BioInv IGERT Trainees

biological invasions IGERT

trainees

long-term fellows, 2005 cohort
long-term fellows, 2004 cohort
long-term fellows, 2003 cohort
long-term fellows, 2002 cohort

postdoctoral fellows

undergraduate fellows

short-term fellows, 2004-2005
short-term fellows, 2003-2004
short-term fellows, 2002-2003
short-term fellows, 2001-2002

The Biological Invasions IGERT supports undergraduates, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students who are appointed as long or short-term fellows. For specifics on these categories and application procedures, please see "support" above.

Kit Batten studies the role of soil microbes in the invasion of
California native grasslands

Kit Batten studies how soil microbes affect the invasion of native serpentine grasslands and spent eight weeks as an intern with the Global Invasive Species Programme in Washington, DC. She now is an AAAS Congressional Fellow in the office of US Senator Joseph Lieberman.

long-term fellows, 2005 cohort - photo
name	area of interest	graduate group	e-mail
Elizabeth Bella	invasives and climate change	ecology	embella at ucdavis.edu
Tawny Mata	community ecology	ecology	txxxxmata at ucdavis.edu
Elizabeth Wells	marine invasives	ecology	eawells at ucdavis.edu
Alpa Wintzer	ecology of fishes	ecology	apwintzer at ucdavis.edu

long-term fellows, 2004 cohort - photo
name	area of interest	graduate group	e-mail
Clare Aslan NSF Predoctoral Fellow	invasive plants	ecology	ceaslan at ucdavis.edu
Matthew Hufford	agroecology and invasive genes	ecology	mbhufford at ucdavis.edu
Rebecca Niell	environmental economics	agricultural and resource ecology	niell at primal.ucdavis.edu
Jeffrey Port	environmental history	history	jdport at ucdavis.edu
Jason Sexton	plant ecology	ecology	jpsexton at ucdavis.edu
Tim Waring NSF Predoctoral Fellow	cultural evolution	ecology	twaring at ucdavis.edu

long-term fellows, 2003 cohort - photo
name	area of interest	graduate group	e-mail
Jennifer Burt NSF Predoctoral Fellow	invasive plants, soil ecology, and restoration	ecology	jwburt at ucdavis.edu
Andy Chang NSF Predoctoral Fellow	marine invasions	ecology	andchang at ucdavis.edu
Judah Grossman	invasive plants and policy	ecology	jdgrossman at ucdavis.edu
Adrianna Muir NSF Predoctoral Fellow	invasive plants	ecology	aamuir at ucdavis.edu
Jonah Piovia-Scott	invasions and conservation	population biology	jpioviascott at ucdavis.edu
Teresa Sabol Spezio	history of plant invasions in California agriculture	history	tsspezio at sbcglobal.net
Kari Veblen NSF Pre-doctoral fellow	grassland restoration and anthropogenic influences on restoration	ecology	keveblen at ucdavis.edu
Heidi Weiskel AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award	marine policy	ecology	hwweiskel at ucdavis.edu
Heidi Weiskel (middle) participated in Congressional Visits Day as part of her award from the AIBS and briefed Congressman Mike Thompson (second from right) about invasive species.

long-term fellows, 2002 cohort- photo
name	area of interest	graduate group	e-mail
Jarrett Byrnes	marine biodiversity	population biology	jebyrnes at ucdavis.edu
Elizabeth Chamberlin	natural resource conservation and land management, writing	ecology and creative writing	lizzip at hotmail.com
Sarah Elmendorf NSF Predoctoral Fellow	invasive plants	ecology	scelmendorf at ucdavis.edu
Ryan Fischer	environmental history of California	history	jrfischer at ucdavis.edu
Suzanne Olyarnik NSF Predoctoral Fellow	invasive species in marine systems	population biology	svolyarnik at ucdavis.edu
Amber Wright	introduced herpetofauna in Hawaii	population biology	anwright at ucdavis.edu

Shannon Brawley, an IGERT short-term fellow and doctoral student in Geography, collaborated with the Cache Creek Conservancy and local Native American communities to create the native plant conservation garden depicted here. Photo courtesy of Jeanine Pfeiffer.

2004-2005 short-term fellows
Vanessa DeKoninck	Cane toads coming: sociocultural responses to the arrival of Bufo marinus in the far north of Australia

2003-2004 short-term fellows
Sam Veloz	internship at the California Department of Food and Agriculture
Matthew Hufford, Lauren Zeichner, and Benilda Zamora-Sable	Regulatory Frameworks: Potential Invasiveness of Genetically Engineered Crops in the USA and International Centers of Biodiversity
Jeanine Pfeiffer and Shannon Brawley	Biological Invasions and Biocultural Diversity: an International Conference

2002-2003 short-term fellows
Heather Davis EPA STAR fellow and Caz Taylor	Building successful multidisciplinary collaborations in invasive species research
Matt Haber	empirical claims about invasive species ecology made by Shrader-Frechette and a comparison with the data
Beth Leger	Keep it in the garden: an educational campaign to reduce the spread of invasive species through the horticultural industry
Matthew Katz and Jennifer Lau	The ecological and evolutionary consequences of invasion by allelopathic plants
Melinda Mulitsch	Effects of global climate change on California Estuarine Ecosystems: integrating remote sensing and spatial ecosystem modelling to predict the spread of invasive species
Jeanine Pfeiffer	An ethnoecological approach to mitigating the impact of plant invasions on bio-cultural diversity: a multidisciplinary and multicultural symposium at an international conference
Kerri Steenwerth	The effects of land use history on microbial community structure and nitrogen dynamics and retention in Salinas and Carmel Valleys, Monterey, CA
Theresa Talley	Limiting the spread of the invasive Argentine ant though the integration of science and stakeholder outreach

2001-2002 short-term fellows
name	project
Jun Bando Switzer Fellow	Can invasion beget invasion? Exploring positive interactions between exotic estuarine plants
James Barilla	The nature of homelands: literature and ecological restoration in a transnational world
Kit Batten	The role of soil microbes in invasion of California serpentine grassland communities
James Buckley	System model for non-indigeneous marine species: a policy tool
Jonathan Gelbard	Understanding the distribution of exotic (and native) plant diversity in California grassland landscapes
Matthew Katz	Evolution of herbivore defense in an invasive grass: selection, biological control, and plant-herbivore dynamics
Jennifer Lau NSF Predoctoral Fellow	The herbivore-mediated indirect effects of an invasive plant species on a co-occuring native plant species
Elizabeth Leger	Consequences of hybridization for invasive species and native plants
Karen Leyse EPA STAR fellow	A holistic approach to biological invasions: an interdisciplinary seminar and course (sponsored cooperatively by the IGERT and UC Davis Student Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology
Evan Preisser	The dynamics of a an invasive microparasitic nematode, its insect hosts, and coastal lupine communities
Matthew Rahn	Invasive species and habitat conservation plans
Benjamin Sacks	Can geographic range of an invasive microparasite be predicted based on physiography? Test of an approach using heartworm in California coyotes as a model system
Theresa Talley	Predicting the spread of the Argentine ant and its effects on a riparian insect community
Caz Taylor	Allee effects in invasive species
Emma Underwood	Mapping invasive plants using hyperspectral satellite imagery

postdoctoral fellows- photo
name	research interests
Brendon Larson (2005-present)	social perceptions of biological invasions, communications
Kari Norgaard (2003-2005)	social and cultural impacts of biological invasions
Brett Melbourne (2002-present)	spatial models of invasions in ecology
Diane Thomson (2002-2004)	management of invasive species
Christine Armer (2003-2005)	alternative hosts for glassy-winged sharpshooter

undergraduate fellows- photo
name	research interests	mentors
Debbie Seiler	environmental writing	David Robertson
Cameron Coates	marine ecology	Jay Stachowicz
Yoel Stuart	marine ecology	Rick Grosberg
Elizabeth Huerta	ethnobotany and plant ecology	Kevin Rice
Chelsea Herzog	spatial models of spread	Rick Grosberg and Michael Turelli
Neil Milan	plant ecology	Kevin Rice
Caroline Sheldon	marine ecology	Jay Stachowicz and Suzanne Olyarnik
Soledad Sanchez	Spartina ecology	Marcel Holyoak and Jun Bando
Joe Kopshever	allepathy of star thistle	Sharon Strauss
Marie Nydam NSF Predoctoral Fellow	marine fouling communities	Jay Stachowicz
Christal Love	Spartina ecology	Ted Grosholz and Elizabeth Brusati