Jeff Diez


Assistant Professor
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside

PhD., Ecology, Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA
B.A., M.A. Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Before arriving at UCR I was fortunate to have postdoc experiences at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, working with Jonathan Levine, at the University of Michigan, working with Ines Ibánez, and in New Zealand working with Richard Duncan and Phil Hulme.

Most of my work has taken place in the Appalachian mountains, New Zealand, and Switzerland, but I am now establishing field projects in California. The ecosystems here are incredible, the plant diversity is extraordinary, and they are just beautiful places. To begin with I'm developing projects around southern California, including the Sierra Nevada and the Mojave Desert.
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Teresa Bohner


Ph.D. student

B.S. Biological Science, Florida State University

Research interests: demography; symbioses; population dynamics; adaptive dynamics


Courtney Collins


Ph.D. student

B.A. Environmental Sciences, University of Florida
M.S. Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development, University of Georgia

Research interests: plant-soil feedbacks; vegetation type conversions; global change; functional traits
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Sören Weber


Ph.D. student
(co-member of Dr. Michael Allen’s lab group)

B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Central Florida

Research interests: mycorrhizae; species invasions; species interactions; evolutionary dynamics of invasion