Education
BS in Biology – College of William and Mary
MS in Ecology – Colorado State University
PhD in Biological Sciences – University of Notre Dame
Selected Publications
Vahsen, M. L., Todd‐Brown, K. E. O., Hicks, J., Pilyugin, S. S., Morris, J. T., & Holmquist, J. R. (2024). Cohort Marsh Equilibrium Model (CMEM): History, Mathematics, and Implementation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(4), e2023JG007823.
Vahsen, M. L., Kleiner, H. S., Kodak, H., Summers, J. L., Vahsen, W. L., Blum, M. J., Megonigal, J. P., & McLachlan, J. S. (2023). Complex eco‐evolutionary responses of a foundational coastal marsh plant to global change. New Phytologist, 240(5), 2121-2136.
Vahsen, M. L., Blum, M. J., Megonigal, J. P., Emrich, S. J., Holmquist, J. R., Stiller, B., Todd-Brown, K. E. O., & McLachlan, J. S. (2023). Rapid plant
trait evolution can alter coastal wetland resilience to sea level rise. Science, 379(6630), 393-398.
Vahsen, M. L., Gentile, R. M., Summers, J. L., Kleiner, H. S., Foster, B., McCormack, R. M., James, E. W., Koch, R. A., Metts, D. L., Saunders, C., Megonigal, J. P., Blum, M. J., & McLachlan, J. S. (2021). Accounting for variability when resurrecting dormant propagules substantiates their use in eco‐evolutionary studies. Evolutionary Applications, 14(12), 2831-2847.
Monroe, J. G., Markman, D. W., Beck, W. S., Felton, A. J., Vahsen, M. L., & Pressler, Y. (2018). Ecoevolutionary dynamics of carbon cycling in the anthropocene. Trends in ecology & evolution, 33(3), 213-225.
