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Frances O'Donnell
Frances O'Donnell

Ph.D Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
BA 2007, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Room: E308 Engineering Quad
Phone: 609-258-4869
Email: fodonnel@princeton.edu

Webpage: Princeton EcoHydrology Group


Research Areas

  • Ecohydrology
  • Environmental Engineering and Water Resources

Research Interests

Frances is interested in how the spatially heterogeneous vegetation structure and sporadic rainfall patterns found in savannas influence the carbon dynamics of these ecosystems.  Her fieldwork on the Kalahari Transect in southern Africa investigates the distribution and dynamics of soil carbon and belowground biomass.

To the right above is a picture of Frances on the tranquil shore of Lake Wobegon.

Updated:  August 3, 2011