Kristen Howard
Master's Student
Contact Info:
kristen.howard.739@my.csun.eduKristen is joining the lab in Fall 2022! She graduated from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee and worked in Duane McKenna's lab at University of Memphis.
Alex Mendelson
Master's Student
Contact Info:
alex.mendelson.698@my.csun.eduAlex joined the lab in Fall 2023 after finishing his Bachelor's at Cal State Long Beach working on marine invertebrates. He's spent his first year learning to isolate and grow rotifers from pitcher plants and is now working on evolutionary experiments to see how rotifers evolve in response to temperature.
Sacha Medjo-Akono
Master's Student
Contact Info:
sacha.medjo-akono.754@my.csun.eduSacha joined the lab in the Fall of 2024, after working at the New York Aquarium and the Critical Ecology Lab. They graduated from Bard College and worked in Dr. Brooke Jude's Lab. They are working on the effects of nitrogen deposition on plants adapted to nutrient-limitation.
Camille Jones
Master's Student
Contact Info:
camille.jones.649@my.csun.eduCamille joined the lab in Fall 2024 after completing her B.S. at Cal Poly Humboldt. Her professional experience includes working as a Fisheries Observer in Alaska and contributing to animal husbandry efforts in the commercial tropical fish industry and at the Saban Research Institute at CHLA. Camille’s research focus is in marine ecology. She is co-advised by Dr. Alex Davis.
Vinnie Cannizzaro
Undergraduate Researcher
Contact Info:
Vinnie has been working in the lab since 2024 and has been critical in figuring out how to culture rotifers in the lab. He's interested in exploring how different genotypes of rotifers from different pitcher plant leaves compete with other species in the community.
Breana Morales
Undergraduate Researcher
Contact Info:
Breana has been working in the lab since 2024 and has been a huge help in our rotifer cultivation efforts! She's interested in exploring how different genotypes of rotifers from different pitcher plant leaves compete with other species in the community.
