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We seek persons interested in fundamental and applied global change ecology/biology. Undergraduate and graduate students: please email me with a CV and cover letter.
Mitzy Porras
Team leader. Assistant professor, Dpt. Biology. San Francisco State University
Tiena Mei Elias
Graduate student, Integrative biology
Pseudomonas bacteria are beneficial to a wide variety of plant hosts. It promotes growth by providing essential nutrients, protecting from disease, and inducing chemical defenses against pests. My thesis project will investigate Pseudomonas protegens impacts on the interactions between corn and corn aphids.
Shalana Elrich
Graduate student, Integrative biology
I investigate how land-use change across a natural-to-urban landscape gradient influences aphid diversity and abundance. By examining vegetation diversity, pest management practices, and historical land use, my research aims to understand how human-driven landscape transformation influences biodiversity and disrupts insect communities, with broader implications for ecosystem functionality and long-term ecological resilience
Shan Brooks
Undergraduate research assistant. BSc. Biology, concentration in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology
She explores the impacts of pesticides on thermal tolerance of Frankiniella occidentalis.
Adam Colin
Undergraduate research assistant. BSc. Biology, Chemistry minor
He characterizes the chemical signals of the beet leafhopper.
Paula E. Ceballos
Undergraduate reserach assistant BSc. Biology
She explores the impacts of pesticides on thermal tolerance of Frankiniella occidentalis.
Brenda Penaloza
Undergraduate research assistant
She explores the impacts of pesticides on thermal tolerance of Frankiniella occidentalis.
Jason Rittenbach
Undergraduate research assistant BSc. Biology
He investigates the thermal biology of tadpole shrimp and rice.
Mónica Medina
Collaborator/ Marine ecology, Professor, Pennsylvania State University
James Marden
Collaborator/ Biology, Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Carlos Navas
Collaborator/ Evolutionary physiology, Professor, Universtity of Sao Paulo
Jesper Givskov Sørensen
Collaborator/ Evolution, Professor, Aarhus University
Juan Camilo de los Rios
Director of Agronomy, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin
Sylavain Pincebourde
Collaborator/ Biophysical ecology, Tours University
Tomás López
Collaborator/Photosynthesis and symbiosis
Michael Hrncir
Collaborator/ Animal physiology, Professor, University of Sao Paulo
Juan Antonio Raygoza
Collaborator/ Researcher, University of Iowa
Geo Santiago-Martinez
Collaborator/ Molecular and cell biology, University of Connecticut
Clemencia Rojas
Collaborator/ Associate professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Salvador Meza
Collaborator/Fruitfly Mexican Program. Metapa de Domínguez Chiapas,Mexico
Alejandro Rojas
Collaborator/ Michigan State University
Rodrigo Pinzon
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