Lab members
Postdoc:
R. Alex Thompson (2024-present)
Modeling tree seed production
Graduate Students:
Yinyue Du (Quantitative & Systems Biology, 2023-present)
Influence of drought-associated genetic variants and microbial symbionts on conifer seedling drought response under climate change
Fahad Ahmed (Environmental Systems, 2021-present)
Impacts of tradeoffs in investment in xylem hydraulic safety, growth, and defensive resin on conifer drought survival
Dean Wu (Quantitative & Systems Biology, 2018-present)
Modeling the impact of heritable variation in climate responses on forest dynamics under climate change.
Undergraduates:
Cameron Coney (Su 2023 & Su 2024)
Kimberly Abalos, Esteban Gonzalez, & Carlos Martinez (Su 2024)
Former undergraduate assistants Jocelyn Rojas & Melissa Rivas Hernandez, visiting Sequoia NP research plot burned by wildfire
Alumni:
Postdocs
Dr. Mengjun Shu (2020-2021 + Environmental Systems Ph.D. student 2015-2020) Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Lab
Dr. Jeffrey Lauder (2020-2021 + Quantitative & Systems Biology PhD student, 2015-2020) Executive Director, Sierra Streams Institute, CA
Dr. Melaine Aubry-Kientz (2016-2018) University of Montpellier, France.
Dr. Sam Davis (2015-16) Dogwood Alliance, NC; freelance coder
Jeff Lauder & Presley Ramirez
Xylem thin section
Lab technicians & research associates
Rainbow DeSilva (2021-2022). Lecturer, San Jose State Univ.
Nikole Vannest (2019 - 2020). UC Santa Barbara (MS program)
Alison Agresta (2016-17). Nature Conservancy, Rochester, NY
Taylor Boone (2015-16)
Cameron Musser (2015). University of Montana (PhD program), Yale school of Forestry (MS)
Angela Stathos (2015). Monsanto, Sacramento, CA
Rhys Ormond (2014-15). Strateos
Vanessa Centeno (left) and Kaitlin Delucci (right) planting seedlings
Undergraduates, and volunteers
Sergio Lopez (Su 2023)
Jocelyn Rojas (Sp/Su 2023) - PhD program in Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Melissa Rivas Hernandez (Sp/Su 2023) - Masters in Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara
Emily Semans (Su 2021, Sp 2022) - Lucky Peak Forest Service Nursery
Zalla Ahmadi (Sp 2022)
Cassandra Hay (Su/F 2021) - Microbiologist, Dole foods
Kristen Marie Islas (F 2021)
Erika Jones (Su/F 2021) - Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine
Veronica Magana-Buie (Su-F 2019; Sp-Su 2020) - Microbiology lab analyst, Fresno
Roxana Khalili (Su 2020)
Stephanie Ross (F 2019; Sp 2020)
Pedro Garcia (Su-F 2019) - Genentech
Zara Perez-Ochoa (F 2019)
Patricia Alcala Aparicio (Sp - Su 2019)
Fidel Machado-Perez (Sp 2019) - Botany Field Technician, USGS
Zachary Malone (F 2018 - Sp 2019) - UC Merced (PhD program)
Destini Wilson (Su 2018 - Sp 2019)
Aubrey Hayes (Sp & F 2018, Sp 2019) - Bureau of Land Management
Colton Reddell (Su 2018)
Robert Degen (Su 2018) - Environmental Scientist, CA state parks
Presley Ramirez (F 2015-Sp 2016, F 2017)
Vanessa Rodriguez (Sp 2018)
Shirley Calderon (Sp 2017, Sp 2018) - Urban forestry
Susan Glasser (Su-F 2017)
Christina Celis-Puga (F 2017)
Vanessa Centeno (Su 2017) - Formerly research Associate, DiaSorin; Currently MS student in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Claremont Graduate University
Madisen Hinkley (F 2016-Su 2017) - Graduate student in Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of San Diego
Kaitlin Delucchi (F 2015-Su 2017)
Julia Morocco (Su-F 2016)
Coral Quirino (F 2015-Sp 2016)
Anna Calderon (Sp 2016)
Nicholas De La Fuente (F 2015)
Michael Stemkovski (Yosemite REU, Su 2015) - Utah State University (PhD program)
Associate Research Scientist:
Dr. Rainbow DeSilva
Genetic associations with environmental variation in sugar pine.
Can environmentally-associated SNPs predict performance in post-fire plantings of ponderosa pine?