Dr. Jorge Vivanco, Director

Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture
Colorado State University

Research Interests:
• Rhizosphere community interactions
• Root exudation
• Biology and biochemistry of invasive weeds
• Plant-organism interactions
• Plant models for animal pathogenesis

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email: j.vivanco@colostate.edu

Dr. Mark Paschke, Co-Director

Research Interests:
• Restoration and ecology of disturbed ecosystems
• Soil and rhizosphere biology
• Ecology of invasive plant species
• Nitrogen biogeochemistry
• Biology of Frankkia and actinorhizal plants
• Ecology of plant-microbe interactions

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Emily Wortman-Wunder,
Assistant Director

Research Associate, Department of Horticulture
Colorado State University

Research Interests:
• History of Rhizosphere Science
• Scientific discourse
• Grant writing

email: emwunder@lamar.colostate.edu