Welcome!
Research in the Spicer lab focuses on understanding the development and maintenance of diversity. We use large-scale field experiments and observational studies to parse apart the drivers of community assembly in both old-growth and heavily disturbed forest ecosystems. By highlighting diverse yet understudied groups of plants, epiphytes and understory herbs, our research expands ecological theory and provides strategies to sustain high-diversity ecosystems in the future. There's a lot more to the forest than just the trees!
Big News
COMING SOON: The Spicer lab will be starting up in Lehigh University's Earth and Environmental Sciences Department in Fall 2023. If you are interested in a lab technician position and have some greenhouse experience OR you're ready to apply for a plant community ecology-focused PhD position, get in touch! Please think about these questions and reach out to me with a brief statement summarizing:
1. What research do you think you'd like to collaborate on? Are any methods that are particularly exciting to you?
2. What relevant experience would you bring to this position?
3. How would this position further your career goals?
1. What research do you think you'd like to collaborate on? Are any methods that are particularly exciting to you?
2. What relevant experience would you bring to this position?
3. How would this position further your career goals?
