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alumni

  The Biological Invasions IGERT proudly counts the following former trainees among its alumni.
 
name area degree year current position
Benjamin Sacks Ph.D., ecology 2002 researcher,
UC Davis
Jonathan Gelbard Ph.D., ecology 2003 executive director,
Conservation Value
Kerri Steenwerth Ph.D., soil science 2003 weed and soil scientist, Sustainable Viticulture program,
US Dept of Agriculture
Katherine Batten Ph.D., ecology 2004 Congressional Science Fellow,
Soil Science Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Washington, DC
Heather Davis Ph.D., population biology 2004
Elizabeth Leger Ph.D., ecology 2004 faculty,
U Nevada, Reno
Jeanine Pfeiffer Ph.D., ecology 2004 executive director,
ECOSEA
Caz Taylor Ph.D., ecology 2004 postdoc,
Simon Fraser University
Emma Underwood Ph.D., ecology 2004 postdoc,
UC Davis
Lauren Zeichner J.D. 2004 Consumers' Union
Jen Lau Ph.D. 2005 postdoc,
University of Minnesota
Karen Leyse Ph.D. 2005 postdoc,
UC Davis
Jun Bando Ph.D 2005 postdoc,
University of Arizona
Matt Hager Ph.D 2005 faculty,
University of Utah
Theresa Talley Ph.D 2005 postdoc,
UC Davis

graduation photo
Graduate School Commencement, June 2004. From left to right: trainer Truman Young, Megan Lulow, trainee Kit Batten, trainer Kevin Rice looking especially cool, trainee Beth Leger, and Jan Goerrisen.

When the ivy walls
Are far behind
No matter where our paths may wind
We'll remember always
Graduation day.
      -- The Beach Boys

Diane Thomson postdoc, ecology Assistant Professor, Claremont-McKenna College
Kari Norgaard postdoc, ecology Assistant Professor, Whitman College
Marie Nydam
B.S., evolution and ecology 2003 doctoral program,
Cornell University,
NSF Predoctoral Fellow
Soledad Sanchez B.S., environmental biology 2004 researcher,
UC Davis
Christal Love B.S., environmental biology 2004 staff member,
Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco
Joe Kopshever still an undergrad UC Davis