Trace Martyn
Assistant Professor of Rangeland Science
Oregon State University
Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center
(EOARC - Union)
Curriculum Vitae
ResearchGate
ORCID
Why I study what I study
I grew up in the Piedmont of North Carolina and it was there that I developed an interest in the environment and wildlife exploring the woods in my backyard. I continued to pursue my interest in the environment, studying Wildlife and Fisheries at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. After my undergrad and a number of years working on the SGS-LTER, I decided to pursue a Masters degree in Botany at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. After my Masters, I accepted a PhD position with the Mayfield Community Ecology Lab at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. In the Mayfield Lab, I researched complex plant interactions in annual plant communities in Western Australia. I finished my PhD in June 2020 and joined the Gornish Lab at the University of Arizona in Tucson as a Postdoctoral Researcher. In the Gornish Lab, I worked on a number of restoration ecology projects: exploring the impacts of installation of rock structures to improve vegetation establishment, examining restoration seed preference in granivorous ant species, and using functional traits to inform restoration species selection for multiple ecosystem services and management goals. In May 2022, I joined the Lauenroth Lab at Yale University as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on building and testing monitoring protocols with a team of students on a ranch in Colorado.
In November 2023, I started a position at Oregon State University. As part of my position, I teach classes at Eastern Oregon University in OSU’s Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Program including Rangeland Restoration and Management, Wildland Plant ID, and Ecology of Shrublands. In addition, I work on my research at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center in Union and around the PNW and Great Basin.
That’s it?!
Currently, I am building my lab at OSU. I currently have an opening for a Master’s Student and undergraduate research technician. Check out the ‘Join the Lab’ page or please reach out to me at Trace.Martyn at oregonstate.edu