Postdocs & Students

Gloria Arellano : Master's Student

Gloria Arellano

Master's Student

Gloria started in the lab in Fall 2020. She is interested in the context-dependency of species interactions and her thesis focuses on interactions between a legume (Medicago polymorpha) and rhizobia bacteria in different nutrient regimes. She is on the hunt for PhD programs!

Richard Rachman : Master's Student

Richard Rachman

Master's Student

Richard received his B.S. in Biology with emphasis in Ecology and Evolution and minor in GIS from Cal State Northridge, where he continues his masters research. He is studying post-wildfire plant community succession from the 2018 Woolsey fire in the Santa Monica Mountains. Invasive species, disturbance, distributions, and remotely sensed data are all things that he thinks about academically. Richard is the Los Angeles County Volunteer Coordinator for the Western Monarch Count with Xerces Society, and when he isn’t surveying monarchs, he’s advocating for native plants, watching movies with his boyfriend, and posting on iNaturalist.

Kristen Howard : Master's Student

Kristen Howard

Master's Student

Kristen 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

Lexi Atler

Master's Student

Lexi is joining the lab in Fall 2022! She graduated from Michigan State University, where she worked in Kim Scribner's lab.