Photos from our field trip to sample cottonwood cuttings on the Caney Fork River last month

Thought I would post some photos of the first field work outing of the year. We were out on the Caney Fork River in Central Tennessee where we have done several studies in the last few years. Primary objective was to obtain cuttings of trees for some upcoming greenhouse experiments. Secondary objective was to play with the “big shot” which is the giant sling shot we used to get lines over the tall limbs to bring them down to get the cuttings. Both were a success!

New Lab Members – People page has been updated!

In the last month we have welcomed both Cyd Hamilton and Laurel Kluber into our group at ORNL.  Cyd is a Visiting Scientist and ORISE Fellow working with us on plant fungal interactions on the PMI Project.  Laurel Kluber is a Postdoctoral Associate working with us on the SPRUCE project as well as our Soil Carbon Cycle Modeling collaborative projects with ESD staff scientists Melanie Mayes and Gangsheng Wang.  Check out the updates on the “People” page!