Kathryn (Katie) D. Eckhoff

Kathryn D. Eckhoff
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
She/her/hers

Contact Info

Smissman Research Laboratory Room# B51A
Lawrence
2099 Constant Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66047

Education —

B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bradley University, Peoria IL, 2017

Research —

I investigate how climate alters the recovery of tallgrass prairie restorations by utilizing long term plant and soil data from a restoration chronosequence. Additionally, I want to understand how experimentally imposed drought at the beginning of a restoration can alter plant and soil communities and ecosystem functioning.

Research interests:

  • Restoration ecology, community ecology

Teaching —

Teaching interests:

  • General biology, Biostatistics and Principles of organismal biology

Awards & Honors —

Doctoral Fellowship (SIU).

Daphne Swartz Award for Excellence in Biology.

Ecological Society of America Restoration Ecology Section student poster award: 2nd place

Grants & Other Funded Activity —

Bjorklund Endowment

Beta Beta Beta Research Grant

 

Memberships —

Graduate Research Assistants Supporting Science: 2017-2019

Ecological Society of America: 2017 - present

Soil Ecology Society: 2018-present

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization: 2019-present