![Kelly Carscadden](https://www.colorado.edu/lab/emery/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/people/carscadden_headshot_5x5_0.jpg?itok=jVGeA_uZ)
PhD student
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
I research how the interaction between genetic and environmental variation shapes species' ecological niche breadth. I aim to determine whether species-level breadth is composed of differently specialized, or broadly tolerant, populations in monkeyflower species. In addition, I am studying the demography of hybridizing cinquefoil taxa to understand drivers of niche breadth and range dynamics in changing environments.