The University of California, Riverside is recognized as one of the most diverse student bodies among public universities ranked both as a
Carnegie "high research activity" and U. S. News & World Report Tier One institution.
The EEOB graduate program at UCR is committed to an academic culture that reflects the global community around us.
2019-2020 EEOB GSA Officers
Vice-President: Kristin Edwards
Treasurer: Jason Randall
Campus GSA Representative: Ryan Conway
Campus GSA Representative: Sam Kubica
Website/Newsletter: Marcell Cadney
Outreach Coordinator: Catherine Nguyen
EEOB Grad Student Calendar
Current EEOB Graduate Students
Andrews, Holly
Email: holly.andrews(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Darrel Jenerette
Interests: Global change, plant invasions, biogeochemical cycling, ecological remote sensing, and ecosystem type conversion
Visit Holly's Research Website
Arquilla, April
Email: april.arquilla(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Wendy Saltzman
Interests: Reproductive physiology, behavioral endocrinology, parental care, stress physiology
Berger, Ayala
Email: ayala.berger(at)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
Email: tierney.bougie(at)email.ucr.edu
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Advisors: (UCR) Alan Brelsford / Marshal Hedin (SDSU)
Interests: Phylogenetics and evolution of arachnids, systematics and introgressive hybridization of jumping spiders
Brady, Peggy
Email: peggy.brady(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Mark Springer
Interests: Mammalian evolutionary biology using both biogeographical and phylogenetic approaches
Bucior, Erika
Email: erika.bucior(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Lou Santiago
Interests: Comparative plant physiological ecology, plant hydraulics and gas exchange, and functional traits under abiotic stress
Buck, Ryan
Email: ryan.buck(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor:
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests:
Cadney, Marcell
Email: marcell.cadney(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Early-life effects of diet and exercise, exercise physiology & behavior
Castro, Alberto
Email: alberto.castro(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Skeletal function and evolution
Conroy, Lauren
Email: lauren.conroy(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Derek Roff
Interests: Evolution of mating preferences, sexual selection, and behavioral ecology in Gryllus field crickets
Visit Lauren's Research Website
Conway, Ryan
Email: ryan.conway(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: Freshwater ecology, invasive species, and invertebrates
Cosma, Christopher
Email: christopher.cosma(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Community ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, global change
Cui, Yuwei
Email: yuwei.cui(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Len Nunney
Interests: Conservation genetics, population genetics, evolution
Danielian, Serj
Email: serj.danielian(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Helen Regan
Interests: Effects of different patterns of dispersal on metapopulation dynamics
Dolan, Jamie
Email: jamie.dolan(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kim Hammond
Interests: Physiological ecology, physiological trade-offs associated with extremes and/or changing conditions (such as hot/cold temperatures and hypoxic environments)
Edwards, Kristin
Email: kristin.edwards(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: David Reznick
Interests: Bony fish evolution and diversification, particularly as seen through the lens of functional ecology and morphology
Fabunan, Rudy
Email: rudy.fabunan(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor:
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests:
Firebaugh Ornelas, Ariana
Email: ariana.firebaughornelas(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Lou Santiago
Interests:
Freymiller, Grace
Email: grace.freymiller(at)email.ucr.edu
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Advisors: Tim Higham (UCR) / (SDSU)
Interests: Predator-prey coevolution, prey performance during predatory events, kangaroo rat evasions in response to rattlesnake strikes
Gedlinske, Lauren
Email: lauren.gedlinske(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor:
Interests:
Green, Matthew
Email: mgree013(at)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
Visit Matthew's Research Website
Hall, Elijah
Email: elijah.hall(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Community ecology, plant and pollinator ecology, plant phenology
Henderson, Elisa
Email: elisa.henderson(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Alan Brelsford
Interests: population genomics, evolutionary genetics, speciation genomics, hummingbird hybridization
Keeler, Andrea
Email: andrea.keeler(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Nicole Rafferty
Interests: Community ecology, global change, plant biology, biogeochemistry, plant-soil microbe interactions
Kubica, Sam
Email: sam.kubica(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Mark Springer
Interests: Functional morphology of cursorial spines and evolutionary history of cursorial locomotion
Lagunas-Robles, German
Email: german.lagunasrobles(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Alan Brelsford
Interests: Supergene evolution, sex chromosomes, non-model organism genetics
LePiane, Krista
Email: krista.lepiane(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Chris Clark
Interests: Ecology, evolution, and biomechanics of silent flight in owls
Levell, Samantha
Email: samantha.levell(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: David Reznick
Interests: Life history evolution of reproductive methods, specifically matrotrophy (placental) and lecitrophy (yolk)
Maag, Dylan
Email: dylan.maag(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Alan Brelsford
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests:
McNamara, Monica
Email: monica.mcnamara(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Exercise, gut microbiome, early-life effects
Myers, Brian
Email: brian.myers(at)email.ucr.edu
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Advisors: Chris Clark (UCR) / Kevin Burns (SDSU)
Interests: Behavior, evolution, genetics
Naylor, Emily
Email: emily.naylor(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Tim Higham
Interests: Functional morphology, ecomorphology, biomechanics, and locomotion
Nguyen, Catherine
Email: thien.nguyen006(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Wendy Saltzman
Interests: Animal behavior, parental care and parental characteristics, animal communication, anthropogenic effects
Ostovar, Talieh
Email: talieh.ostovar(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor:
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Interests:
Ota, William
Email: william.ota(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: Urban Ecology, Climate Change, Animal Behavior, Science Advocacy, and Community Ecology
Prather, Robert
Email: robert.prather(at)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
Ramirez, Juan
Email: jp.ramirez10@uniandes.edu.co
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Advisors: Marko Spasojevic (UCR) / Tod Reeder (SDSU)
Interests:
Randall, Jason
Email: jason.randall(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Mark Springer
Interests: Molecular evolution and systematics in determining phylogenetic relationships
Robinett, Nathanael
Email: nathanael.robinett(at)email.ucr.edu
Track: Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology (UCR/SDSU)
Advisors: Richard Cardullo (UCR) / Forest Rowher (SDSU)
Interests: Genes, behavior, and evolution
Saffarinia, Parsa
Email: parsa.saffarinia(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: Influences of flow on food web structure in streams, aquatic community ecology
Schwartz, Nicolas
Email: nicolas.schwartz(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Evolutionary physiology and anatomy of exercise behavior
Tingle, Jessica
Email: jessica.tingle(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Ted Garland
Interests: Ecomorphology, biomechanics, herpetology, sidewinding locomotion
Visit Jessica Tingle's Website
Wilcox, Sean
Email: sean.wilcox(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Chris Clark
Interests: Behavioral ecology, animal communication, animal performance, courtship and sexual selection
Woodie, Clara
Email: clara.woodie(at)email.ucr.edu
Advisor: Kurt Anderson
Interests: How species interactions change with environmental disturbances and how population dynamics are subsequently affected, ultimately to determine the threat of biodiversity loss due to climate change