About

I am a fifth-year doctoral candidate at the Yale School of the Environment studying plant-soil interactions and forest ecology. My research explores basic and applied questions related to shifts in plant dominance driven by factors of global change and how they influence soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. More specifically, my work has focused on: (1) interactions between under- and over-story plant-fungal associations and soil biogeochemical processes, (2) feedbacks between invasive plants, soil nutrient availability, and forest disturbance, and (3) the effects of forest management and restoration practices on soils. The ecosystems that I work in are strongly influenced by human use, such as urbanization, land management, and logging, and I am particularly interested in applications of my research for conservation, restoration, and land management.

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Elisabeth (Eli) B. Ward
Doctoral candidate
she/her

Yale School of the Environment
​Greeley Memorial Laboratory 
370 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

email: elisabeth DOT ward AT yale DOT edu
twitter:  @elibward
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