Place of birth: Berkeley, CA
Education: B.A., The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 1998.
Ph.D. student, Harvard University's Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (N.M. Holbrook's group)
Research Interests:
- Hydraulics of rattan vines
- Vine behavior and the generation of twining force
Alex enjoying the company of rattans in Sarawak, Malaysia
Research Assistant to Dr. Nalini Nadkarni (July 1996-June 1998): Design and conduction of continuing experiments on epiphyte colonization of Ocotea tonduzii and Acer macrophyllum in Monteverde, Costa Rica and Olympia, Washington
Nadkarni, N.M., A.R. Cobb and R. Solano. 2000. Interception and retention of macroscopic bryophyte fragments by branch substrates in a tropical cloud forest: an experimental and demographic approach. Oecologia. In press.Cobb, A.R., N.M. Nadkarni and G.R. Ramsey. Recolonization of bigleaf maple branches by epiphytic bryophytes following experimental disturbance. In preparation for submission to Canadian Journal of Botany. Poster given at the Second International Canopy Conference, Sarasota, Florida, 1998.
Favorite things: Brown paper packages, crisp apple strudel
Contact Information:
e-mail: acobb@oeb.harvard.edu
Tel.: +1 617 496 3580
Fax.: +1 617 496-5854
Address:
Biological Laboratories, 16 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
"The purpose of analysis is not to destroy beauty but to identify its sources. There is no such thing as a beautiful object without characteristics. If one cares about the nature of the beautiful object, he is well occupied in studying what makes it beautiful."
-- John Ciardi, How does a poem mean?
