Postdoctoral Associates
Laura Burkle -
Plant-pollinator interactions; population and community ecology of invasive species.
Eleanor Pardini -
population biology of invasive and rare plant species
Graduate students
Nick Griffin- Effects of inbreeding on the
competitive ability of Mimulus.
Steve Kroiss - Rare plant ecology and population modeling
Kristin Powell-
the effect of invasive species on species abundance distributions
Current Undergraduate Researchers
Anny Chung - Comparing Historic and Contemporary Plant-Pollinator Interactions of
Invasive Species.
Aaron David - Environmental Conditions and Inbreeding Depression in Mimulus ringens
Zach Marine - Succession and rare plant ecology on California sand dunes.
Branden Sidoti - Spatial population modeling of spreading invasive species populations under different
management regimes.
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Associates
Laura Beaton - Local adaptation and evolution of increased
competitive ability in alien plant species. Laura is now an Assistant Professor at York College.
Jean
Burns - Determining the role of species traits, demography and dispersal in explaining plant invasion
sucpico cess
Mickey Schutzenhofer -
Plant-animal interactions and the causes of
rarity and invasiveness in Lespedeza.
Mickey is now an Assistant Professor at McKendree University.
Graduate Students
Wayne Law- Population dynamics of rare snow lotus species in Tibet. Wayne is
now a post-doctoral associate in Michael Balick's lab at the New York Botanical Garden.
Undergraduate Researchers
Alona Banai- Pollination biology of rare and
common Linanthus species. Currently a graduate student in Ecology
at Northwestern University/Chicago Botanic Garden.
Emily Dangremond- currently a graduate student in Ecology at the University of California,
Berkeley.
Carla Fresquez- BS 2005- The invasive plant,
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard),
decreases fitness of native plants through reduction in mycorrhizal fungi
symbiont colonization. Carla is currently a graduate student in Ecology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Alexandra Harmon-Threatt- Pollination ecology of native and non-native
plant species. Currently a graduate student in Ecology at the
University of California, Berkeley.
Dan Martin- Class of 2007- Fungal Defense in Alliaria
petiolata.
Brian Smeets- Class of 2007- Effects of elevated CO2 on
plant-herbivore interactions.
Luz Silverio- Class of 2007-
Evolution of competitive ability in Lespedeza.
Britta Teller- currently a graduate student in Ecology at Pennsylvania State University.
Ania Truszczynski - currently a graduate student in Ecology at the University of California, Davis.
Jocelyn Tsai- After graduating from Wash U, Jocelyn and Tiffany have initiated a project in the
United States and Taiwan to look at herbivory, competition and the population dynamics of ragweed.