Ph.D. Candidate

University of Virginia

Department of Biology

PO Box 400328

Charlottesville, VA 22904

Email: tsr6a “at” virginia “dot” edu

I am a graduate student working in Henry Wilbur’s lab. My broad interest is in community ecology. I am currently examining the roles of both native and invasive earthworms in the Southern Appalachians. I am focusing on the potentially complex effects of earthworms on the forest leaf litter community, particularly the effects of earthworms on terrestrial salamanders. Different components of this research reflect my interests in ecosystem engineering, facilitation, invasive species biology, and herpetology. I conduct my research at Mountain Lake Biological Station in Virginia.