Category: Projects

My dissertation research focused on the long-term C storage capacity of forests that underwent varying intensities of human-induced disturbance. Contrary to traditional understanding, recent investigations demonstrate that even very old forests may act as net sinks for atmospheric CO2. These...

In collaboration with Lucy Hutyra’s lab at Boston University I am working to quantify biomass, biogenic and anthropogenic C fluxes, and the spatial distribution of each across the heterogeneous gradient of human-modified ecosystems comprising the urban setting. These urban ecosystems...

Dr. Hardiman is working with colleagues in the Plants and Games Lab and the Couture Lab of plant-insect chemical ecology to understand how the structural, functional, and taxonomic diversity of trees affect forest growth and productivity rates. This work will...