Dr. Ashley Helton, Principle Investigator
Ashley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment & the Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of Connecticut. Ashley earned her BS from the University of Cincinnati, and both her MS and PhD in Ecology from the University of Georgia's Odum School of Ecology. Ashley is interested in hydrology, biogeochemistry, and how water and elemental cycles are linked across broad spatial scales.
Ashley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment & the Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of Connecticut. Ashley earned her BS from the University of Cincinnati, and both her MS and PhD in Ecology from the University of Georgia's Odum School of Ecology. Ashley is interested in hydrology, biogeochemistry, and how water and elemental cycles are linked across broad spatial scales.
Janet Barclay, PhD Candidate
Janet's PhD research combines approaches from landscape ecology, hydrology, and biogeochemistry to understand the interactions between forest management, climate change, and water quality. Janet received a USDA-NIFA Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Forest Resources to fund her PhD research. She is co-advised by Dr. Chad Rittenhouse. You can read more about Janet's research on her website.
Janet earned her BS in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and her MS in Biological and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Eco-hydrology and Environmental Processes from Cornell University.
Janet's PhD research combines approaches from landscape ecology, hydrology, and biogeochemistry to understand the interactions between forest management, climate change, and water quality. Janet received a USDA-NIFA Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Forest Resources to fund her PhD research. She is co-advised by Dr. Chad Rittenhouse. You can read more about Janet's research on her website.
Janet earned her BS in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and her MS in Biological and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Eco-hydrology and Environmental Processes from Cornell University.
Katherine Bell, BS student
Katherine's research focuses on understanding how road salts affect soil and plant health, with a focus on soil micro-nutrients. She is co-advised by Dr. John Volin, and received an Idea grant from UConn to complete her Honor's research. Katherine was also a technician on our coastal wetlands project. Katherine is majoring in Environmental Science.
Katherine's research focuses on understanding how road salts affect soil and plant health, with a focus on soil micro-nutrients. She is co-advised by Dr. John Volin, and received an Idea grant from UConn to complete her Honor's research. Katherine was also a technician on our coastal wetlands project. Katherine is majoring in Environmental Science.
Kayleigh Granville, BS student
Kayleigh's research focuses on how salinity affects nitrogen cycling in coastal wetlands. She has received both a Holster Scholarship and a student research grant from the Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists to fund her research. Kayleigh is majoring in Environmental Science.
Kayleigh's research focuses on how salinity affects nitrogen cycling in coastal wetlands. She has received both a Holster Scholarship and a student research grant from the Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists to fund her research. Kayleigh is majoring in Environmental Science.
Kelsey Witik, BS student
Kelsey's research focuses on understanding how road salts affect soil and plant health, with a focus on effects on trees. She is co-advised by Dr. John Volin, and received an Idea grant from UConn to complete her Honor's research. Kelsey is majoring in Environmental Science.
Kelsey's research focuses on understanding how road salts affect soil and plant health, with a focus on effects on trees. She is co-advised by Dr. John Volin, and received an Idea grant from UConn to complete her Honor's research. Kelsey is majoring in Environmental Science.
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
April Doroski (MS, 2017); Current position - Environmental Scientist at Tighe and Bond
Jason Sauer (MS, 2016); Current position - PhD student in Nancy Grimm's lab at Arizona State University
Undergraduates
Madelin Stagnito (2017)
D. Cristina Macklem (2016)
Mary Zawatski (2016)
Eva Nelson (2015)
Mary Schoell (2015)
Emily McInerney (2014)
Hannah Tripp (2014)
Graduate Students
April Doroski (MS, 2017); Current position - Environmental Scientist at Tighe and Bond
Jason Sauer (MS, 2016); Current position - PhD student in Nancy Grimm's lab at Arizona State University
Undergraduates
Madelin Stagnito (2017)
D. Cristina Macklem (2016)
Mary Zawatski (2016)
Eva Nelson (2015)
Mary Schoell (2015)
Emily McInerney (2014)
Hannah Tripp (2014)
