Degree

PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Colorado

BS in Biology

Montana State University

Published Works

• Heard, J. M., Anderson, J. J., Hopfensperger, N. K., Lunch, . C., O’Reilly, M. C., Scanga, E. S., Bissell, K. E., Bissell, K. E., Finney, M. D., Marconi, S., Kolozsvary, M., Kovacs, J., O’Leary, J. ., Panvini, D., Wasser, A. L., Woolner, E., Zarnetske, P. . Creating Space For Teaching-Focused Faculty In The Environmental Data Revolution. [Manuscript in preparation]. Ecosphere.
• Nagy, C. R., Balch, K. J., Bissell, K. E., Cattau, E. M., Glenn, F. N., Halpern, S. B., Ilangakoon, N., Johnson, B., Joseph, B. M., Marconi, S., O’Riordan, C., Sanovia, J., Swetnam, L. T., Travis, R. W., Wasser, A. L., Woolner, E., Zarnetske, P., Abdulrahim, M., Adler, J., Barnes, G., Bartowitz, J. K., Blake, E. R., Bombaci, P. S., Brun, J., Buchanan, D. J., Chadwick, D. K., Chapman, S. M., Chong, S. S., Chung, A. Y., Corman, R. J., Couret, J., Crispo, E., Doak, G. T., Donnelly, A., Duffy, A. K., Dunning, H. K., Duran, M. S., Edmonds, W. J., Fairbanks, E. D., Felton, J. A., Florian, R. C., Gann, D., Gebhardt, M., Gill, S. N., Gram, K. W., Guo, S. J., Harvey, J. B., Hayes, R. K., Helmus, R. M., Hensley, T. R., Hondula, L. K., Huang, T., Hundertmark, J. W., Iglesias, V., Jacinthe, P., Jansen, S. L., Jarzyna, A. M., Johnson, M. T., Jones, D. K., Jones, A. M., Just, G. M., Kaddoura, O. Y., Kagawa‐Vivani, K. A., Kaushik, A., Keller, B. A., King, B. K., Kitzes, J., Koontz, J. M., Kouba, V. P., Kwan, W., LaMontagne, M. J., LaRue, A. E., Li, D., Li, B., Lin, Y., Liptzin, D., Long, A. W., Mahood, L. A., Malloy, S. S., Malone, L. S., McGlinchy, M. J., Meier, L. C., Melbourne, A. B., Mietkiewicz, N., Morisette, T. J., Moustapha, M., Muscarella, C., Musinsky, J., Muthukrishnan, R., Naithani, K., Neely, M., Norman, K., Parker, M. S., Perez Rocha, M., Petri, L., Ramey, A. C., Record, S., Rossi, W. M., SanClements, M., Scholl, M. V., Schweiger, K. A., Seyednasrollah, B., Sihi, D., Smith, R. K., Sokol, R. E., Spaulding, A. S., Spiers, I. A., St. Denis, A. L., Staccone, P. A., Stack Whitney, K., Stanitski, M. D., Stricker, E., Surasinghe, D. T., Thomsen, K. S., Vasek, M. P., Xiaolu, L., Yang, D., Yu, R., Yule, M. K., Zhu, K. (2021). Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data‐capable community. Ecosphere, 12(12), e03833. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3833.
• Bissell, K. E., Purcell, A. (2020). Prelude to a spritz: Characterization of a riparian cottonwood forest prior to flooding by the Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project. Aquilegia, https://conps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aquilegia_2020_44.1_Winter.pdf
• Bissell, K. E., Lamberty, R., Turco, V. (2019). Chatfield bird diversity before reservoir expansion. The Lark Bunting: Official Newsletter of the Denver Field Ornithologists, https://dfobirds.org/News/Archives/2010-2019/2019/12_Dec_2019_LB.pdf
• Bissell, K. E., Diggle, K. P. (2010). Modular genetic architecture of floral morphology in Nicotiana: quantitative genetic and comparative phenotypic approaches to floral integration. J. Evolution Biol. , 23744-1758. .
• Bissell, K. E., Diggle, K. P. (2008). Floral Morphology inNicotiana: Architectural and Temporal Effects on Phenotypic Integration. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 169(2), 225-240. https://doi.org/10.1086/523875.
• Gregory, D. S., Espeland, K. E., Carlson, M. T., Bissell, K. E. (2001). Demography and population biology of a rare tarplant, Blepharizonia plumosa ssp. plumosa, (Asteraceae), a California summer annual forb. Madrono, 4872-285. .
• Bissell, K. E., Carlsen, M. T. (1998). Development of Amsinckia grandiflora restoration techniques. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research NCUR 99,
• Carlsen, M. T., Bissell, K. E., Pavlik, M. B. (1998). Restoration of the large-flowered fiddleneck (Amsinckia grandiflora) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Site 300, Project Fiscal Report, Fiscal Year 1998, October 1997-September 1998, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. ,

Research Interests

Population and community ecology
Population genetics and morphometrics in a cottonwood hybrid zone
NEON data in self-directed undergraduate research

Teaching Interests

I teach courses in general biology, botany, genetics, ecology, and evolution.

Office Hours

M 4:00-5:00 PM in SI 3008
T 2:30-4:00 PM in SI 2066
W 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in SI 2066
R 10:00-11:30 AM in SI 2066

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