PhD Students
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- Lab
- Zona
- Thesis
- Greenhouse Gas Flux in Arctic Soils
- Interests
- Eddy Flux Covariance, Biogeochemistry, Atmospheric Sciences
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- Lab
- Lai
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Ecosystem Ecology, Environmental pollution, isotope ecology, trace metals, stingrays, biomonitoring
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- Lab
- Hovel
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Fisheries ecology, Climate change, Panulirus interruptus
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- Lab
- Oechel
- Thesis
- Effects of kelp forest ecosystems on air-sea carbon flux
- Interests
- Kelp forests, nearshore communities, ocean acidification and climate change
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- Lab
- Lewison
- Thesis
- Biomonitoring of emerging and legacy toxicants in Pacific waters
- Interests
- ecotoxicology, movement ecology, conservation and management, animal behavior
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- Lab
- Oechel
- Thesis
- Climate Change Effects on Vineyards
- Interests
- Plant genetics, Ecological Engineering, Eddy Flux Covariance, Plant Physiology
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- Lab
- Long
- Thesis
- Herbivore community assemblage response to invasive seaweeds in black abalone habitats
- Interests
- Marine community ecology, invasive species, intertidal ecology, environmental pollution, STEM education outreach
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- Lab
- Lewison
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Fisheries ecology, Marine ecology, Marine conservation and management, Climate change, Ecological modeling, Highly migratory species
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- Lab
- Oechel
- Thesis
- Effects of drought conditions on CO2 flux in semi-arid chapparral ecosystems in Southern California
- Interests
- Carbon flux in Sotuhern California, Eddy Flux Covariance, Climate Change
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- Lab
- Edwards
- Thesis
- Community impacts from spatiotemporal fluctuations of kelp derived carbon
- Interests
- kelp forest ecology, stable isotope ecology, trophic ecology, ecology of fear
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- Lab
- Oechel
- Thesis
- Carbon flux in California chaparral as a result of drought tolerance in various life history types
- Interests
- Drought tolerance in plants, fire ecology in chaparral
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- Lab
- Hovel
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Marine community ecology, ocean acidification, parasite ecology, predator-prey interactions
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- Lab
- Oechel
- Thesis
- Carbon Flux in Arctic Soil
- Interests
- Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Eddy Flux Covariance, Plant Physiology
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- Lab
- Xu
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Biogeochemistry in terrestrial ecosystems, Ecosystem processes and ecological modeling, Global change
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- Lab
- Dinsdale
- Thesis
- Coral resilience via host-microbial interactions
- Interests
- Coral Reef Ecology, Metagenomics, Ecophysiology
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- Lab
- Oechel
- Thesis
- Mechanistic and Machine-Learning Models of Carbon Fluxes Across a Fire-Induced Age Gradient in Southern California Chaparral
- Interests
- Remote Sensing, Modeling, Fire Ecology, Plant Physiology, Education
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- Lab
- Lipson
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- microbial ecology, biogeochemical cycling, function of microbes in soil, relationship between microbial composition and greenhouse gas emissions
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- Brianne Palmer
- Lab
- Lipson
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Microbial ecology, plant ecology, community ecology, plant-soil interactions
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- Lab
- Lipson
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Conservation biology, microbial biogeochemistry, climate change
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- Lab
- Clark
- Thesis
- Sensory ecology of rattlesnakes
- Interests
- Sensory ecology, behavioral ecology, predator-prey interactions
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- Lab
- Barber
- Thesis
- Effects of restoration methods on soil resources, invasive plants, and soil seed banks
- Interests
- desert ecology, vegetation dynamics, restoration, chemistry
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- Lab
- Oechel and Lipson
- Thesis
- The relationship between soil microbial diversity and carbon gas flux in Arctic and alpine ecosystems
- Interests
- Soil Microbiology, Soil Carbon Flux, Respiration and Methanogenesis, Community Analysis, Metagenomics, Climate Change, Stable Isotopes
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- Lab
- Long
- Thesis
- Understanding the effects of habitat modifiers on community structure in California salt marshes
- Interests
- marine community ecology, salt marsh ecology, plant-plant interactions, mutualisms, restoration
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- Lab
- Xu
- Thesis
- Mutiple-Scale Modeling Methane Cycling from a Microbial Perspective
- Interests
- Carbon dynamics and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystem, Ecosystem processes and ecological modeling, Climate change and soil science
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- Lab
- Oechel and Edwards
- Thesis
- Biological and Physical Controls on Coastal Carbon Cycling
- Interests
- Estuarine biogeochemistry, seagrasses, ocean acidification, science-policy communication
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- Lab
- Clark
- Thesis
- Determinants of predation success: a holistic examination of the predator-prey interactions between rattlesnakes and kangaroo rats
- Interests
- Predator-prey interactions, behavioral ecology, ecomechanics
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- Lab
- Oechel
- Thesis
- Nongrowing Season Carbon Cycling in the Arctic
- Interests
- Arctic Biogeochemistry and Carbon Cycling
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- Lab
- Oechel
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- agro-ecology, biogeochemistry, plant physiology, climate change, plant-water relations
MS Students
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- Lab
- Dinsdale
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- metagenomics, kelp forest genomics
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- Lab
- Edwards
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Fish ecology, Kelp forests, Predator-prey Interactions, Ocean Acidification
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- Lab
- Lipson
- Thesis
- Impacts of altered rainfall and invasive plants on soil microbial communities in southern California shrublands
- Interests
- Soils, biogeochemical cycles and microbial ecology
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- Lab
- Lewison
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Conservation ecology, ecological modelling, landscape genetics, landscape connectivity
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- Lab
- Lewison
- Thesis
- Assessing the effects of Southern sea otter predation on a Dungeness crab population
- Interests
- Conservation ecology, spatial ecology, trophic dynamics, foraging ecology, fisheries-marine mammal interactions
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- Lab
- Hentschel
- Thesis
- Larviphagy and larval escape responses in Mytilus californianus
- Interests
- Larval ecology, marine invertebrate embryology, maternal effects, and evolution of larval forms
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- Lab
- Edwards
- Thesis
- Ecophysiology of red algae during prolonged disturbance events
- Interests
- Algae physiology, kelp forest ecosystems, succession, disturbance events, El Nino
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- Lab
- Lipson
- Thesis
- Restoration implications of prescribed burns and soil microbiology on San Clemente Island grasslands
- Interests
- Microbiology, Habitat Restoration, Fire Ecology, Invasive Species, Creation Science
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- Lab
- Lai
- Thesis
- Inferring plant water use from atmospheric water vapor observations in an old-growth forest
- Interests
- Biogeochemical cycles, stable isotopes, ecosystem-atmospheric gas exchange
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- Lab
- Anderson
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Trophic Ecology, Predator-Prey Interactions, Invasive Species
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- Lab
- Zona & Clark
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Animal Behavior, Climate Change, Predator-Prey Interactions, Conservation, Ecosystem Ecology
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- Lab
- Zona
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Ecosystem Ecology, Arctic Tundra ecology, Carbon Flux, Climate Change, Marine Mammal evolution and ecology
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- Lab
- Lewison
- Thesis
- Wild felid spatial ecology in the context of roads and wildlife crossing structures
- Interests
- conservation ecology, carnivore-road interactions, movement and habitat use in human-impacted landscapes
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- Lab
- Edwards
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- kelp forest community ecology
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- Lab
- Lewison
- Thesis
- TBD
- Interests
- Conservation Ecology, Spatial Analysis, Habitat and Landscape Modeling, Animal Behavior, Invasive Species
Alumni
| Name | Program | Graduation | Advisor | Current employment |
| Robert Dunn | JDPE | 2019 | Kevin Hovel | |
| Kyra Barboza | MS | 2019 | ||
| Katherine Bocskor | MS | 2019 | ||
| Kaylee Griffith | MS | 2019 | ||
| Kalee Koeslag | MS | 2019 | ||
| Roman Nava Landeros | MS | 2019 | ||
| Kelly Robinson | MS | 2019 | ||
| Patrick Saldana | MS | 2019 | ||
| Julia Smith | MS | 2019 | Rebecca Lewison | |
| Piek Spector | MS | 2019 | Robert Edwards | |
| Michael Doane | JDPE | 2018 | Liz Dinsdale | |
| Megan Morris | JDPE | 2018 | Liz Dinsdale | |
| Sherlynette Perez | JDPE | 2018 | David Lipson | |
| Shelby Rinehart | JDPE | 2018 | Jeremy Long | Hebrew University |
| Marisa Trego | JDPE | 2018 | Rebecca Lewison | |
| Drake Karla Kristina | MS | 2017 | Rebecca Lewison | USGS |
| Matthew Haggerty | JDPE | 2017 | Dinsdale | |
| Jeff Barr | JDPE | 2017 | Anderson | |
| Emily Jones | JDPE | 2016 | Long | |
| Christopher Kwan | JDPE | 2016 | Long | State Water Resources Control Board |
| Breanna Putman | JDPE | 2016 | Clark | UCLA |
| Ryan Jenkinson | JDPE | 2016 | Hovel | |
| Archana Srinivas | JDPE | 2016 | Lipson | |
| Sheila Madrak | JDPE | 2016 | Lewison | SDSU |
| Sarah MHennessey | JDPE | 2015 | Deutschman | San Diego Zoo, Inst. |
| Sarah Wheeler | JDPE | 2015 | Anderson | San Diego Community College District |
| Dean Leavitt | JDPE | 2015 | Reeder | |
| Dovi Kacev | JDPE | 2015 | Lewison | Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Southern California |
| Alexander Gaos | JDPE | 2014 | Lewison | |
| Kim Miller | JDPE | 2014 | Lai/Lipson | Ohio University |
| Max Castorani | JDPE | 2014 | Hovel | |
| Violet Compton | JDPE | 2014 | Anderson | Nautilus Environment |
| Shannon Hoss | JDPE | 2014 | Clark | Ironwood Consulting, Inc. |
| Alex Warneke | MS | 2014 | Long | National Park Service |
| Chelsea Rochman | JDPE | 2013 | Hentschel | UC Davis |
| Julia Coates | JDPE | 2013 | Hovel | California Depat. of Fish and Wildlife |
| Marguerite Mauritztozer | JDPE | 2013 | Lipson | Northern Arizon University |
| Cove Sturtevant | JDPE | 2013 | Oechel | NEON |
| Tina Yack | JDPE | 2013 | Klimley/UCB | Bioacoustician at BioWaves, Inc |
| Renee Dolecal | MS | 2012 | Long | SDSU |
| Hiroki Ikawa | JDPE | 2012 | Oechel | National Institute for Agro-Environmental Science |
| Megan Jennings | JDPE | 2012 | Lewison | SDSU |
| Guillermo Torres | JDPE | 2012 | Edwards | UABC, Mexico |
| Francis Bozzolo | JDPE | 2012 | Lipson/Franklin | The University of Southern Mississippi |
| Dawn Lawson | JDPE | 2011 | Regam | SPAWAR |
| Jason Webber | JDPE | 2011 | Anderson | Southwestern Community Cllege, San Diego |
| Cheryl Laskowski | JDPE | 2010 | Oechel | California Air Resources Board |
| Rommel Zulueta | JDPE | 2010 | Oechel | NSF NEON |
| Henry Carson | JDPE | 2008 | Hentschel | |
| Kistin Skadberg | JDPE | 2008 | Oechel | CH2M HILL |
| Refugio Robles-Sikisaka | JDPE | 2008 | McLenaghan | |
| Jessica Braswell | JDPE | 2007 | Deutschman | |
| Emily Floyd | JDPE | 2007 | Anderson | |
| Hongyan Luo | JDPE | 2007 | Oechel | NSF NEON CO |
| Mary Ann Tiffany | JDPE | 2007 | Hurlbert | |
| Amy Larson | JDPE | 2007 | Hentschel | |
| Marie Moreau | JDPE | 2007 | Deutschman | Environmental biologist, Irvine |
| Cathlyn Stylinski | JDPE | 2007 | Oechel | University of MD |
| Milan Mitovich | JDPE | 2006 | Jay Diffendorfer | |
| Hyojung Kwon | JDPE | 2005 | Oechel | Oregon State University |
| Cara Hinkson | JDPE | 2005 | Mike Allen | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Matthew Rahn | JDPE | 2005 | Jay Diffendorfer | |
| Yufu Cheng | JDPE | 2003 | Oechel | |
| Jennifer Lansing | JDPE | 2003 | Mike Allen | |
| Irma Olguin | JDPE | 2003 | LEE McClenaghan | CIBNOR |
| Alison Williams-Anderson | JDPE | 2001 | Kathy Williams | |
| Gregory Noe | JDPE | 2000 | Joy Zedler | SE Enviornment Research center |
| Harold Truesdale | JDPE | 1998 | McClenaghan | SDSU |
| Sandra DeSimone | JDPE | 1997 | Paul Zedler | |
| Matthias Rillig | JDPE | 1997 | Collier | University of Mexico |
| George Vourlitis | JDPE | 1997 | Oechel | CSU San Marcos |
| Andrea Cook | JDPE | 1996 | Oechel | Depart Chair High Tech High |
| Derek Langsford | JDPE | 1996 | Oechel | URS Corporation |
| Paul Leadley | JDPE | 1995 | Reynolds-UCD | Basil Switzerland |
| Yuhe Li | JDPE | 1995 | Collier, B. | Export Business, China |
| Jacques Brisson | JDPE | 1994 | Reynolds-UCD | IRBV University of Montreal |
| Renate Gebauer | JDPE | 1994 | Reynolds-UCD | Keene State |
| Nils Warnock | JDPE | 1994 | Kus/Cox | Co-Director PRBO |
| Bertram Ostendorf | JDPE | 1994 | Reynolds-UCB | |
| James Trent | JDPE | 1993 | Mike Alen | |
| Andrew Corbett | JDPE | 1991 | Oechel | |
| Michael White | JDPE | 1991 | Stuart Hurlbert | Conservation Biology Institute |
| Peggy Fong | JDPE | 1991 | Zedler | UCLA |
| Nicolas Sjaarda | JDPE | 1989 | Oechel | |
| Steve Sparks | JDPE | 1989 | Oechel | Arizona Western College |
| Doris Soto | JDPE | 1988 | Stuart Hurlbert | Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
| Devin Bartley | JDPE | 1988 | Richard Ford | Food and Argicultural Organization of the UN |
| Ellen Bauder | JDPE | 1987 | Paul Zedler | SDSU |
| Yves Mauffette | JDPE | 1987 | Oechel | |
| Abdullah Al-Dakheel | JDPE | 1986 | Mike Barbour (UCD) | |
| James Mills | JDPE | 1985 | Kummerow | |
| Lee Stuart | JDPE | 1983 | Miller | Nehemiah Housing Project |
| William Lawrence | JDPE | 1983 | Walt Oechel | Bowie State University, Natural Sciences, Emeritus |
| Jose Merino | JDPE | 1981 | Richard Ford | |
| Theodore Windfield | JDPE | 1980 | Joy Zedler | Wetlands consultant |
| Svata Louda | JDPE | 1978 | Boyd Collier | Retired, University of Nebraska |
| Ted Turk | JDPE | 1978 | Tom Ebert |
