I regularly collaborate with students on research projects related to plant and lichen community ecology, landscape ecology, and plant and lichen life history characteristics. I greatly enjoy mentoring, and usually work with one or two students each term.
If you’re interested in working with me on a mentored research project please contact me! I’m especially interested in working with motivated, creative students who are considering careers related to ecology, botany, conservation, etc.
Please see my CV for a list of projects previous students have worked on.
My 2017-2018 undergrad research assistants at UC Davis, Kyle, Edward and Maaike (from left)Damschen lab undergrads and grad students, Spring 2015Sara (with her wizened mentor) presenting her glade community research at the end-of-semester poster session!Brandon databases Ozark plants for donation to the Wisconsin HerbariumAnisa hard at work on cutting-edge GIS analysesJohn sorts grasshopper collections.Shannon checks out Penstemon flowers on a fieldwork trip in the OzarksDamschen-Orrock undergrads Savannah, Mitul and John with Jesse and Phil, fall 2013