Arquilla, April
april.arquilla@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Wendy Saltzman
Interests: Reproductive physiology, behavioral endocrinology, parental care, stress physiology
Axlid, Erik
eaxli001@ucr.edu
Advisor: Dr. Tim Higham
Interests: Fish biomechanics and functional morphology.
Base, Juliana
juliana.base@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Evolutionary physiology and behavior
Berger, Ayala
ayala.berger@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Chris Clark
Interests: Ecoacoustics, bioacoustics, animal behavior and animal communication the effects of anthropogenic change on acoustics and animal communication
Buckley, Miranda
miranda.buckley@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Paul Nabity
Interests: The ecological roles and evolution of parasitic plants.
Cabrera, Haley
haley.cabrera@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Exercise physiology, evolutionary physiology
Cartee, Marissa
marissa.cartee@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: David Reznick
Interests: I am interested in the evolution of Alternative Reproductive Tactics (ARTs) in the family of fish, Poeciliidae.
Chatterjee, Soumyadeep
schat030@ucr.edu
Advisor: Christopher Clark
Advisor: Alan Brelsford
Interests: Evolution of vision and color in hummingbirds
Coleman, Mitchell
mitchell.coleman@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Louis Santiago
Interests: plant ecophysiology, comparative stress tolerance, halophytic shrubs, land management
Conway, Ryan
ryan.conway@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: Freshwater ecology, invasive species, and invertebrates
Cosma, Christopher
christopher.cosma@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Plant-pollinator interactions, climate change, community ecology, conservation
Research Website: The Butterfly Net: Lepidoptera Conservation Tool (R Shiny App)
Firebaugh Ornelas, Ariana
afire001@ucr.edu
Advisor: Marko Spasojevic
Advisor: Loralee Larios
Interests: TBA
Gangothri, Sivaraj
sgang016@ucr.edu
Advisor: Kate Ostevik
Interests: Hybridization and speciation, plant-pollinator interactions, Floral traits, Plant ecology
Gardner, Sarah
sarah.gardner@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Polly Campbell
Interests: Behavioral ecology, parental care, microbiome, reproductive physiology
Ghosh, Ria
rghos012@ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: Impacts of the anthropogenic activities in the Santa Ana River Ecosystem
Graver, Nicolas
nicolas.graver@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Helen Regan
Interests: Plant community ecology, aridlands fire ecology/management, climate impacts to desert trees, population modeling
Hall, Elijah
elijah.hall@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Community ecology, plant and pollinator ecology, plant phenology
Herbert, Amanda
amanda.herbert@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: David Reznick
Interests: Functional morphology and biomechanics of fish feeding and locomotion
Hernandez Arellano, Tao
thern049@ucr.edu
Advisor: David Reznick
Interests: Taxonomy, Biogeography, Evolution and ecology of fishes.
Jiang, Chenkun
chenkun.jiang@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Evolutionary physiology and behavior
Kaminskaia, Elena
elena.kaminskaia@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Pollination ecology, climate change, conservation.
Khan, Rahim
rahim.khan@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Evolutionary physiology and animal behavior
Kubica, Sam
sam.kubica@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Mark Springer
Interests: Evolution of the mammalian vertebral column.
Lagunas-Robles, German
german.lagunasrobles@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Alan Brelsford
Interests: Supergene evolution, population genomics, underlying genetics of split sex ratio and social structure in Formica ants.
Lampman, William-Cael
alamp011@ucr.edu
Advisor: Theodore Garland Jr.
Interests: I am interested in the evolution of behavior and personality in social mammalian species! Currently, I study the behavioral profile of High Runner mice selectively bred for voluntary wheel running.
Lay, Conner
connor.lay@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Paul Nabity
Interests: I am interested in how plants interact with their abiotic and biotic environments. Specifically hoping to better understand how environmental changes such as habitat fragmentation and climate variation contribute to genetic diversity and adaptation.
Louden, Sam
sloud003@ucr.edu
Advisor: Loralee Larios
Interests: Community ecology, restoration ecology, plant community assembly, seed predators, synzoochory
Lucas, Gina
gluca001@ucr.edu
Advisor: Kieran Samuk
Interests: Evolution of recombination rate and chromosomal inversions.
Madsen-McQueen, Tesa
tesa.madsenmcqueen@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Marko Spasojevic
Interests: plant community ecology, biogeography, global change biology
Neupane, Rajesh
rajesh.neupane@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kate Ostevik
Interests: Reproductive barrier's affect on species emergence and extinction
Nguyen, Catherine
thien.nguyen006@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Wendy Saltzman
Interests: Animal behavior, parental care and parental characteristics, animal communication, anthropogenic effects
Ota, William
william.ota@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: William studies how urbanization and wastewater are impacting freshwater ecosystems, communities, and trophic structure. He uses the Santa Ana River as a model in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Peterman, Spencer
spencer.peterman@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Joel L Sachs
Interests: Evolutionary ecology, symbiosis, plant-microbe interactions
Plunkett, Dirk
dplun001@ucr.edu
Advisor: Loralee Larios
Interests: Restoration ecology, community ecology, mycorrhizal fungi, soil legacies, plant fungi mutualisms
Qin, Gary
gary.qin@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Helen Regan
Interests: Freshwater ecology, anthropogenic effects, ecosystem services, environmental flow
Randall, Jason
jason.randall@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Mark Springer
Interests: Molecular evolution and systematics in determining phylogenetic relationships
Shirazi, Seth
soroush.shirazi@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Tim Higham
Interests: Evolutionary biomechanics, form & function, and genetics.
Silva, Brennan
bsilv008@ucr.edu
Advisor: Kate Ostevik
Interests: Homology, Chromosome Duplications, Speciation, the Development of Reproductive Barriers
Thai, Kevin
kevin.thai001@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Leonard Nunney
Interests: Evolution of cancer suppression.
Whitehead, Natalie
natalie.whitehead@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Animal Behavior, Behavioral Evolution, Ecology, Epigenetic Inheritance
Winter, Sierra
swint010@ucr.edu
Advisor: Christopher Clark
Interests: Hummingbird conservation ecology studying historical versus present ranges.
Wong, Jenny
j.wong@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Christopher Clark
Advisor: Alan Brelsford
Interests: Evolutionary genomics and Phylogenetics of birds.
Jenny's Research Website
Woodie, Clara
she/her/hers
clara.woodie@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: Population dynamics, Food web theory, Spatial ecology, Intraguild predation, Protist microcosms, Mathematical modeling.
