Assistant Professor
Marko J. Spasojevic
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.
Graduate students
Jared Anderson-Huxley
B.S. 2013 Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA.
Research Interests: Community Ecology, Biogeography, and Global Change Biology
Tesa Madsen-McQueen
M.S. 2018 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
B.S. 2015 Environmental Plant Science, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Research Interests: Community Ecology, Arid Ecosystems, and Global Change Biology
Erin McCann
B.S. 2011 Biology, (minors in Chemistry and Environmental Science) Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem N.C.
Research Interests: Community Ecology, Species distributions, and Global Change Biology
Undergraduates
Kristen Prattipati
B.S. In progress University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA. Major: Biology
Advyth Ramachandran
B.S. In progress University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA. Major: Biology
Sena Sadri
B.S. In progress University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA. Major: Biology
Melissa Salguero
B.S. In progress University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA. Major: Biology