Mentoring in the Strömberg Lab

Principal Investigator

Estella B. Leopold Professor of Biology & Curator of Paleobotany
Adjunct Professor, Earth and Space Sciences

Caroline is a paleobotanist and paleoecologist interested in how plants have shaped Earth’s ecosystems through time. She is fascinated by evolution, especially how it is influenced by ecology. There is a special place in her heart for the most awesome of all plants: grasses.

[email protected] | CV | Google Scholar | @caestromberg

Chris Schiller

Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology

Chris is a paleoecologist who uses fossil pollen to study how ancient vegetation responded to changing climate and disturbance, with a particular focus on how plants were impacted by volcanic eruptions. Before switching to terrestrial ecosystems, Chris received a BS in geology from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where he worked with Christina Belanger on foraminifera assemblages from the Gulf of Alaska. He completed his PhD dissertation working in Cathy Whitlock’s paleoecology lab at Montana State University on the Quaternary vegetation history of Yellowstone National Park. Using high-resolution pollen, microcharcoal, and X-ray fluorescence analyses, he explored how the ecosystem was impacted by postglacial volcanic and hydrothermal activity. At UW, Chris is applying similar methods to study the mechanisms of vegetation change—climate change vs. volcanic disturbance—in the Middle Miocene of the Pacific Northwest.

[email protected] | CV | Website

Other UW Paleobotanists

Estella B. Leopold
Professor Emeritus, Biology Department
Burke Museum Research Associate
 
Rick Dillhoff
Evolving Earth Foundation
Burke Museum Research Associate
 
Tad Dillhoff
Evolving Earth Foundation
Burke Museum Research Associate
 
Don Hopkins
Volunteer, Burke Museum
 
Paul Kester
Burke Museum Research Associate

Tim Gallaher
Alice Novello 
​Ethan Hyland
Georgina Erra
Avery Cook Shinneman 
Lloyd Rossouw

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