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People

Marko J. Spasojevic - Associate Professor

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Educational Background:

Ph.D. 2010 University of California Irvine, Irvine CA. School of Biological Sciences.

Dissertation: “Species, trait, and phylogenetic associations in the alpine tundra: insights into the processes that affect community composition”.

Advisor: Dr. Katharine N. Suding

B.S. 2004 University of Washington, Seattle WA. Major: Biology (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation)

A.S. 2002 Shoreline Community College, Seattle WA.

Research Interests: 

Community assembly, Plant functional traits, Biogeography, Global change, Plant-Soil interactions, Plant hemiparasites.

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Lab Members

graduate students
undergraduates
Technicians
Alumni

Tesa Madsen-Hepp (PhD,  2018-2024), Postdoctoral Researcher, Cal Poly Pomona

Jonas Menzie (Intern, 2024) Undergraduate Student UC Riverside

Ruby Raheja (Intern, 2024) Undergraduate Student UC Davis

Nahir Santiago-Colon (Intern, 2024) Undergraduate Student Mt. San Jacinto College

Miles Wentworth (Intern, 2024) Undergraduate Student UC Davis

Mikayla Martinez (Undergraduate, 2020-2024)

Sisimac Duchicela (Postdoc,  2022-2024), Assistant Professor at CU-Boulder

Magda Argueta Guzman (PhD,  2019-2024), Postdoc at UC-Merced

Caryn Iwanaga (Undergraduate, 2020-2023, Lab manager, 2023-2024), Grad Student University of Oregon

Jared Huxley (PhD,  2017-2023), Program Evaluator, Office of the Secretary, Department of Interior

Jon Henn (Postdoc,  2021-2023), Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne

Advyth Ramachandran (Undergraduate, 2020-2023), Grad Student CU-Boulder

Sena Sardi (Undergraduate, Field Tech,2020-2022)

Kristen Prattipati (Undergraduate, 2020-2022)
Melissa Salguero (Undergraduate, 2020-2021)
Michel Au (Undergraduate, 2019-2021)
Dani Logan (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)

Hina Varachhia (Undergraduate 2018-2019) 
Lisa Schauer (Lab Manager, Technician 2018-2019)
Shane McFaul (Technician 2018-2019)
Martin Arceo (Undergraduate 2016-2017)
Soren Weber (Lab Manager 2016-2018), Post Doc at Oak Ridge National Lab

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Our Projects

Partners

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UC Natural Reserve System

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LTER NETWORK

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