Christa is a plant ecologist who works at the intersection of population, community, and ecosystem ecology. Her work involves direct and indirect interactions between several species, and between those species and their physical environment. Christa uses field and greenhouse experiments, observational datasets, and historical datasets (e.g., from herbarium specimens) in her research. 

Email cpmulder@alaska.edu

Katie works in the interface of social justice and science and her research focuses on plant ecology and science education. She is interested in how global warming is affecting boreal and tundra plant communities and finds a way to incorporate citizen science into many of her research projects. 

Email klspellman@alaska.edu