Sarah Emery

Dr. Sarah Emery is a full professor and plant ecologist in the Biology Department at the University of Louisville, where she has been a faculty member since 2007 and Director of Graduate Studies since 2018. Dr. Emery is broadly interested in factors that influence plant biodiversity and has more than 15 years of experience studying plant-fungal interactions in natural, agricultural, and horticultural systems. She is particularly interested in understanding how plants and their associated fungal symbionts respond to different aspects of global change with current work focused in Great Lakes sand dune ecosystems. She has over 50 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, with funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, and the National Horticulture Foundation. Dr. Emery has also supervised dissertations and theses for 13 Ph.D. students and 6 M.S. students and has taught a variety of courses in ecology and plant biology during her tenure at UofL. In her personal time, Dr. Emery enjoys hiking, gardening, crochet, occasionally defeating her husband in pickleball, and being a mom to two great kids.

Email: sarah.emery@louisville.edu

Research Interests: population and community ecology, biodiversity, plant-soil interactions

Collaborative Interests: department seminars, graduate committees, grant collaborations, guest lectures, public lectures, publications, research collaborations, student advising