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Norma Fowler, Professor, University of Texas at Austin
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Current students

Ashley Green. EEB Ph.D. program. Dissertation project: Demographic hetereogeneity across a landscape: spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe).  Ecolab project: Survey of invasive plant species in east-central Texas. Collaborations with undergraduate students Andrew Kirsop, Katherine Strain.

Carolyn Whiting. EEB Ph.D. program. Dissertation project: The effects of fire and an invasive grass on central Texas savannas. Collaborations with REU students Carly Andrews, Alice Oline, and Rebecca Brien, and US Fish and Wildlife biologists Scott Rowin, Jim Mueller, and Carl Schwope. RA on West Texas endangered species project.

Whitney Behr. PB Ph.D. program. Current research project: Effects of fire on forbs and pollinator resources in north-central Texas grasslands. Collaborations with Carolyn Whiting, Kyle Simpson, Elinor Lichtenberg, and Shalene Jha.

Rebecca Carden. PB Masters program. entered September 2019.

Devin Grobert. PB Ph.D. program. (co-advised, with Dr. Caroline Farrior), entered September 2019.

J Shaukat. BS EVS.  Analyzing West Texas endangered species project data for her EVS capstone research project.

Recent graduate students

Olivia Schmidt. M.A. 2017: Four rare plant species of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Videographer, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Emily Booth. Ph.D. 2017: Factors determining post-wildfire plant community recovery trajectories in central Texas. Post-doc, Temple University, Pennsylvania.

Gabriel De Jong. M. A. 2014. Past and present effects of propagule pressure on spatial distributions of non-native woody plants in central Texas. Biologist, The Nature Conservancy, Arkansas.

Christina Andruk. Ph.D. 2014: Restoration of central Texas savanna and woodland: the effects of fire, deer and invasive species on plant community trajectories. Faculty, Iona College, New York.

Recent undergraduate research students

Kyle Simpson.  B.S .- EEB program.  now a grad student at Texas A&M
Katherine Strain. B.S. - Environmental Science program. now a grad student at  U Nevada Reno
Carly Andrews. REU student, summer 2018.
Andrew Kirsop. B.S .- Environmental Science 2018.
Avery Lewis. B.S. - Environmental Science 2018.
Caitlin Young. B.S. - EEB 2018.
Alice Olline. REU student, summer 2017.
Emma Hines. B.S .- Environmental Science 2016.
Rebecca Brien. REU student summer 2016.
Sahonara Gonzalez. B.S .- Environmental Science 2015.
Karen Perez. B.S .- Environmental Science 2015.

Dr. Fowler's teaching and advising webpages

Information for students interested in graduate school

Section of Integrative Biology    EEB graduate program    Plant Biology graduate program
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