Andres Andrade, PhD
Former PhD Candidate
I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. I was always interested in plants and the impacts of human activities on the environment, and during my first year as an undergraduate (2004), I decided to pursue a major in biology with an emphasis in plant ecology. In 2006, I met Dr. Tomback who has played a central role in my early career as a researcher. During my senior year, I executed an undergraduate research project in her lab analyzing a 20-year dataset on succession of the understory community following the 1988 Yellowstone Fires. I graduated in 2008 with a BS in Biology, after which I took a 5-year hiatus from school while I planned the next stage of my life. During this time, I enjoyed several experiences in applied ecology which included working for the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, as well as the National Ecological Observatory Network. In 2014, I was admitted to the doctoral program at the University of Colorado Denver as a student in the Tomback lab. I am once again involved in the Yellowstone project where we will re-measure permanent plots established in 1990, augmenting our understanding of the first 30 years of succession. My research interests include plant community recovery following fire, successional trajectories, herbaceous and woody species interactions, and environmental drivers that shape community composition and structure. My ultimate goal is to work as a researcher within the field of restoration ecology. As a graduate student, I have served as teaching assistant for General Biology Laboratory I.
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