My research interests fall broadly within the discipline of ecosystem ecology, while encompassing aspects of plant-soil interactions, plant physiology, soil biogeochemistry, hydrology, mycology, and disturbance ecology. With global climate change, the frequency and intensity of acute, large-scale disturbances such as hurricanes and wildfires is expected to increase, along with an increase in more chronic disturbances like nitrogen deposition and atmosphere CO2 concentrations. Furthermore, with increasing human population, our dependence on natural resources is ever increasing. Using this platform, I am particularly interested in understanding how global climate change, natural resource extraction, and large-scale disturbances affect plant communities and in turn the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water, and nutrients in managed and natural ecosystems. Given the feedback nature of these interactions, I am also interested in how changes in biogeochemical cycles affect plant productivity and diversity. The overarching goal of my research is to better understand how climate change and natural resource management affects the cycling of energy and nutrients among organisms and their environment.