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Professor of Environmental Studies. Interests: agroecology, biodiversity conservation, insect biology, human well-being.

Agroecology Specialist. Interests: agroforestry systems, urban agroecology, avian ecology.

Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow. Interests: agroecology, ecological complexity, insects, predation, pollinator pathogens

PhD Candidate, Environmental Studies. Interests: climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, agroecology, sustainable food systems, social justice

PhD Student, Environmental Studies. Interests: agroecology, soil health, sustainable agri-food systems, food sovereignty

Undergraduate SUPERDAR Scholar, MCD Bio Major: Interests: insects, disease transmission, molecular biology

Undergraduate Researcher, Ecology & Evolutionary Biol Major. Interests: insects, pollination, and traits

Undergraduate SUPERDAR Scholar, Ecology & Evolutionary Bio Major: Interests: insects, food justice, plant ecology

Undergraduate SUPERDAR Scholar, Global Community & Health Major: Interests: urban gardens, health, food access and equity

Undergraduate Researcher, Agroecology and Economics Major. Interests: soil health, sustainable farming, water management

Ph.D. 2025 “Carbon capture conversations in California ranches: Dung beetles, microbes and regenerative agriculture”. Current Position: USDA Postdoc at UC Berkeley

Ph.D. 2024. “To Learn with insects, communities and land: Ecological knowledge in urban gardens”. Current position: Environmental Scientist at CalTrans

PhD 2023. PostDoc 2023-2024. “Habitat complexity and socio-ecological interactions in urban agroecosystems”. Current Position: Available!

PhD 2023. “Shifting terrain: soil microbial communities in precarious climates and methodological contenstations”. Current position: Postdoctoral Data Scientist at SPUN

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow 2018-2020. Interests: Ant ecology, climate change, ant-microbe interactions. Current Position: Teaching Professor at UC Davis

PhD 2020. “Climate consequences for ecosystem functions, production, and producer responses in coffee agroecosystems”. Current position: UC President’s and NSF Postdoc at UC Berkeley

PhD 2019, “Local and landscape drivers of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being in urban agroecosystems”. Current position: Full Professor at Technische Universität Munich

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow. 2018-2019. Interests: mathematical ecology, agroecology, land use transitions. Current position: Assistant Professor at Dartmouth

PhD 2018, “Los Claroscuros del café: Socioecological complexities in the coffee-biodiversity nexus in Southern Mexico.”. Current position: Assistant Professor, U. of South Florida

PhD 2018, “Resource availability influences bee interactions with parasites, pathogens, and microbes in agricultural landscapes.” Current position: Entomology Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension

PhD 2018. “Cross-pollinating agriculture, ecosystems, and food: Human/bee relationships in Colombia”. Current position: Postdoc at Tulane University

PhD 2017. “Bat diversity and pest control in an agricultural matrix: Central Coast CA”. Current Position: Lead Scientist with Conservation Science Partners

PhD 2014 (ECOSUR, Mexico). “Hormigas en cafetales: Estudio sobre la calidad de la matriz en fincas cafetaleras en el Soconusco, Chiapas”. Current Position: Staff at UC James Reserve

PhD 2017 (UF Lavras, Brazil). “Effects of land use change on ant communities in the Brazilian Cerrado”. Current Position: Postdoc at UF Lavras

FORMAS Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2012. Interests: epiphytes, agroforestry, forest ecology and restoration. Current Position: Senior Lecturer Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

MS 2010. “Influence of soil quality on coffee plant quality and a complex tropical food web”. Current Position: Associate Professor at U. of Kentucky

MS 2010. “Short-term effects of burning and mowing on prairie ant communities”. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2007.

MS 2009. “Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) as a successful invader: A mechanistic approach”. Current Position: Fiction Author