Nora holding an anolis at Chicaque National Forest near Bogotá, Colombia while hunting for roots.
Mycology: the study of Fungal Biology
Mycology: the study of Fungal Biology
I'm a fan of Fungi
I'm a fan of Fungi
For my dissertation I'm asking the question: what happens to decomposer fungi when nitrogen is added to ecosystems inadvertently by humans in forms that are readily available to decomposer fungi? See my Project Page for more info, photos, and a video!
For my dissertation I'm asking the question: what happens to decomposer fungi when nitrogen is added to ecosystems inadvertently by humans in forms that are readily available to decomposer fungi? See my Project Page for more info, photos, and a video!
Huron Mountain 2019
Huron Mountain 2019
The Pringle Lab visited Huron Mountain Club in UP of Michigan to inventory fungi annually 3 times since 2016.
Bogotá, Colombia 2018
Bogotá, Colombia 2018
I visited our collaborators in Bogotá, CO with some members of the Pringle Lab to work out methods for our urban vs rural mycorrhizae project funded by National Geographic.
Education
Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Wisconsin - Madison
PhD Candidate in the Pringle Lab
Department of Botany
2016 - Present
2016 - Present
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
BS cum laude
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Major
French Minor
2009 - 2014
2009 - 2014
Work experience
Work experience
Lab Research Technician
Lab Research Technician
2014 - 2016
Peay Lab of Fungal Ecology at Stanford University
Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow (REU)
Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow (REU)
Summer 2013
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge and the Rudgers Lab at the University of New Mexico
Undergraduate Researcher
Undergraduate Researcher
2012 - 2014
Classen Lab of Ecosystem Ecology at the University of Tennessee
Research Intern
Research Intern
Summer 2011 and 2012
Biosciences Division at Oak Ridge National Lab
