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Christopher Anderson

PhD student

Email: 
cganderson@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Steven Poe

Antonia Androski

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PhD student

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

Kimimila Atcitty

MS student

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

Caitlin Babbitt

PhD student

Email: 
cbabbit@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Eric Loker

Melissa (Missy) Bacigalupa

MS student

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

Maryam Bahmani

MS student

Email: 
mabahmani@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Christopher Johnston

Quin Baine

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MS student

She/they
Email: 
qbaine11@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Ellen O Martinson

Research Area(s)

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

Reese Baker

PhD student

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

Joseph Barnett

MS student

Email: 
josephcbarnett@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Steven Poe

Jessica Belmares-Ortega

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PhD student

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

Research Area(s)

Immunology

Alexi Besser

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PhD student

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

Keara Bixby

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MS student

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

Amanda Boutz

PhD student

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

Samantha Brodley

MS student

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

Connor Burgin

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PhD student

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

Joshua Burke

MS student

Email: 
jburke1977@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Kelly Miller

Juan Camacho

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MS student

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

David Camak

PhD student

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

Alexander Cameron

PhD student

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

Marina Casiano Ruiz

MS student

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

Marialejandra (Malé) Castro Farias

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MS student

Email: 
mcastrof2@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Chris Witt

Nikhet Chowdhury

PhD student

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

Emma Cleary

MS student

Email: 
eclear01@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Kelly Miller

Kelsey Cook

Email: 
kcook2@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lee Taylor

Joshua Cortez

MS student

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

Joseph Crockett

PhD student

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

Research Area(s)

Global Change Biology,  Terrestrial Ecology

Claire Doherty

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PhD student

She/her
Email: 
cdoherty5@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Eric Denkers
Website

Research Area(s)

Immunology,  Microbiology,  Parasitology

Katelyn Driscoll

PhD student

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

Jonathan Duran

MS student

Email: 
jduran63@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lisa Barrow
Website

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Conservation Biology,  Parasitology

Sasha Escamilla

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MS student

Email: 
sescamilla@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Scott Collins, Marcy Litvak

Fernando Figueroa

PhD student

Email: 
ffigueroasantiago7@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Mubarak Syed

Chauncey Gadek

PhD student

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

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

Benjamin Gerstner

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PhD student

he/they
Email: 
bgerstner@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Ken Whitney
Website

Research Area(s)

Evolutionary Biology,  Plant Biology,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics

Eliza Gilbert

PhD student

Email: 
egilbe01@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Thomas Turner

Kyle Gonterman

MS student

Email: 
kgonterman@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Scott Collins, Esteban Muldavin

Corrie Gonzalez (Reasner)

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MS student

She/her
Email: 
cdreas88@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Marcy Litvak

Marissa Goodwin

MS student

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

Ivana Gulisija

MS student

Email: 
igulisijaradic3@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Vincent Martinson

Andrew Gutierrez

PhD student

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

Ethan Gyllenhaal

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PhD student

He/his
Email: 
egyllenhaal@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Michael Andersen
Website

Research Area(s)

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

Kristofer Hall

PhD student

Email: 
khall001@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers

Shayne Halter

PhD student

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

Aisha Hamid

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PhD student

Email: 
aishahamid@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Syed Murbarak Hussain
Website

Research Area(s)

Developmental Biology,  Genetics

Gregor Hamilton

PhD student

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

Carson Hedberg

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PhD student

she/her
Email: 
chedberg@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Felisa Smith

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Paleoecology

Austin Hendricks

PhD student

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

Cory Henn

PhD student

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

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

Joseph Kleinkopf

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PhD student

He/him
Email: 
jkleinkopf@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Hannah Marx
Website

Research Area(s)

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

John Korbin

PhD student

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

Danielle Land

MS student

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

Matthew Lehmitz

PhD student

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

Josh Lopez-Binder

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MS student

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

Research Area(s)

Terrestrial Ecology

Diana Macias

Photo: Diana Macias

PhD student

Email: 
maciasd@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Will Pockman

Amir Mani Varnoosfaderani

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PhD student

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

Michael Mann

PhD student

Email: 
mimann@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers, Lee Taylor

Jessie Marlenee

PhD student

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

Peter Mattison

PhD student

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

Carolina May

MS student

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

Jenna McCullough

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PhD student

She/her
Email: 
mcculloughj@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Michael Andersen
Website

Research Area(s)

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

Chris McDaniels

PhD student

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

Tabitha McFarland

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PhD student

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

Research Area(s)

Evolutionary Biology,  Genetics,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics

Conner Mertz

Photo: Conner Mertz

PhD student

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

Jeremy Middleman

PhD student

he/him
Email: 
jiddleman@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Davorka Gulisija

Research Area(s)

Computational Biology & Genomics,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics

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

Saquib Mohammad

MS student

Email: 
saquibm@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Christopher Johnston

Kyana Montoya

MS student

Email: 
kynimo3@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Chris Witt

Kimberly Morrissey

PhD student

Email: 
kmorrissey@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Miller

Tonny Nyonga

PhD student

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

Kristen Oliver

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MS student

she/her
Email: 
kristenoliver@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Christopher Witt

Bryana Olmeda

MS student

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

Research Area(s)

Conservation Biology,  Plant Biology

Oliver Oviedo

MS student

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

Sara Pacheco

MS student

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

Mariah Patton

PhD student

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

Research Area(s)

Global Change Biology,  Microbial Ecology

Erica Pauer

MS student

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

Nolan Perryman

Photo: Nolan Perryman

PhD student

Email: 
nope0540@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Seth Newsome

Dianne Peterson

MS student

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

Anastasia Pittis

Photo: Anastasia Pittis

MS student

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

Emily Reynebeau

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PhD student

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

David Robinson

PhD student

Email: 
drob2727@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Christina Takacs-Vesbach

John Roesgen

PhD student

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

Theodore Roper

PhD student

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

Zoë Rossman

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PhD student

she/her
Email: 
ztrossman@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Felisa Smith

Eve Rowland

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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

Jordan Sampson

PhD student

they/them
Email: 
sampsonj@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Robert Miller

Research Area(s)

Comparative Biology,  Immunology,  Vertebrate Biology

Savannah Sanchez

MS student

Email: 
ssanchez32@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Marcy Litvak

Research Area(s)

Plant Biology,  Terrestrial Ecology

Yago V. S. Santos

PhD student

he/him/his
Email: 
yvserra30@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Elisa Casadei, Irene Salinas

Research Area(s)

Immunology

Rachel Seddon

PhD student

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

Steven Severance

MS student

Email: 
ossoisi@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Kenneth Whitney

Maya L. Shamsid-Deen

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PhD student

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

Research Area(s)

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

Shelby Showalter

MS student

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

Sarah Shrum

PhD student

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

Sabrina Sibrava

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MS student

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

Research Area(s)

Parasitology,  Systematics/Phylogenetics

Elizabeth Solis

PhD student

Email: 
esolis2@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Martinson

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

William Talbot

PhD student

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

David Tan Jain Xiong

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PhD student

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

Matthew Taylor

MS student

Email: 
mtaylor21@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Jennifer Rudgers

Adalberto Ubinas

PhD student

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

Nicholas T. Vinciguerra

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PhD student

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

Research Area(s)

Systematics/Phylogenetics

Richard Wagner

MS student

Email: 
rwagner1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lee Taylor

Adil Wani

PhD student

Email: 
arashidwani@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Murbarak Syed

Kathleen Webster

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PhD student

Email: 
kcwebster11@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Lisa Barrow

Liota Weinbaum-Gongorra

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PhD student

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

Research Area(s)

Mathematical Biology,  Parasitology

Kevin Willson

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PhD student

He/him
Email: 
kgwillson@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
Matthew Hurteau
Website

Research Area(s)

Terrestrial Ecology

Purbendra Yogi

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PhD student

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

Research Area(s)

Microbial Ecology

Kayley You Mak

MS student

Email: 
kyoumak1@unm.edu
Faculty Advisor: 
David Hanson

Shaun Ziegler

PhD student

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

Kourtney Zimmerly

PhD student

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