GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Scott Whitman (Graduated Spring 2023): Patterns of cooccurrence and body size of vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) and California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense)
- Scott is a Wildlife Biologist & Project Manager at Endemic Environmental Services
Sean O'Brien (Graduated Spring 2021): Aquatic invertebrate community differences in constructed and natural California vernal pools
- Sean is a biologist with Tansley Team, Inc./DBA Helm Biological Consulting
Randall Kido (Graduated Fall 2019): Eutrophication effects on invertebrate communities of California vernal pools
- Randall is a Data Manager at DocMatter
Kevin Marr (Graduated Summer 2019): Metapopulation ecology of fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) in rock pools
- Kevin is an Environmental Scientist with the CA Department of Water Resources
Kharla Chavez-Kendall (Graduated Summer 2018): Invertebrate predator effects on California vernal pool community assembly
Angela Haas (Graduated Spring 2018; co-advised with Sara Kross): Habitat features associated with bird communities in urban and and developing peri-urban areas
- Angela is an Associate Biologist with ECORP Consulting
Erin Ferguson (Graduated Spring 2018; co-advised with Rob Titus): Emigration timing, pathways and survival of juvenile steelhead smolts (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from the lower American River through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta System
- Erin is an Environmental Scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Robin Shin (Graduated Fall 2017): Temperature and hydroregime effects on California vernal pool communities
- Robin is a Biologist with the CA Department of Water Resources
Rebekah Bergkoetter (Graduated Fall 2017): Morphological and behavioral differences among Daphnia from vernal and permanent ponds in relation to UVB exposure
- Rebekah is a Biologist at Westervelt Ecological Services
Jessica Alexander (Graduated Fall 2015): An investigation of pollen limitation and seed viability in Lasthenia fremontii in constructed and natural vernal pools
- Jessica is a Biologist in Denver, CO
Lindsay Peterson (Graduated Spring 2015): Removal of invasive Lythrum portula effects on natural and created vernal pools
-Lindsay is a Land Transactions Associate with Peninsula Open Space Trust
Russell Croel (Graduated Spring 2014): Does bioturbation by the tadpole shrimp Lepidurus packardi promote crustacean species richness in California vernal pools?
Research Pictures
Tadpole Shrimp Movie
-Russell teaches in our department
Andrea Graffis (Graduated Fall 2013): The role of Cuscuta in vernal pool plant communities
-Andrea works for CA Fish & Wildlife
Ian Anderson (Graduated Summer 2013): Tadpole effects on vernal pool ecosystem functioning
-Ian is a biologist with a consulting firm
Dana Carper (co-advised with Enid Gonzalez; Graduated Summer 2013): Bacterial diversity in vernal pools.
-Dana is a PhD student at UC Merced
Mike Cardwell (Graduated Summer 2013): Rattlesnake response to drought
-Mike continues his rattlesnake research in Tucson and at Effie Yeaw Nature Center, here’s his blog: http://www.eyncrattlesnakes.com/
Angela Calderaro (Graduated Fall 2011): Factors that affect aquatic invertebrate diversity in hydrologically connected and isolated vernal pools.
-Angela is a Biologist with CA Fish & Wildlife
Heather Blair (Graduated Spring 2011): The role of vegetation in eutrophication of California vernal pools
-Heather is a biologist with a consulting firm
Elif Fehm-Sullivan (Graduated Fall 2010): Freshwater Fish Community Structure in Mediterranean Biomes
-Elif is a Biologist with NOAA
Chris Carr (Graduated Fall 2010): Insect metacommunities in subalpine meadows
-Chris is a Biologist with the Department of Water Resources
Emily Kachorek (Graduated Spring 2010): Biodiversity through the Community-Based Conservation model: Has Iwokrama been successful?
-Emily is using her fine ecological skills as a pro bike racer and owner of Squid Bikes
Carrie Lessin (Graduated Spring 2010): Nutrient addition effects on vernal-pool aquatic communities
Kevin Aceituno (Graduated Spring 2010): Growth rate effects on mercury bioaccumulation in SF Estuary
-Kevin is a Biologist with US Fish and Wildlife
Sarah Estrella (Graduated Spring 2009): Plant community responses following Lepidium latifolium removal in a tidal wetland in Suisun Marsh, Solano County, California
-Sarah is a Biologist with the CA Fish & Wildlife
Marcus Yee (Graduated Fall 2008): Evaluating and mitigating avian collisions with distribution power lines at the Consumnes River Preserve
-Marcus is a Biologist with the Department of Water Resources
Michelle D. Beachley (co-advised with Sharon Lawler, UC Davis; Graduated Fall 2008): The effects of mosquito abatement on insect communities
-Shelley is an Environmental Scientist with the Department of Water Resources
Clara Matallana (Fulbright Scholar; Graduated Fall 2008): Use of systematic site selection to design a marine reserve network along the Oregon's Coast
- Clara is a biologist in Columbia
Katy Washburn (Graduated Spring 2008): Habitat characteristics and community composition changes associated with the New Zealand Mudsnail invasion of the lower Mokelumne River, California
-Katy is a biologist with the Department of Water Resources
Zach Simmons (Graduated Spring 2007): Microhabitat Partitioning of Granivores in Subalpine Meadows, Eldorado National Forest
-Zach is a biologist for the Army Corp of Engineers
Ryan Henning (Graduated Spring 2007): Nest success of urban waterfowl using artificial "hen house" structures
-Ryan is a biologist in Colorado
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Eileen Garcia-Fuentes: In the Lopez Lab
Dalton Burroughs
Nestor Samiylenko (Research assistant, NSF and Rock Pool studies 2014-18)
Luis Rosas (Research assistant, NSF study 2014-16)
Alyssa Nerida (Research assistant, NSF study 2014-16)
Trisha Velasquez (Research assistant, NSF study 2014-15)
Korena Hendryx (STAR researcher 2014, 2015): The effects of predators and competitors in vernal pool communities (2014) and The effects of temperature and community size in vernal pool communities (2015)
-Korena is teaching high school science
Lisa Calhoun (STAR researcher, 2015): Changes in biomass with kelp forest restoration (2015)
-Lisa is teaching high school math and statistics
Tushaun Vang (2012) Worked on hydyroregime project
-Tushaun is a graduate student at Evergreen State College
Alison Furler (2012-3): Worked on hydyroregime project
-Alison is a biologist with CA Fish & Wildlife
Jennifer Rossiter (SURE Grant Recipient 2008, 2009): Testing Island Biogeography in Sub-Alpine Meadows: Do invading trees facilitate the invasion of forest species into meadows?
-Jennifer went on as a graduate student at Cal Poly, SLO
Kasie Barnes (Summer 2007) worked on the effects of a specialist herbivore (sawfly) as a keystone predator in sub-alpine meadows
-Kasie went on as a graduate student in the Coleman lab here at CSUS
David McNabb worked on facilitation and Island Biogeography with pine islands in sub-alpine meadow metacommunities (Summer 2006)
Demetrius Mayberry worked on the spatial ecology of vernal pools and Darlingtonia californica inquiline communities (Summer 2005, 2006)
Aaron Langenbeck (Honor’s Research) worked on the seed ecology of the notoriously invasive plant, yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis L.)
Amy Harris worked on competition between mosquito species
Scott Whitman (Graduated Spring 2023): Patterns of cooccurrence and body size of vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) and California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense)
- Scott is a Wildlife Biologist & Project Manager at Endemic Environmental Services
Sean O'Brien (Graduated Spring 2021): Aquatic invertebrate community differences in constructed and natural California vernal pools
- Sean is a biologist with Tansley Team, Inc./DBA Helm Biological Consulting
Randall Kido (Graduated Fall 2019): Eutrophication effects on invertebrate communities of California vernal pools
- Randall is a Data Manager at DocMatter
Kevin Marr (Graduated Summer 2019): Metapopulation ecology of fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) in rock pools
- Kevin is an Environmental Scientist with the CA Department of Water Resources
Kharla Chavez-Kendall (Graduated Summer 2018): Invertebrate predator effects on California vernal pool community assembly
Angela Haas (Graduated Spring 2018; co-advised with Sara Kross): Habitat features associated with bird communities in urban and and developing peri-urban areas
- Angela is an Associate Biologist with ECORP Consulting
Erin Ferguson (Graduated Spring 2018; co-advised with Rob Titus): Emigration timing, pathways and survival of juvenile steelhead smolts (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from the lower American River through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta System
- Erin is an Environmental Scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Robin Shin (Graduated Fall 2017): Temperature and hydroregime effects on California vernal pool communities
- Robin is a Biologist with the CA Department of Water Resources
Rebekah Bergkoetter (Graduated Fall 2017): Morphological and behavioral differences among Daphnia from vernal and permanent ponds in relation to UVB exposure
- Rebekah is a Biologist at Westervelt Ecological Services
Jessica Alexander (Graduated Fall 2015): An investigation of pollen limitation and seed viability in Lasthenia fremontii in constructed and natural vernal pools
- Jessica is a Biologist in Denver, CO
Lindsay Peterson (Graduated Spring 2015): Removal of invasive Lythrum portula effects on natural and created vernal pools
-Lindsay is a Land Transactions Associate with Peninsula Open Space Trust
Russell Croel (Graduated Spring 2014): Does bioturbation by the tadpole shrimp Lepidurus packardi promote crustacean species richness in California vernal pools?
Research Pictures
Tadpole Shrimp Movie
-Russell teaches in our department
Andrea Graffis (Graduated Fall 2013): The role of Cuscuta in vernal pool plant communities
-Andrea works for CA Fish & Wildlife
Ian Anderson (Graduated Summer 2013): Tadpole effects on vernal pool ecosystem functioning
-Ian is a biologist with a consulting firm
Dana Carper (co-advised with Enid Gonzalez; Graduated Summer 2013): Bacterial diversity in vernal pools.
-Dana is a PhD student at UC Merced
Mike Cardwell (Graduated Summer 2013): Rattlesnake response to drought
-Mike continues his rattlesnake research in Tucson and at Effie Yeaw Nature Center, here’s his blog: http://www.eyncrattlesnakes.com/
Angela Calderaro (Graduated Fall 2011): Factors that affect aquatic invertebrate diversity in hydrologically connected and isolated vernal pools.
-Angela is a Biologist with CA Fish & Wildlife
Heather Blair (Graduated Spring 2011): The role of vegetation in eutrophication of California vernal pools
-Heather is a biologist with a consulting firm
Elif Fehm-Sullivan (Graduated Fall 2010): Freshwater Fish Community Structure in Mediterranean Biomes
-Elif is a Biologist with NOAA
Chris Carr (Graduated Fall 2010): Insect metacommunities in subalpine meadows
-Chris is a Biologist with the Department of Water Resources
Emily Kachorek (Graduated Spring 2010): Biodiversity through the Community-Based Conservation model: Has Iwokrama been successful?
-Emily is using her fine ecological skills as a pro bike racer and owner of Squid Bikes
Carrie Lessin (Graduated Spring 2010): Nutrient addition effects on vernal-pool aquatic communities
Kevin Aceituno (Graduated Spring 2010): Growth rate effects on mercury bioaccumulation in SF Estuary
-Kevin is a Biologist with US Fish and Wildlife
Sarah Estrella (Graduated Spring 2009): Plant community responses following Lepidium latifolium removal in a tidal wetland in Suisun Marsh, Solano County, California
-Sarah is a Biologist with the CA Fish & Wildlife
Marcus Yee (Graduated Fall 2008): Evaluating and mitigating avian collisions with distribution power lines at the Consumnes River Preserve
-Marcus is a Biologist with the Department of Water Resources
Michelle D. Beachley (co-advised with Sharon Lawler, UC Davis; Graduated Fall 2008): The effects of mosquito abatement on insect communities
-Shelley is an Environmental Scientist with the Department of Water Resources
Clara Matallana (Fulbright Scholar; Graduated Fall 2008): Use of systematic site selection to design a marine reserve network along the Oregon's Coast
- Clara is a biologist in Columbia
Katy Washburn (Graduated Spring 2008): Habitat characteristics and community composition changes associated with the New Zealand Mudsnail invasion of the lower Mokelumne River, California
-Katy is a biologist with the Department of Water Resources
Zach Simmons (Graduated Spring 2007): Microhabitat Partitioning of Granivores in Subalpine Meadows, Eldorado National Forest
-Zach is a biologist for the Army Corp of Engineers
Ryan Henning (Graduated Spring 2007): Nest success of urban waterfowl using artificial "hen house" structures
-Ryan is a biologist in Colorado
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Eileen Garcia-Fuentes: In the Lopez Lab
Dalton Burroughs
Nestor Samiylenko (Research assistant, NSF and Rock Pool studies 2014-18)
Luis Rosas (Research assistant, NSF study 2014-16)
Alyssa Nerida (Research assistant, NSF study 2014-16)
Trisha Velasquez (Research assistant, NSF study 2014-15)
Korena Hendryx (STAR researcher 2014, 2015): The effects of predators and competitors in vernal pool communities (2014) and The effects of temperature and community size in vernal pool communities (2015)
-Korena is teaching high school science
Lisa Calhoun (STAR researcher, 2015): Changes in biomass with kelp forest restoration (2015)
-Lisa is teaching high school math and statistics
Tushaun Vang (2012) Worked on hydyroregime project
-Tushaun is a graduate student at Evergreen State College
Alison Furler (2012-3): Worked on hydyroregime project
-Alison is a biologist with CA Fish & Wildlife
Jennifer Rossiter (SURE Grant Recipient 2008, 2009): Testing Island Biogeography in Sub-Alpine Meadows: Do invading trees facilitate the invasion of forest species into meadows?
-Jennifer went on as a graduate student at Cal Poly, SLO
Kasie Barnes (Summer 2007) worked on the effects of a specialist herbivore (sawfly) as a keystone predator in sub-alpine meadows
-Kasie went on as a graduate student in the Coleman lab here at CSUS
David McNabb worked on facilitation and Island Biogeography with pine islands in sub-alpine meadow metacommunities (Summer 2006)
Demetrius Mayberry worked on the spatial ecology of vernal pools and Darlingtonia californica inquiline communities (Summer 2005, 2006)
Aaron Langenbeck (Honor’s Research) worked on the seed ecology of the notoriously invasive plant, yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis L.)
Amy Harris worked on competition between mosquito species
