Research Associate & GVSU Alumna
E-Mail: [email protected]

Presentations:
View poster from Student Scholars Day (GVSU 2020)
View talk to ITEX-AON members (Master's Thesis) (GVSU 2019)
View talk given as part of an outreach science fair (Utqiaġvik 2019)
View talk from ITEX conference (Italy 2019)
View talk from ITEX conference (Scotland 2018)
View poster from Student Scholars Day (GVSU 2018)
View talk from Michigan Academy of Science (Central Michigan 2018)
View poster from Student Scholars Day (GVSU 2017)

Katlyn is currently working on the project as a research associate.  She joined the AEP in 2016.  Katlyn graduated with a B.S. in Biology in May of 2018 and continued on the project as a graduate student, she finished her Master's in August of 2020.  During the 2016 - 2019 field seasons, she worked primarily in Utqiaġvik. She also traveled to Toolik Lake to assist with end-of-season data collection. As an undergraduate her independent research project she examined the response of Eriophorum triste to long-term warming.  Her Master's Thesis examined the variation in plant traits across sites.

Katlyn is interested in careers in both ecological research and conservation.