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.
Lexi Atler
Master's Student
Contact Info:
lexi.atler.097@my.csun.eduLexi joined the lab in Fall 2022. She is working on how competitors and mutualists affect selection on invasive Medicago polymorpha. She's particularly interested in whether indirect effects can cause non-additive selection on traits.
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. They graduated from Bard College and worked in Dr. Brooke Jude's Lab. They are interested in the relationships between invasive plant microbes and native species in the greater Los Angeles area.
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.
