Peter Harman
​(B.S., Westmont College)

Christine Mellon
(B.S., UC Santa Cruz): ​
​I am interested in vernal pool conservation as well as general community ecology and structure of vernal pools.​

Thesis: Analysis of plant community heterogeneity and its effect on aquatic invertebrates in vernal pools

Sean O'Brien (B.S., UC Davis): 
​My focus is on the conservation, restoration, and management of vernal pools. I am interested in aquatic invertebrate community structure and dynamics within vernal pools, particularly those species listed as threatened or endangered (e.g., vernal pool fairy shrimp and vernal pool tadpole shrimp)

Hannah Savage (B.S., CSU Bakersfield)​ Land use effects on vernal pool diversity

Nina Tortosa (B.S., Cal Poly SLO)
Competitive interactions in vernal pools

Scott Whitman (B.S., University of Portland):​I I am interested in the distribution and population dynamics of vernal pool branchiopods and amphibians