Congratulations to Moorcroft Lab graduate student, Miriam Johnston, who successfully defended her thesis entitled, "Plant temperature in a Mediterranean woodland savanna: Measurements and model." Great work, Miriam...
Congratulations to Miriam Johnston who was awarded the "Outstanding Student Presentation Award" for the talk she gave at the 2020 AGU Fall meeting! The title of Miriam's talk was "What Lies Beneath: Vertical Heterogeneity in Vegetation Canopy Temperatures." This honor is awarded for only the most exceptional presentations and we are thrilled that the honor was bestowed on Miriam. Great work, Miriam!
The Moorcroft would like to welcome Harvard undergrads, Talia Blatt and Valentina Doerre Torres, to the lab! Talia and Valentina will be conducting their undergraduate research with members of the Moorcroft Lab during the Spring semester and we're excited to have them with us. Welcome and best wishes Valentina and Talia!
Miriam Johnston will join labmate, Elsa Ordway, in giving a talk at the AGU Fall meeting held online this December. Miriam's talk will be held on 12/14/20 and is entitled "What Lies Beneath: Vertical Heterogeneity in Vegetation Canopy Temperatures." Recorded talks can be found HERE on the AGU website until Janurary so check them out! Read more about Miriam Johnston to give talk at AGU Fall meeting!
Moorcroft Lab postdoc, Elsa Orway, will give a talk entitled "Parameterizing tropical forest diversity: integrating remotely sensed trait measurements with a terrestrial biosphere model" at the AGU's Fall meeting on Wednesday, December 12th. Recorded talks and sessions will remain on the AGU website and accessible to registered participants through January. You can check them out HERE. Read more about Elsa Ordway to give AGU talk on December 9th!
Please join us as we listen to Moorcroft Lab postdoc, Elsa Ordway, discuss the topic of capturing variation in tropical forest structure and function in an Ecosystem Demography model at the Smithsonian Institution's November ForestGEO seminar series on Wednesday, November 18th at 9am EST. You must pre-register for this event and can do so HERE. This is sure to be a great talk so...
The Moorcroft Lab bids a fond farewell to our friends, Nathan Ranc and Erik Larson, who are moving on to new to new endeavors. Nathan will be starting a postdoctoral fellowship in the Wilmers Lab in the Environmental Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz. Erik will be working as a Research Scientist in the Chemistry Science Laboratory (CSL) of NOAA. We wish them success in their new positions and hope that they visit us soon!
Harvard celebrated its 369th Commencement on Thursday, May 28, 2020. Congratulations to all of the graduates, including our own, Nathan Ranc! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
