People

Gabriela Nunez-Mir, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Contact: SES 3236 • gnm at uic dot edu

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Eduardo Tovar

Graduate Student (PhD) - NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Eduardo is interested in understanding the role of phenology in driving plant invasions. He graduated with a B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In addition to a GRFP, Eduardo was awarded with a prestigious UIC Pipeline to an Inclusive Faculty Fellowship. Aside from research, he is also very passionate about the inclusion of BIPOC scientists in academia.

Sarah Romy

Graduate Student (PhD)

Sarah graduated from the University of St. Francis in 2022 where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Biology and a minor in Environmental Science. While in undergrad, she worked for the Forest Preserve District of Will County where she fell in love with Midwestern ecosystems and witnessed invasion and succession first hand. She is currently focused on the roles of structural diversity and aboveground traits in associational resistance of tree communities to invasive insect pests.

Gunashree Channakeshava

Graduate Research Assistant

Gunashree is a Master's student in the Department of Computer Science at UIC. Gunashree's research involves estimating Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound emissions using the Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) Model on Ubuntu. She also focuses on creating computational workflows for ongoing projects.

Coleman Earnest

Postbaccalaureate Researcher

Coleman conducts research on the impact of invasive species within Illinois wetlands. Invasive grasses are his focus and he hopes to explore their relationship to invasion debt and the establishment of other invasive species. He also has a big interest in socioecological systems and the ways in which urban areas influence invasion events.