Current Research Projects

North America

• Hydrothermal influences on the vegetation history of Yellowstone National Park
• Vegetation, climate, and fire history of Yellowstone National Park
• Multi-scale reconstructions of human-climate-fire interactions in mixed-conifer forests of the Northern Rockies
• Yellowstone Lake's eruptive history
• Biodiversity potential in the northwestern U.S.
• Historical drivers of ecosystem dynamics in the northern US Rocky Mountains

South America

• Holocene history of the forest-steppe border in Patagonia
• Causes and consequences of increased fire activity in altered ecosystems, Chile