Deidre Jaeger is a native plant enthusiast with a growing love for backyard botanicals. Whether native or exotic, plants fascinate Deidre, who has worked with several botanic gardens and the USDA Agricultural Research Station. After becoming inspired to study plants of the city, she launched herself into the urban ecology field with the support of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2016. Now at the 麻豆影院, Deidre is a PhD Candidate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, a graduate fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)听and an advisor for CU 麻豆影院's Center for Sustainable Landscapes and Communities. Deidre鈥檚 research focuses on microclimate effects on the timing of urban tree budburst, curriculum development of undergraduate research experiences and power-of-place education.听听