What’s Happening in the Lab
April 2024
Lab members traveled to Tennessee to scout potential field
sites as part of our new collaboration with Dr. Dwayne Estes at the
Southeast Grasslands Institute and a newly-funded grant from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation to
assess the potential of restored prairies, savannas, and
woodlands to store carbon. We are very excited about this new
research!
December 2023
The lab’s research on carbon, fire, and wind disturbances
was the focus of a recent
article in Southern Science.
October 2023
Dr. Alexander was awarded the Dwain G. Luce Endowed Professorship in Forestry.
The lab attended a reception to celebrate this honor.
September 2023
Dr. Alexander and PhD student, Kathleen Gabler, attended the 2023 Provost Women’s
Lunch along with CFWE faculty Dr. Kelsey McCune and Dr. Sole Peresin.
August 2023
Members of the lab attended the 2023 ESA Annual Meeting in Portland, OR!
July 2023
Congratulations to Arthur Lamounier Moura for being awarded the ESA
student section Trailblazing Graduate Research Award for 2023! This is an
incredible recognition of all of Arthur’s incredible work!
July 2023
Congratulations to Arthur Lamounier Moura on his first author publication
in Fire resulting from his MS thesis work in Brazil! Nice job!
July 2023
We have a new paper out in Ecosphere on the relationship between larch forest
stand structure and cone production and the influence of “safe sites”
on larch seedling establishment.
July 2023
Congratulations Katelyn on a successful MS thesis defense! We’re so proud of your amazing work! Yay!
July 2023
Congratulations Rachel on successfully passing your MS thesis defense! We’re super proud of you and all your hard work!
July 2023
Congratulations Emily for a successful MS thesis defense! Great job! We’re very proud of you!
July 2023
Way to go, Eric! Great job on your MS defense! Super proud of you and all your hard work!
July 2023
Luiza Lazarro successfully defended her MS thesis research! Congratulations Luiza! She’s off to a PhD at Penn State. We’ll miss you but know you’ll do a great job!
June 2023
Congratulations to Steven Cabrera, recent MS graduate, on his newly
published paper from one of his thesis chapters in Forest Ecology and
Management.
Way to go, Steven!
May 2023
Members of the Forest and Fire Ecology lab (left to right: Hang Li, Dr. Alexander, Arthur Moura, Luiza Lazzaro, Tamara Milton) attended the 7th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests meeting in Tyler, TX. This was a wonderful conference, and we learned so many cool things about post-oak savanna restoration!
April 2023
Dr. Alexander was awarded the Harold E. Christen Award for Service to Teaching at last night’s College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment Awards Celebration and Reception!
April 2023
Caleb Goldsmith’s (former MS student) research on Japanese stiltgrass impacts on hardwood seedlings was just published in Forest Ecology and Management!
March 2023
Congratulations to Eric Brubaker for receiving the best poster award for the College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment at the Auburn University Student Research Symposium. Way to go Eric!
March 2023
Rachel, Luiza, Basanta, and Katelyn presented their research findings at the Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference in Nacogdoches, TX this week! Great job!
March 2023
Arthur’s plots at the Jones Center at Ichauway were burned last week. We were fortunate to obtain drone data for the burns! Thanks Daryn!
March 2023
Congratulations Arthur and Eric!! Both were awarded Graduate Student Awards from the CFWE. Eric received the James Floyd Goggans Endowed Fellowship in Forest Biology, and Arthur received the James Henderson Dukes Memorial Fellowship in Forestry !
February 2023
MS Student, Eric Brubaker, successfully burned his plots investigating the effects of increased Chinese tallow of fire behavoir and tallow seed viability. Thanks to Hudson, Michael, and Ryan for their help.
February 2023
The Wind Creek Learn to Burn Event was an excellent way for several lab members to hone their prescribed fire skills! Looking forward to more burns in the near future.
January 2023
Members of the Forest and Fire Ecology Lab and Soil Chemistry Lab traveled to Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Center, AL and Perdido-Rainwater Preserve, FL to collect soil samples for developing equations relating soil organic layer depth to bulk density and carbon content.
January 2023
Members of the Forest and Fire Ecology Lab traveled to Spirit Hill Farm, MS to collect leaf litter fuels, decomposition bags, and soil samples. We had a great time and really enjoyed visiting with Sheryl Bowen and her grandson Adam. Thanks so much for your awesome hospitality and for making your property available for our research!
January 2023
Congratulations to Steven Cabrera, recently graduated MS Student, for his new job as the Stewardship Program Coordinator with The Nature Conservancy in the Altamaha region in Georgia. We’re so excited for you!
January 2023
Congratulations to MS Student, Luiza Lazzaro, for receiving the Alabama Wildlife Society Research Scholarship!
December 2022
Congratulations to Patrick McMahon on his new job at Cawaco RC&D Council! We’re so happy for you but very sad to see you leave the lab.
December 2022
The Forest and Fire Ecology Lab celebrates at the annual holiday lab party!
December 2022
Payton Brewer, Undergraduate Research Fellow, discusses her experimental design with Dr. John Willis of the USFS.
December 2022
We would like to congratulate Steven Cabrera on finishing his Master’s and graduating this fall! We have greatly appreciated his hard work and positive attitude and wish him the best in his future endeavors!
December 2022
Congratulations to Arthur Lamounier Moura for successfully passing his qualifying exams!
September 2022
Members of the lab traveled to the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in deep south Texas to take final measurements on a long-term study and to assess nurse tree effects in this semi-arid region. Dr. Jennie DeMarco from Southwestern University joined us for our trip!
July 2022
Eric Brubaker and Arthur Lamounier Moura were awarded Graduate Research Innovation Grants from the Joint Science Fire Program. Congrats!
July 2022
Lab members traveled to Spirit Hill Farm near Holly Springs, MS to resample seedlings as part of a long-term project evaluating tree regeneration response to varying fuel types.
April 2022
Arthur Lamounier Moura’s poster won first place in the Auburn Research Student Symposium and was featured in the Student Research Spotlight
