Rachel Becknell

Lab Affiliation: Scott Mangan

My research centers on determining the effects of soil microbes such as bacteria and fungi on the successful restoration of tallgrass prairie plant communities as well as the reintroduction of the federally endangered legume, Astragalus bibullatus (Pyne’s Ground Plum).

In the News:

https://artsci.wustl.edu/ampersand/going-below-surface-tyson-research-center