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
The Spicer Lab has just started up in Lehigh University's Earth and Environmental Sciences Department! We currently do not have funded graduate positions open; however, if you are interested in collaborating on a funding application such as the NSF GRFP (graduate students) or the NSF PRFB (postdoctoral scholars), please email me with a CV and 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?
