WELCOME TO THE RESTART LAB

Restoring Ecosystems using Successional Theory, Assembly Rules, and novel Trajectories

Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario

RESEARCH

Our research is focused on restoration ecology and land reclamation.

We use a wide range of laboratory, greenhouse, and field approaches to answer questions about plant and soil ecology as it relates to restoration, the effects of human disturbance on plants and soil, and how different land management strategies can promote restoration and conservation objectives.

Prairie Restoration

Anthroposols & Mine Reclamation

Species-At-Risk Habitat Restoration

NEWS

February 25, 2026

Jennifer Fedak and Lucy Martin-Johnson presented their graduate research, focused on restoration of The Meadoway, at a Lunch and Learn hosted by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Left to right: Hayden Epp (MSc student, uWaterloo), Ashley DeBoer (MSc student, uWaterloo), Jennifer Fedak (PhD student, Trent), Lilhac Medina (Postdoctoral Fellow, uWaterloo), Lucy Martin-Johnson (MSc student, Trent).