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, ., Sanovia, J., Swetnam, L. T., Travis, R. W., Wasser, A. L., Woolner, E., Zarnetske, P. (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 in Nicotiana: Architectural and Temporal Effects on Phenotypic Integration. Int. J. Plant Sci. , 16925-240. .
• 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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