Becky Shirk

Research assistant

Education:

B.A., Oberlin College (2005) Majors: Biology (Highest Honors) and East Asian Studies

Research Interests:

Population genetics of the invasive shrub Rosa multiflora (undergraduate honors thesis); invasion dynamics and restoration of California grasslands.

Recent Awards:

Norman H. Wright Prize recipient (Oberlin College Biology Department, 2005)

Recent Publications:

Stevens, MHH, R Shirk, and C Steiner. 2006. Water and fertilizer have opposite effects on plant species richness in a mesic early successional habitat. Plant Ecology 183: 27-34.

Favorite Plant:

Polystichum achrostichoides, Christmas fern

Email Address:

rshirk@uci.edu