Home Curriculum Vitae Research Projects Publications Research Assistants Volunteers Welcomed Please contact me via email (bianno2@uic.edu) if you are a hard-working, dedicated individual interested in learning about ecological restoration, biological invasions, soil-plant interactions, soil analysis, and/or statistics. Additionally, feel free to contact any of the individuals on this web page to learn about their own experiences working with me.Volunteering is a great way to familiarize yourself with the tools used by scientists and to introduce yourself to the wide range of questions being answered by scientists. Undergraduate Research Assistants Undergraduates play a vital role in many aspects of my research including the set up of studies, collection of field data, and processing samples back at the lab. I currently work with undergraduates from two institutions: my own institution, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), as well as the Environmental Science Program at DePaul University, whom which I collaborate. Below are my past and current research assistants. Past and Current Research Assistants from UIC Ann-Marie Iannone (my daughter), although not an undergraduate, has helped with collecting buckthorn, soil samples, and field data. Khris Villarin (kvilla8@uic.edu) has helped with soil analysis. Dev Rijal (rijal@comcast.net) has helped with soil analysis and is currently working on a undergraduate thesis project to determine how buckthorn invasion influence and are influenced by soil nitrogen. Jose Peralta (jperal3@uic.edu) has helped with soil analysis and collecting field data. Sean Grabiner (sgrabi2@uic.edu) has helped with soil analysis and has since moved on to studying introduced parrots in Chicago.    Lindsay Day (day.lindsay3@gmail.com) helped to age buckthorn invasions throughout Chicago as part of an undergraduate thesis project that investigated how climatic variables hypothesized to change in response to climate change are related to rates of  buckthorn growth. Chris Baugher (cbaugh2@uic.edu) assisted with many aspects of my research including experimental set up, data and sample collections, and the development of a database. He is currently working on a project that will determine the effects of increased CO2 on earthworms and carbon sequestration in soils at Oak Ridge LTER. Ana North (anacnorth@gmail.com) has helped with developing protocols for soils analysis, soil analysis, and aging buckthorn invasions throughout the Chicago area. Arina Kligman (akligm2@uic.edu) has helped with soil analysis Past and Current Research Assistants from DePaul University The following pictures of show some of the assistants from DePaul University's Environmental Science Program who have assisted with my research. Others who have helped but are not shown are Ashley Dickerson, Samantha Charlino, and Jackie Beard. If you want to learn more about the undergraduates from DePaul University that have contributed to my research and the other research projects that they are involved with check out the Heneghan Lab's facebook site. Emily White [next to Liam Heneghan (not an undergrad)] has helped with data collection and experimental set up. Allex Zelles has helped with collecting field data in multiple studies. Kathleen Soler has helped with data collection, lab work, and experimental set up. Beth Kosson has helped with both data collection and lab work. Nikki Chaffin, along with Allex and Kathleen, has helped with data collection and lab work. Krista Elhert has helped with data collection and lab work. Meaghan Kern has helped with data collection and lab work. Will Warner has helped with experimental set up. Robbie Sliwinski has helped with experimental set up and plant identification. Ryan Wiethholter has helped with experimental set up. April Malone, Owen Mckenna, and Emily Hansen have helped with soil analysis. Chelsea Carey has helped with data collection and lab work. Courtney Gill has helped with data collection. Lauren Miller has helped with data collection. Phillip Rothrock has helped with data collection. Snapping turtle has helped provide high-quality field entertainment.