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A conservationist is “a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children.” -- Audubon Society
A conservationist is “a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children.” -- Audubon Society
Joshua Puzey
PhD, Harvard University
BS Biology, Virginia Tech
BS Horticulture, Virginia Tech
jrpuzey [at] wm [dot] edu
Current Members
Current Members
Emmanuel Opoku, MS student (2024-present)
Emmanuel Opoku, MS student (2024-present)
I am a new MS student studying taro (Colocasia esculenta) soil and leaf microbiome. I am interested in how the microbiome affects nutrient uptake, and their association with different varieties.
Peter Forsberg, undergrad
Peter Forsberg, undergrad
My name is Peter Forsberg, and I am a senior studying CAMS - Mathematical Biology and Computer Science.
Alexander Raffetto, MS student (2025-present)
Alexander Raffetto, MS student (2025-present)
My name is Alexander and I’m majoring in Biology. I’m interested in population ecology and genetics!
Elena Ottens, undergrad
Elena Ottens, undergrad
Studying pollen tube growth rate variation in Mimulus
Ni Hao, undergrad
Ni Hao, undergrad
Previous Gradute Students
Previous Gradute Students
Emily Simmons, PhD student (2020-2026)
Emily Simmons, PhD student (2020-2026)
I'm a PhD in the Applied Science student studying Computational Biology. I am broadly interested in the effects of climate change on agriculture, and hope to one day apply my skills in the development of crops with drought and salinity resistance.
Abigail Croft, MS student (2024-2026)
Abigail Croft, MS student (2024-2026)
Impact of plastic mulching on Taro soil microbiome.
Christian d'Orgeix, M.S. (2022-2024)
Christian d'Orgeix, M.S. (2022-2024)
Christian developed a project at the intersection of machine learning and plant-microbiome analyses.
Ivan Munkres, M.S. (2021-2023)
Ivan Munkres, M.S. (2021-2023)
I am a M.S. student studying the effects of herbivory on plant-insect-microbe interactions in common milkweed. I spend most of my free time outside birdwatching and looking at cool plants, bugs, and galls.
Casey Hensen, M.S. (2021-2023)
Casey Hensen, M.S. (2021-2023)
M.S. candidate originally from Arizona, investigating whether hybridization can facilitate rapid adaptation in poke milkweed!
Caroline Schlutius, M.S. (2018-2020)
Caroline Schlutius, M.S. (2018-2020)
I am an M.S. student broadly interested in the intersection of evolutionary and ecological processes. I studied both plant phylogenetics and plant ecology before this program and found that my passion was in finding where the two fields meet. I currently work on questions related to the evolution of novel traits in hybrids and patterns of speciation in polyploids.
Taliesin Kinser, MS 2015-2017
Taliesin Kinser, MS 2015-2017
PhD student U. of Florida
Angela Ricono, MS 2016-2018
Angela Ricono, MS 2016-2018
Currently PhD student at UMinn.
Ronald Smith, PhD 2019
Ronald Smith, PhD 2019
Currently a professor of data science.
Luke Shimabukuro, M.A. 2022
Amy Hughes, M.A. 2021
Previous undergraduate students
Previous undergraduate students
Peter Forsberg — 2024-2026
Justine Chu — 2024
Raksha Ravichandran — 2023
Kate McCann — 2023
Namit Nallapaneni — 2023
Clara Rinker — 2023-2024
Bela Rein — 2022-2024
Olivia Cunningham — 2022-2025
Alexander Raffetto — 2022-2025
Laura Painter — 2022-2023
Charlotte Croucher — 2022-2024
Jamie Godfrey — 2021-2023
Natalie Nantais — 2021-2022
Clay Gibbons — 2020-2021
Kevin Carlyle — 2020
Anhthu Cung — 2020-2022
Carter Prillaman — 2020-2023
Luke Denoncourt — 2020-2022
Maria Belen Giro Martin — 2019-2021
Grace Pho — 2019-2020
Tim Terlizzi — 2019
Delaney Caverly — 2019-2020
Christian d’Orgeix — 2019-2022
Kevin Yuan — 2019-2020
Stacy Li — 2018-2020
Lauren Kohout — 2018-2021
Lizzy Davies — 2019-2022
Cici Zheng — 2017-2020
Jillian Ragano — 2019
Lillian Parr — 2019
Hannah Call — 2017-2020
Mary Bea Halloran — 2017-2020
Erin Eichenberger — 2017-2019
Katie Stahl — 2017-2019
Isabel Eaton — 2017-present
Maddie Brightbill — 2017-2019
Scott Teresi — 2016-present
Amelia Lawrence — 2017-2018
Madison Folmer — 2015-2018
Allison Johns — 2016-2017
Elli Cryan — 2016-2018
Nora Flynn — 2016-2018
Daniel Vance — 2015-2016
Kira Perzel Mandell — 2015-2016
Christina Fleckenstein — 2015
Hunter Call — 2015-2017
Colleen Flynn — 2015-2017
Waverly Garner — 2016-2017
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