CPB Graduate Student Affiliates
Name |
Graduate Program |
Contact Information |
Research Interest |
Faculty Mentor |
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Abbott, Jessica |
Population Biology |
jmabbott |
The relationship between diversity and disturbance at the community level; how genetic diversity in eelgrass affects the community response to anthropogenically driven perturbations. |
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Population Biology |
meafkhami |
Integration of mutualism into ecology and evolution using grass-endophyte symbioses, currently focusing on mutualist-mediated niche expansion/partitioning and multiple species mutualisms. |
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Ashander, Jaime |
Population Biology |
jashander |
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Balachowski, Jennifer |
Ecology |
jbalachowski |
Local adaptation and transgenerational plasticity in grasses; landscape genetics; restoration genetics for Mediterranean grasslands under climate change |
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Baldini, Ryan |
Ecology |
ryanbaldini +@+ gmail . com |
Cultural evolution: The evolutionary origins and consequences of human social learning capabilities. The accumulation of socially learned knowledge and behavior in populations. |
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Bean, Jessica |
Geology |
jrbean |
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Population Biology |
rjbest |
Ecological and evolutionary determinants of species diversity and invasion success, community ecology in seagrass meadows, amphipods. |
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Entomology |
bbblaimer |
Systematics, evolution and ecology of arboreal ants, especially in the Afrotropics. |
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Population Biology |
cboettig |
Models for comparative phylogenetics & stochastic population dynamics. |
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Borowiec, Marek |
Entomology |
mlborowiec |
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Population Biology |
gbradburd |
Ecology and evolutionary biology of reptiles and amphibians; the methods used to estimate phylogenies, and ways to use trees to learn more about the processes that drive and shape evolution. |
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Entomology |
mgbranstetter |
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Cenzer, Meredith |
Entomology |
mlcenzer |
The influence of plasticity and habitat stability on preference/performance evolution in Orius populations in natural and agricultural ecosystems. |
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Population Biology |
jschandler |
Intestinal microbiome of animals, using the Drosophila/bacteria symbiosis as a model. |
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Dalrymple, Sarah |
Population Biology |
sdalrymp |
How fire affects ant behavior and how fire mediates complex ant-tree interactions in Jeffrey Pine forests. |
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Population Biology |
rydiaz |
Multi-species interactions particularly those examining plant-insect-parasite interactions. I'm interested in what these interactions can tell us about the evolution of traits and behavior. |
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Dwyer, Heather |
Ecology |
hedwyer |
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Fabina, Nicholas |
Population Biology |
nsfabina |
Ecological and evolutionary aspects of species interactions, structure and function of communities, and the effects of environmental change. |
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Fuller, Patrick |
Population Biology |
pfuller |
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Gravuer, Kelly |
Ecology |
klgravuer |
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Griesemer, Christopher |
Ecology |
cdgriesemer |
How population connectivity and historical demography inform current latitudinal range limits of intertidal invertebrates; related larval dispersal and microevolution in the sea with attention to consequences of climate change; marine invertebrate phylogenies as related to evolution of life history strategies. |
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Grossenbacher, Dena |
Population Biology |
dgrossenbacher |
Botany, evolution ad ecology:including adaptation of plants to unusual environments, range limits, and island biology. |
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Haloin, Jon |
Population Biology |
jrhaloin |
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Harris, David |
Population Biology |
davharris |
Behavioral ecology, evolution of social cooperative behavior, disease dynamics, constraints on selection, and theoretical ecology. |
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Hughes, Kathy |
Population Biology |
kathughes |
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James, Marisano |
Population Biology |
mjajames |
Microorganisms, prokaryote population structure. |
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Kuo, Sui Ling "Evelyn" |
Ecology |
eslkuo |
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Lee, Grace |
Population Biology |
grylee |
Population genetics and molecular evolution of Drosophila transposable elements; host-transposable elements coevolution. |
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Long, Elizabeth |
Ecology |
eclong |
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Luecke, David |
Population Biology |
dluecke |
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Population Biology |
chmartin |
Broadly interested in the evolution and ecology of adaptive radiations, particularly in fishes. |
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McGee, Matthew |
Population Biology |
mcgee |
Phenotypic plasticity and its role in generating diversity, using teleost fishes as a model. |
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Panetta, Anne Marie |
Ecology |
ampanetta |
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Pearse, Ian |
Entomology |
ispearse |
Evolution of plant-herbivore interactions. Novel plant-insect interactions as pertaining to non-native plants or herbivores. Oak evolution, ecology, and herbivores. |
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Phillips, Jennifer |
Animal Behavior |
jphillips |
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Rhoades, Olvia |
Population Biology |
okrhoades |
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Rice, Gavin |
Genetics |
grrice |
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Runquist, Ryan |
Population Biology |
rdbriscoe |
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Sedghifar, Alisa |
Population Biology |
sedghifar |
Population genomics, adaptation and clinal variation in Drosophila. |
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Signor, Sarah |
Population Biology |
sasignor |
The genetics of phenotypic evolution in Drosophila. |
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Swezey, Daniel |
Population Biology |
dsswezey |
Experimental biogeography, marine community and evolutionary ecology, |
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Taff, Connor |
Animal Behavior |
cctaff |
The role of elaborate male signals in relation to mate choice and sexual selection in wild birds. |
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Takada, Tomomi |
Population Biology |
ttakada |
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Tao, Yun |
Ecology |
yuntao |
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Truszczynski, Ania |
Population Biology |
amtruszczynski |
Invasion ecology. I would like to explore the area where ecology meets evolution. |
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Whalen, Matthew |
Ecology |
mawhalen |
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Population Biology |
wcwetzel |
Spatial food web ecology of insect-parasitoid systems. |
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Whitaker, Melissa |
Ecology |
mrlwhitaker |
Ecological and evolutionary stability of facultative mutualisms; community-level responses to environmental change; ecology and evolution of ant-lycaenid associations |
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Zemenick, Katelyn |
Ecology |
kazemenick |