I am a PhD student at the University of Kansas working with Dr. Joy Ward. A native Kansan, I completed my bachelor's degree (with Distinction) in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at KU in 2006, worked for a year for the Institute for Educational Research and Public Service (also at KU) and then began my doctoral program in the EEB department with Dr. Ward.

On the following pages you will find information on my dissertation research, other research going on in the Ward lab and my other personal interests. Feel free to peruse my CV, browse my information here, and check out the pages linked, for more information!

Publications

2. Gerhart LM, JM Harris, JB Nippert, DR Sandquist, JK Ward (in press) Glacial trees from the La Brea tar pits show hpysiological constraints of low CO2. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04025.x Click here for PDF

1. Gerhart LM, JK Ward (2010) Plant responses to low [CO2] of the past. Invited Tansley Review. New Phytologist, 188:674-695. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03441.x Click here for PDF