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Ali Abouismail

PhD student

Email: 
aliabouismail@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Irene Salinas

Shweta Agarwal

MS student

Email: 
shwetaagarwal@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Davorka Gulisija

Ximena Amortegui

PhD student

Email: 
xau14@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Irene Salinas

Research Area(s)

Immunology

Irvin Arroyo-Torres

PhD student

he/him
Email: 
IRtorre5@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Thomas Turner

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Comparative Biology,  Global Change Biology,  Parasitology,  Riparian Ecology,  Terrestrial Ecology,  Vertebrate Biology

Kimimila Atcitty

MS student

Email: 
katcitty@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Blair Wolf

Rachael Auer

MS student

Email: 
rauer@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Marcy Litvak

Tulaib Azam

PhD student

Email: 
azam27@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Mubarak Syed

Lexi Baca

MS student

she/her
Email: 
lbaca777@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Joseph Cook

Research Area(s)

Computational Biology & Genomics,  Evolutionary Biology,  Genetics,  Molecular Evolution,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics,  Systematics/Phylogenetics

Patrick Baca

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MS student

He/Him/Él
Email: 
pbaca2004@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Thomas Turner

Research Area(s)

Aquatic Ecology,  Conservation Biology,  Evolutionary Biology,  Genetics,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics,  Riparian Ecology

Reese Baker

PhD student

Email: 
rbbaker4035@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lee Taylor

Tunde Sheriffdeen Bello

PhD student

Email: 
tsbello@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lee Taylor

Research Area(s)

Evolutionary Biology,  Microbial Ecology,  Plant Biology,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics

Jessica Belmares-Ortega

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PhD student

Email: 
jbelmares@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Eric Denkers

Research Area(s)

Immunology

William Bieker

PhD student

Email: 
wbieker@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers

Keya Biwas

MS student

Email: 
kbiswas@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Davorka Gulisija

Amanda Boutz

PhD student

Email: 
aboutz@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
William Pockman

Connor Burgin

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PhD student

he/him
Email: 
cburgin@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Joseph Cook

Research Area(s)

Evolutionary Biology,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics,  Systematics/Phylogenetics

Esther Burton

MS student

Email: 
burtone@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Kelly Miller

Marina Casiano Ruiz

MS student

Email: 
mcasianoruiz@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Felisa Smith

Priscilla Castaneda

MS student

Email: 
pcastaneda1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Scott Collins

Manogya Chandar

PhD student

Email: 
mchandar@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers

Natalia Chavez

PhD student

Email: 
nchavez26@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Seth Newsome

Nikhet Chowdhury

PhD student

Email: 
nikhetc@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Helen Wearing

Madeline Coburn

MS student

Email: 
mcoburn8@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Scott Collins

Joshua Cortez

MS student

Email: 
joshuacortez1561@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Seth Newsome

Christopher Cutter

MS student

he/him
Email: 
ccutter@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Felisa Smith

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Evolutionary Biology,  Paleoecology,  Vertebrate Biology

Simon Doneski

MS student

he/him
Email: 
sdoneski@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Kelly Miller

Research Area(s)

Conservation Biology,  Invertebrate Biology,  Microbial Ecology

Katelyn Driscoll

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PhD student

she/her
Email: 
kdriscoll@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Thomas Turner

Research Area(s)

Aquatic Ecology,  Riparian Ecology

Erika Dunn

MS student

Email: 
edunn821@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Thomas Turner

Celina Eberle

MS student

Email: 
ceberle17@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lisa Barrow

Dale Fastle

MS student

Email: 
dfastle@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Joseph Cook

Michael Fragua

MS student

Email: 
mfragua1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Joseph Cook

Ben Garcia

PhD student

He/him
Email: 
bgarcia17@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Irene Salinas

Research Area(s)

Comparative Biology,  Immunology

Lisa Garcia

MS student

Email: 
lgarcia491@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Scott Collins, Felisa Smith

Azadeh Golduzian

PhD student

Email: 
agolduzian96@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Davorka Gulisija

Abigail Granath

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PhD student

she/her
Email: 
absgranath@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers
Website

Research Area(s)

Microbial Ecology,  Microbiology

Alejandro Gutierrez

MS student

Email: 
agutierrez30@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
David Hanson

Andrew Gutierrez

PhD student

Email: 
andgutie@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Christopher Johnston, Mubarak Syed

Shayne Halter

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PhD student

he/him
Email: 
shalter@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Blair Wolf

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Comparative Biology,  Global Change Biology,  Physiological Ecology,  Vertebrate Biology

Austin Hendricks

PhD student

Email: 
austinhendricks@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Vincent Martinson

Cory Henn

PhD student

Email: 
coryhenn@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Irene Salinas

Tenley Housler

MS student

she/her
Email: 
thousler@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Donald Natvig, Joseph Cook

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Conservation Biology,  Plant Biology

Jonathan Keller

PhD student

Email: 
jskeller@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Felisa Smith

Megan Louise Keller, MS

Photo: Megan Louise Keller

PhD student

she/her/hers
Email: 
mlkeller@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
D. Lee Taylor

Research Area(s)

Evolutionary Biology,  Genetics,  Global Change Biology,  Microbial Ecology,  Microbiology

Derek Kober

PhD student

Email: 
dkober@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Marcy Litvak

John Korbin

PhD student

Email: 
johnkorbin@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Joe Cook

Adam Kranz

PhD student

Email: 
akranz8174@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Dr. Ellen Martinson

Josiah Lavender

PhD student

Email: 
jlavender1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Christopher Witt

Jennifer Lindsey

MS student

Email: 
jlindsey15@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Cristina Takacs-Vesbach

Halie Locke

PhD student

Email: 
hlocke985@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Coen Adema

James Loomis

MS student

Email: 
jloomis7@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Dr. Chris Witt

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Evolutionary Biology

Josh Lopez-Binder

Photo: Josh Lopez-Binder

MS student

he/him
Email: 
jlopezbi@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Marcy Litvak

Research Area(s)

Terrestrial Ecology

Jazzmyn Luna

PhD student

Email: 
jluna27@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Alex Webster

Tyler Martin

MS student

Email: 
tmartin22@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Scott Collins

Anejelique Martinez

MS student

Email: 
anejeliquem@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Seth Newsome

Noelle Mason

MS student

Email: 
masonnm@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Dr. Lisa Barrow

Chris McDaniels

PhD student

Email: 
cmcdaniels1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lisa Barrow

William F. Mejía-García

MS student

he/him/él
Email: 
wfmgarcia@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Alex J. Webster
Website

Research Area(s)

Global Change Biology,  Riparian Ecology

Conner Mertz

Photo: Conner Mertz

PhD student

Email: 
cmertz@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Christina Takacs-Vesbach

Cassandra Maria Luz Miller

Photo: Cassandra Maria Luz Miller

PhD student

she/her
Email: 
millerca@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers, Lee Taylor
Website

Research Area(s)

Global Change Biology,  Microbial Ecology,  Terrestrial Ecology

Stephanie Mladinich

PhD student

Email: 
stephiem@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Joe Cook

Javier Morales Luna

PhD student

he/him/they
Email: 
omorales1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers

Austin Murrell

MS student

Email: 
amurrell1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Seth Newsome

Caerwyn Nelson

MS student

Email: 
nelsonca@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Marcy Litvak

Elizabeth Ng

Photo: Elizabeth Ng

PhD student

she/her/hers
Email: 
emng@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Matthew Hurteau, Gavin Jones

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Conservation Biology,  Global Change Biology

Hope Nowak

Email: 
hanowak@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Matthew Hurteau

Oluchi Oforma

PhD student

Email: 
sharonoluchi@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Rob Miller

Caitlyn Oliver Brown

Photo: Caitlyn Oliver Brown

PhD student

she/her
Email: 
coliverbrown@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Dr. Michael Andersen
Website

Research Area(s)

Evolutionary Biology,  Genetics,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics,  Systematics/Phylogenetics,  Vertebrate Biology

Bryana Olmeda

MS student

they/them
Email: 
bolmeda@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Hannah Marx

Research Area(s)

Conservation Biology,  Plant Biology

Temiloluwa Omotade

PhD student

Email: 
tomotade@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Irene Salinas

Danielle Owens

MS student

Email: 
dowens2@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Matthew Hurteau

Ryan Ozatalar

PhD student

Email: 
rozatala@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Diana Northup, Don Natvig

Sara Pacheco

MS student

Email: 
spacheco3@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
David Hanson

Oliver Patrick

PhD student

Email: 
opatrick@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Michael Andersen

Mariah Patton

PhD student

she/her
Email: 
mtpatton@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Scott Collins, Jennifer Rudgers
Website

Research Area(s)

Global Change Biology,  Microbial Ecology

Dianne Peterson

MS student

Email: 
dipeterson@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Joseph Cook

Anastasia Pittis

Photo: Anastasia Pittis

PhD student

she/her
Email: 
apittis@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Donald Natvig, Diana Northup

Research Area(s)

Microbial Ecology,  Microbiology

Nawsheen Tarannum Promy

PhD student

she/her
Email: 
npromy@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Davorka Gulisija

Research Area(s)

Computational Biology & Genomics,  Evolutionary Biology

Richard Ramirez

PhD student

Email: 
ricram@unm.edu

Kaiser Rasool

Photo: Kaiser Rasool

PhD student

he/him
Email: 
kaiser@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Mubarak Syed
Website

Research Area(s)

Developmental Biology,  Genetics

Esteban Restrepo Cortes

PhD student

Email: 
erestrepocortes99@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Felisa Smith

Emily Reynebeau

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PhD student

she/her
Email: 
ereynebeau@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Cristina Takacs-Vesbach

Jessie Ribera

MS student

Email: 
jribera@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Alex Webster

Michael Robinson

MS student

Email: 
mrobinson1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Vincent Martinson

Lorriana Rojas

PhD student

Email: 
lorrainarojas1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Matthew Hurteau

Shannon Rollins

Photo: Shannon Rollins

PhD student

she/they
Email: 
srollins1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Ellen Martinson

Research Area(s)

Evolutionary Biology,  Invertebrate Biology,  Systematics/Phylogenetics,  Terrestrial Ecology

Esteban Rosario Sanchez

PhD student

Email: 
erosariosanchez99@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lisa Barrow

Eve Rowland

Photo: Eve Rowland

PhD student

She/her
Email: 
erowland@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Davorka Gulisija
Website

Research Area(s)

Computational Biology & Genomics,  Evolutionary Biology,  Molecular Evolution,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics

Nicholas Ryan

PhD student

Email: 
nryan2@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Felisa Smith

Savannah Sanchez

Photo: Savannah Sanchez

MS student

she/they
Email: 
ssanchez32@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Marcy Litvak, Jennifer Rudgers
Website

Research Area(s)

Global Change Biology,  Microbial Ecology,  Physiological Ecology,  Plant Biology,  Terrestrial Ecology

Emily Schmitt

PhD student

she/her
Email: 
emilygrant@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Kenneth Whitney

Research Area(s)

Global Change Biology,  Invertebrate Biology

Rachel Seddon

PhD student

she/her
Email: 
rhennegan@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Seth Newsome

Juan Sepulveda

MS student

Email: 
jsepulveda99@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Chris Witt

Nandini Sharma

PhD student

Email: 
nandinis07@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Irene Salinas

Shelby Showalter

MS student

Email: 
sshowalter@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Donald Natvig

Sarah Shrum Davis

PhD student

Email: 
sshrum@salud.unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Donald Natvig

Joey Smallwood

PhD student

Email: 
jsmallwood@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lee Taylor

Patricia Sotelo-Chavira

PhD student

Email: 
psotelochavira@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Joe Cook

Jacob Spears

PhD student

Email: 
jspears5652@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Scott Collins

Ryan Stumbaugh

MS student

Email: 
ryanstumbaugh@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Diana Northup, Cristina Takacs-Vesbach

Oona Takano

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PhD student

she/her
Email: 
otakano@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Chris Witt

Research Area(s)

Evolutionary Biology,  Paleoecology,  Vertebrate Biology

Matthew Dylan Taylor

MS student

he/him
Email: 
mtaylor21@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers, Lee Taylor

Research Area(s)

Global Change Biology,  Microbial Ecology,  Plant Biology

Adalberto Ubinas

PhD student

Email: 
aubinas@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers

Aurelia Valente

Photo: Aurelia Valente

PhD student

she/they
Email: 
avalente@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Kelly Miller
Website

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Comparative Biology,  Computational Biology & Genomics,  Conservation Biology,  Evolutionary Biology,  Invertebrate Biology,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics,  Systematics/Phylogenetics,  Theoretical Biology

Morrigan Jessica Vega

PhD student

Email: 
jeburton@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Don Natvig, Diana Northup

Nicholas T. Vinciguerra

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PhD student

Email: 
nvinciguerra@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Michael J. Andersen

Research Area(s)

Systematics/Phylogenetics

Chris Walker

MS student

Email: 
christinewalker@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Michael Andersen

Liota Gongora Weinbaum

Photo: Liota Gongora Weinbaum

PhD student

She/ella
Email: 
liotaw@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Helen J. Wearing

Research Area(s)

Mathematical Biology,  Parasitology

Dani Wiley

Photo: Dani Wiley

PhD student

she/her
Email: 
dwiley7@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lisa Barrow

Research Area(s)

Computational Biology & Genomics,  Conservation Biology,  Evolutionary Biology,  Genetics,  Immunology,  Parasitology,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics,  Systematics/Phylogenetics

Ashley Willis Mascarenas

PhD student

Email: 
awillis5@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Thomas Turner

Ethan Wilson

PhD student

Email: 
ecwilson@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Mubarak Syed

Purbendra Yogi

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PhD student

Email: 
yogip@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers

Research Area(s)

Microbial Ecology

Shaun Ziegler

PhD student

Email: 
smziegle@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers

Kourtney Zimmerly

PhD student

Email: 
kzimmerly@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Robert Miller