Anderson-Huxley, Jared
jared.anderson@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Marko Spasojevic
Interests: Community Ecology, Biogeography, and Global Change Biology
Arquilla, April
april.arquilla@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Wendy Saltzman
Interests: Reproductive physiology, behavioral endocrinology, parental care, stress physiology
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
Bougie, Tierney
tierney.bougie@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Marshal Hedin
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests: Introgression and hybrid zones in the Habronattus americanus group
Brady, Peggy
peggy.brady@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Mark Springer
Interests: Mammalian evolutionary biology using both biogeographical and phylogenetic approaches
Buck, Ryan
ryan.buck@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Norman Ellstrand
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests: TBA
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: Theodore 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: Comparative evolutionary ecology of nectar-feeding birds.
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)
Cui, Yuwei
yuwei.cui@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Len Nunney
Interests: Conservation genetics, population genetics, evolution
Danielian, Serj
serj.danielian@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Helen Regan
Interests: Population modeling; Network Modeling; Population Risk Assessment; Population Time Series Analysis; and Network Synchrony Analysis.
Edwards, Kristin
kristin.edwards@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: David Reznick
Interests: Bony fish evolution and diversification, particularly as seen through the lens of functional ecology and morphology
Firebaugh Ornelas, Ariana
afire001@ucr.edu
Advisor: Marko Spasojevic
Advisor: Loralee Larios
Interests: TBA
Gardner, Sarah
sarah.gardner@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Polly Campbell
Interests: Behavioral ecology, parental care, microbiome, reproductive physiology
Green, Matthew
mgree013@ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: Population and community dynamics of aquatic food webs, focusing on dispersal and species interactions with laboratory protist and aquatic communities in Sierra Nevada alpine lake-stream networks
Hall, Elijah
elijah.hall@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Community ecology, plant and pollinator ecology, plant phenology
Henderson, Elisa
elisa.henderson@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Alan Brelsford
Advisor: Chris Clark
Interests: Speciation genomics and introgression in hybridizing hummingbird species pairs
Herbert, Amanda
amanda.herbert@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Tim E Higham
Interests: Functional morphology and biomechanics of fish feeding and locomotion
Kaminskaia, Elena
elena.kaminskaia@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Pollination ecology, climate change, conservation.
Keeler, Andrea
andrea.keeler@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Community ecology, global change, plant biology, biogeochemistry, plant-soil microbe interactions
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
Interests: The evolution of behavior and personality in social mammalian species.
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.
Levell, Samantha
samantha.levell@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: David Reznick
Interests: Life history evolution of reproductive methods, specifically matrotrophy (placental) and lecitrophy (yolk)
Lodge, AJ Krieger
they/them
alodg001@ucr.edu
Advisor: Marko Spasojevic
Interests: Alpine ecology, community ecology, biogeography, and global change biology.
Lucas, Gina
gluca001@ucr.edu
Advisor: Kieran Samuk
Interests: Evolution of recombination rate and chromosomal inversions.
Maag, Dylan
dylan.maag@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Alan Brelsford
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests: TBA
Madsen-McQueen, Tesa
tesa.madsenmcqueen@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Marko Spasojevic
Interests: plant community ecology, biogeography, global change biology
McNamara, Monica
monica.mcnamara@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Exercise, gut microbiome, early-life effects
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
Ostovar, Talieh
talieh.ostovar@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Amy Litt
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests: TBA
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
Prather, Robert
robert.prather@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: David Reznick
Interests: Behavioral, aquatic, and evolutionary ecology, mating system evolution, life history evolution, conservation, sexual selection, dispersal, and frequency-dependent selection
Qin, Gary
gary.qin@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Helen Regan
Interests: Freshwater ecology, anthropogenic effects, ecosystem services, environmental flow
Ramadoss, Niveditha
niveditha.ramadoss@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Amy Litt
Advisor: Lluvia Flores-Renteri
Interests: Plant population genetics and phylogenetics
Ramirez, Juan
jp.ramirez10@uniandes.edu.co
Advisor UCR: Marko Spasojevic
Advisor SDSU: Tod Reeder
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests: TBA
Randall, Jason
jason.randall@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Mark Springer
Interests: Molecular evolution and systematics in determining phylogenetic relationships
Robinett, Nathanael
nathanael.robinett@email.ucr.edu
Advisor UCR: Richard Cardullo
Advisor SDSU: Forest Rowher
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests: Genes, behavior, and evolution
Schwartz, Nicole
nicole.schwartz@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Theodore Garland
Interests: Evolutionary physiology of exercise behavior; early-life effects on adult behavior
Shirazi, Seth
soroush.shirazi@email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Tim E 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.