BENSCOTER, Brian W.  Michigan State University, Post Doc.  Research is centered on understanding post-fire vegetation succession and affects on carbon sequestration in boreal western Canadian bogs. WEBPAGE: http://mypage.siu.edu/bbensc01.

BLOISE, Rose. Southern Illinois University, Department of Plant Biology, M.S. program. Research centers on the initation proccesses of peatlands in boreal Alberta, Canada.

COBBAERT, Danielle University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences. Ph.D. research is working on the algal and zooplankton dynamics of boreal peatland ponds.   WEBPAGE: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bayley.hp/bayley.html

CROWE, Sara Environmental Research Institute. Research into plant community carbon fluxes and their contribution to the carbon budget in Blanket Bog restoration sites in Northern Scotland.

FONTAINE, Natacha. Laval University, Department of Plant Biology. M.Sc. Research is centered on the vegetation diversity and the restoration of peatland pools.

LAVOIE, Claude. Université Laval (Québec, Canada), Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement. Ph.D. Research is centered on paleoecological reconstruction of peatland development and disturbances (fire, insect outbreaks), natural revegetation of mined peatlands, and on plant invasions occurring in bogs that have been severely disturbed by mining activities. WEBAGE: http://www.crad.ulaval.ca/leh/

LOCKY, David A. Interim Director, Athabasca River Basin Research Institute, Athabasca University. Research interests include wetland classification and evaluation, plant diversity, rarity, and biogeography, assessment and monitoring of natural and anthropogenic impacts. WEBPAGE: http://www.ualberta.ca/~dlocky/ and http://www.athabascau.ca/

LOISEL, Julie. Department of Geography of Université of Quebec in Montreal. M. Sc. research on carbon isotopic composition of Sphagnum species in boreal petlands (Northern Quebec, Canada).

MÄLSON, Kalle.  Uppsala University, Department of Plant Ecology. Evolutionary biology centre. Ph.D. candidate. Research is centered on understanding dispersal, colonization and dynamics of rich-fen plants. Working in a project which deals with restoration of previously drained rich fens in southern Sweden. WEBPAGE: http://www.vaxtbio.uu.se/resfold/malson.htm

POULIN, Monique. Laval University, Department of Phytology (Plant Biology), Professor. Research is centered on understanding plant diversity patterns in natural and abandoned mined peatlands, eastern Canada. Carbon fluxes estimation through the use of remote sensing techniques is also part of my research. WEBPAGE: http://www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca/en_presentation.html

ROBROEK, Bjorn. JM. Wageningen University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group. PhD research focuses on the effects of global changes (e.g., changes in the temperature, precipitation, and water table) on the competition between Sphagnum mosses. WEBPAGE: http://www.ncp.wur.nl/UK/Staff/Robroek

WRAY, Heather. University of Alberta. Department of Biological Sciences. Completed MSc on Nitrogen dynamics in two fen and marsh communities in the western boreal forest.
WEBPAGE: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bayley.hp/bayley.html

XU, Bin.  Southern Illinois University, Department of Plant Biology.  Ph.D. student.  Research interests include biogeochemistry, boreal bogs, nitrogen cycles, microbial biomass. 

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