Kate Douthat

I am a graduate student in the program for Ecology and Evolution at Rutgers. My research focuses on the ecosystem functions of urban plants in stormwater basins. I am studying the ability of plants to filter stormwater, and the role of the stormwater network in supporting wetland plant biodiversity. I a Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Botany in Action Fellow (2018-2020). In 2019-2020 I am the proud teaching assistant for the Plant Ecology and Freshwater Ecology courses at Rutgers. You can find me in the Hartman lab at 130 Blake Hall.

My husband and I got a quarantine dog in May along with the rest of the country. He has provided many frustrations as well as many gifts, much like most things that are worth the effort.

Jun 30

Jun 30 Self-Study Lab

Kate Douthat

Botany, Soil, Teaching and learning

This is a self-study lab on exploring wetlands that you and your family or students can do on your own. It requires a smartphone and curiosity. Go explore!

Apr 6

Apr 6 Can a ditch by the side of the road save butterflies? Kate's Three Minute Thesis

Kate Douthat

In process, Land Use/Land Cover, Stormwater

This is my three-minute thesis talk. I have tried to condense the big idea of my research into three minutes.

Nov 4

Nov 4 Conservation in Unexpected Places

Kate Douthat

Botany, Land Use/Land Cover, Stormwater

Results! These are some results that I recently shared at the Student Conference on Conservation Science in New York. I have summarized the talk I gave there in which I reveal the plant species that I found in detention basins in my 2018 study. In some of my earlier posts, I described the background of the project that I am working on. This one will catch you up on the background, but also give some answers.