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!

Join Us!

The Spicer Lab has recently started 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?

If you are an undergraduate interested in research for credit (EES 293) or a work study, please email me with why you are interested in the lab. No prior ecology research experience is needed.