Forest Hydrology & Soils Laboratory
Investigating Water and Nutrient Cycles in Forest Ecosystems
Current Members

Courtney Siegert (PI)
University of Delaware, PhD in Geography (Climatology)
University of Delaware, MS in Geography
Fairfield University, BS in Mathematics

Casey Iwamoto (PhD Student)
University of Nevada, Reno, BS Environmental Science and Secondary Education
Dissertation: Potential benefits of organic and microbial soil amendments in shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) restoration in northcentral Alabama

Casey Beam (MS Student)
North Carolina State University, BS in Forestry
Thesis: Effectiveness of commercially available Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum) control methods

Kimberlyn Pace (MS Student)
Texas A&M, BS Plant and Environmental Soil Science
Thesis: Changes to biogeochemical cycling of a pine forest following southern pine beetle infestation

Will Kruckeberg (MS Student)
Stephen F. Austin State University, BS in Forestry-Fire Management
Thesis: Prescribed fire impacts to forest soils: nutrients and erosion.

Waqar Shafqat (Postdoctoral Scholar)
University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, PhD in Agriculture-Horticulture
University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, MS in Agriculture-Horticulture

Cade Booth (Research Associate)
Mississippi State University

Oliver Coleman (BA Student in English)
Project: Climate change mitigation assessment of Conservation Reserve Program practices with trees (Funded by USDA)

Brooke Dominici (BS Student in Natural Resource and Environmental Conservation)
Project: Populus in the southeast for integrated ecosystem services (Funded by DOE)

Lucas Evanko (BS in Forestry)
Project: Populus in the southeast for integrated ecosystem services (Funded by DOE)

Keriah Hampton (BS in Natural Resource and Environmental Conservation)
Changes in bark structure and hydrologic properties along the tree trunk (Funded by MSU ORED Undergraduate Research)

Garrett Hendrix (BS in Forestry)
Project: Populus in the southeast for integrated ecosystem services (Funded by DOE)

Gigi Richardson (BS in Bio-Engineering )
Project: Populus in the southeast for integrated ecosystem services (Funded by DOE)

Abbie Rodgers (BS in Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture)
Project: Climate change mitigation assessment of Conservation Reserve Program practices with trees (Funded by USDA)

Amie Triplett (BS in Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture)
Project: Populus in the southeast for integrated ecosystem services (Funded by DOE)

Emily White (BS in Forestry)
Carbon sequestration potential among common and uncommon target tree species for integration into traditional silvicultural management in the southeastern US (Funded by MSU CFR/FWRC Undergraduate Research Scholars Program)

Hunter Wallace (BS in Forestry)
Project: Populus in the southeast for integrated ecosystem services (Funded by DOE)

Anna Sisson (BS in Natural Resource and Environmental Conservation)
Project: Climate change mitigation assessment of Conservation Reserve Program practices with trees (Funded by USDA)

Nathan Wright (BS in Forestry)
Project: Populus in the southeast for integrated ecosystem services (Funded by DOE)