Title: Assistant Professor 

Education:
Ph.D in Botany, Washington State University, 2005
M.S. in Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 1996
B.A. in Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 1994

Area(s) of Specialty: Wetlands ecology, Plant community ecology, Plant physiological ecology, Ecosystem ecology, Plant-animal interactions

Research Interests: 
1. Ecological consequences of species invasions
2. Effects of grazing on plant and microbial interactions
3. Carbon cycling
4. Species interactions within peatlands and estuaries
5. Taxonomy and biogeography of aquatic and wetland plants
6. Ecology of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem 

Recent Publications:

Maricle, B.R., R.W. Lee, C.E. Hellquist, O. Kiirats, and G.E. Edwards (2007) Effects of salinity on chlorophyll fluorescence and CO2 fixation in C4 estuarine grasses. Photosynthetica 45: 433-440.

Hellquist. C.B. and C.E. Hellquist (2006) Invasive plants of the frogbit family in North America. Water Garden Journal 21: 5-8.

Hellquist, C.E. and G.E. Crow (2003) The vascular flora of Mud Pont peatland, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Rhodora 105: 153-177

Hacker, S.D., D. Heimer, C.E. Hellquist, T.G. Reeder, B. Reeves, T.J. Riordan, and M.N. Dethier (2001) A marine plant (Spartina anglica) invades widely varying habitats: potential mechanisms of invasion and control. Biological Invasions 3: 211-217.

Hellquist, C.E. and G.E. Crow (1999) The distribution of the bryophyte and vascular plants of Little Dollar Lake peatland, Mackinac County, Michigan. Rhodora 101: 46-86.

Hellquist, C.E. and G.E. Crow (1997) The byrophyte and vascular flora of Little Dollar Lake peatland, Mackinac County, Michigan. Rhodora 99: 195-222.