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Current Lab Members

: Stacy Philpott, Professor. Interests: agroecology, biodiversity conservation, insect biology, human well-being.

: Peter Bichier, Research Associate. Interests: agroforestry systems, urban agroecology, avian ecology.

: Suzanne Lipton. PhD Student. Interests in biodiversity and ecosystem function, microbial ecology, fonio, and pasture systems.

: Sanya Cowal. PhD Student. Interests: climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, agroecology, sustainable food systems, social justice

: Jocelyn Rojas. PhD Student. agroecology, soil health, sustainable agri-food systems, food sovereignty

: Nadia Steffan. SUPERDAR Scholar.

: Isabella Llamas de los Reyes. Undergraduate Researcher

: Josh Wing. Undergraduate researcher

: Gwinna Putz. Undergraduate Researcher

: Autumn Kong. Undergraduate Researcher

: Ellie Kuskie. Undergraduate Researcher

Graduate Student and Post-Doc Alumni

: Edith Gonzalez, Ph.D. 2024. “To Learn with insects, communities and land: Ecological knowledge in urban gardens”. Current position: TBD

: Azucena Lucatero, PhD 2023. PostDoc 2023-2024. “Habitat complexity and socio-ecological interactions in urban agroecosystems”. Current Position: TBD

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

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

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

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

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

: Estelí Jimenez-Soto, PhD 2018, “Los Claroscuros del café: Socioecological complexities in the coffee-biodiversity nexus in Southern Mexico.”. Assistant Professor, University of South Florida

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

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

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

: Aldo De la Mora Rodriguez, PhD 2014 (ECOSUR, Mexico). “Hormigas en cafetales: Estudio sobre la calidad de la matriz en fincas cafetaleras en el Soconusco, Chiapas”. Staff at California Center for Cooperative Development

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

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

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

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

Undergraduate Student Alumni

: Ashley Cheung. U. Wisconsin. Doris Duke Conservation Scholar. 2024

: Zoe McCrea. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2024

: Lani Magaña. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2024

: Kayla Pearson. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2023

: Tae Omololu. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2022.

: Jenny Hsu. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2021

: Sofie Andrade. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2021

: Robyn Fowler. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2021

: Genesis Perez. Doris Duke Conservation Fellow. 2021.

: Noah Smith. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2020.

: Sami Akiba. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2019.

: Julia Amaral. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2019.

: Bella Mayorga from UC Santa Barbara (L) and Ashia Ajani (R) from Yale University. 2018.

: Carly Sanchez. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2018

: Yeun Byun. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2018

: Tina Milz. UCSC Sociology 2018.

: Zach Jordan. UCSC Environmental Studies and Plant Sciences. 2017

: Zach Serber. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2017

: Dakota Hafalia-Yackel. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2017

: Ana Rubio. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2018.

: Claire Kirk. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2016

: Iris Rivera. Universidad Autonoma Chapingo Agroecology. 2016.

: Molly Rose Jacobsen. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2016.

: Ryan Duncans. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2016

: Julia (Burks) Dunne. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2016.

: Michael MacDonald. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2016

: Richard Schreiber. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2015.

: Montserrat Plascencia. UCSC Environmental Studies and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2015

: Maycee Hash. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2015.

: Jay Tan. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2015

: Penelope Gillette. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2014.

: Simone Albuquerque. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2013

: Courtney Arel. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2015.

: Michelle Otoshi. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2014

: Robyn Quistberg. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2014.

: Henry Lydecker. UCSC Environmental Studies. 2013.

: Stephanie Coronado. UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2013.

: Zak VanLooke. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2012

: Monica Valdez. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2012

: Emily Numbers. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2012

: Justin Burdine. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2011

: Katlynd Reese. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2011

: Heather Houdeshell. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2010

: Cody Murnen. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2010

: Leigh Moorhead. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2010

: Gabriella Pardee. U Toledo Environmental Sciences. 2010

: Kaitlyn Mathis. Hampshire College. 2008

: Russel Friedrich. U of Toledo. Environmental Sciences. 2008