Current Lab Members

	Joshua Schimel Principal Investigator Phone: (805) 893-7688 Fax: (805) 893-4724 E-mail: schimel@lifesci.ucsb.edu - Curriculum Vitae Office: Bren Hall, Room 4304 Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620
	Caryl Becerra Postdoctoral Research Associate Fax: (805) 893-4724 E-mail: caryl.ann.becerra@lifesci.ucsb.edu - For CV see website Office: Noble Hall, Room 1108, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620
	Joey Blankinship Postdoctoral Research Associate Phone: (805) 893-8633 Fax: (805) 893-4724 E-mail: joseph.blankinship@lifesci.ucsb.edu - Curriculum Vitae Office: Noble Hall, Room 1108, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620
	Sadie Iverson Ph.D. Student Fax: (805) 893-4724 E-mail: iverson@lifesci.ucsb.edu - Curriculum Vitae Office: Noble Hall, Room 1103, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620
	Eric Slessarev Ph.D. Student Fax: (805) 893-4724 E-mail: eric.slessarev@lifesci.ucsb.edu Office: Noble Hall, Room 1103, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620
	Ken Marchus M.S. Student Fax: (805) 893-4724 Phone: (805) 893-4543 E-mail: kenneth.marchus@lifesci.ucsb.edu - Curriculum Vitae Office: Noble Hall, Room 1103, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620

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Past Lab Members

Graduate Students:

• Erin Hanan, Ph.D., 2015
• Seeta Sistla, Ph.D., 2012
• Julie Simpson, Ph.D.
• Ben Colman, Ph.D., 2009
• Shawna McMahon, Ph.D.
• Sophie Parker, Ph.D.
• Mike Weintraub, Ph.D., 2004
• Noah Fierer, Ph.D., 2003
• Doug Dornelles, M.S., 2001
• Jeff Chambers, Ph.D., 1998
• Jay Gulledge, Ph.D., 1996
• Mitch Wagener, Ph.D.,1995
• Joy Clein, M.S., 1994

Postdocs:

• Pete Homyak, UCSB
• Kate Buckeridge, UCSB
• Dad Roux-Michollet, UCSB
• Claudia Boot, UCSB
• Sean Schaeffer, UCSB.
• Dad Roux-Michollet, UCSB
• Keri Holland, UCSB. Exoenzymes in soils.
• Matt Wallenstein. UCSB. Microbial communities in Arctic tundra soils.
• Amy Miller. UCSB. Nutrient cycling in alpine and chaparral ecosystems.
• Noah Fierer. UCSB. Microbial community biogeography.
• Doris Grellmann. UCSB. Herbivory effects on Arctic plant/soil processes.
• Michael LaMontagne. UCSB. Effects of resource and stress gradients on bacterial communities.
• Andrew Allen. UCSB. Moisture control over microbial community dynamics.
• Carl Mikan. UCSB. Microbial activity in Arctic soils.
• Maria Teresa Iglesias, Summer 2000, visiting post-doc from Spain.
• Jay Gulledge. UAF. Methane consumption in taiga forests.
• Susan Sugai. UAF. Metabolism of phenolics in taiga soils. Knut Kielland. UAF. Trace gas dynamics in tundra soils