • ​Rose Telus' abstract was accepted for an oral presentation at the GSA meeting in Seattle! Her abstract can be found on the lab Abstracts page.
  • Congratulations to Taylor, Steve, Umatu, and Leslie for all graduating with their M.S. degrees this summer!
  • Collin Moore successfully defended his thesis on fossil wood from far northeastern Siberia.
  • Could Jurassic Park actually happen? Research on microbes trapped in salt may provide clues (article here).
  • Steve Nevitt successfully defended his thesis on vegetation changes in southwestern Louisiana.
  • Leslie Valentine successfully defended her thesis studying hydrologic effects on forest growth in the Atchafalaya Basin. Leslie starts her PhD in Geology and Geophysics at LSU this fall.
  • ​Curious about Geology at UL Lafayette? Here are 5 Reasons Why Louisiana is a Geology Goldmine.
  • ​Umatu (Orike) Wosu successfully defended her thesis on the geochemistry of Fossil Lake, Oregon. 
  • Taylor Chapman successfully defended his thesis and will be starting a new job next month.