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Ali Abouismail
- Email:
- aliabouismail@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Irene Salinas
Toni Androski
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PhD student
- she/her
- Email:
- aandroski@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Joseph Cook
- Website
Research Area(s)
Evolutionary Biology
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
Tulaib Azam
- 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
Quin Baine
![Quin Baine Photo: Quin Baine](profile/photo/quin-baine_002.jpg)
PhD student
- She/they
- Email:
- qbaine11@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Ellen O Martinson
Research Area(s)
Evolutionary Biology, Invertebrate Biology, Terrestrial Ecology
Jessica Belmares-Ortega
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PhD student
- Email:
- jbelmares@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Eric Denkers
Research Area(s)
Immunology
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
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
Simon Doneski
MS student
- he/him
- Email:
- sdoneski@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Kelly Miller
Research Area(s)
Conservation Biology, Invertebrate Biology, Microbial Ecology
Jessica Doolittle Burton
- Email:
- jeburton@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Robert Miller
Katelyn Driscoll
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PhD student
- she/her
- Email:
- kdriscoll@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Thomas Turner
- Website
Research Area(s)
Aquatic Ecology, Riparian Ecology
Jonathan Duran
MS student
- Email:
- jduran63@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Lisa Barrow
- Website
Research Area(s)
Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology, Parasitology
Ben Garcia
PhD student
- He/him
- Email:
- bgarcia17@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Irene Salinas
Research Area(s)
Comparative Biology, Immunology
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
Liota Gongora Weinbaum
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PhD student
- She/ella
- Email:
- liotaw@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Helen J. Wearing
Research Area(s)
Mathematical Biology, Parasitology
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
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
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, Physiological Ecology, Vertebrate Biology
Aisha Hamid
PhD student
- Email:
- aishahamid@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Syed Murbarak Hussain
- Website
Research Area(s)
Developmental Biology, Genetics
Carson Hedberg
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PhD student
- she/her
- Email:
- chedberg@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Felisa Smith
Research Area(s)
Animal Ecology, Paleoecology
Megan Louise Keller, MS
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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)
Plant Biology, Systematics/Phylogenetics
Danielle Land
MS student
- she/her/hers
- Email:
- danielleland@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Joseph Cook
Research Area(s)
Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Evolution, Population Genetics & Phylogenetics, Systematics/Phylogenetics, Vertebrate Biology
Jennifer Lindsey
- Email:
- jlindsey15@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Cristina Takacs-Vesbach
Josh Lopez-Binder
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MS student
- he/him
- Email:
- jlopezbi@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Marcy Litvak
Research Area(s)
Terrestrial Ecology
Anejelique Martinez
- Email:
- anejeliquem@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Seth Newsome
Laurel Martinez
MS student
- she/her
- Email:
- lfmartinez@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Thomas Turner
Research Area(s)
Plant Biology, Riparian Ecology
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
Jade McLaughlin
- Email:
- jmclaugh@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Jennifer Rudgers
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
Cassandra Maria Luz Miller
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PhD student
- she/her/ella
- Email:
- millerca@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Jennifer Rudgers, Lee Taylor
- Website
Research Area(s)
Global Change Biology, Microbial Ecology, Terrestrial Ecology
Bryana Olmeda
MS student
- they/them
- Email:
- bolmeda@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Hannah Marx
Research Area(s)
Conservation Biology, Plant Biology
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
Anastasia Pittis
![Anastasia Pittis Photo: Anastasia Pittis](profile/photo/anastasia-pittis_001.jpg)
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
Esteban Restrepo Cortes
- Email:
- erestrepocortes99@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Felisa Smith
Lorriana Rojas
- Email:
- lorrainarojas1@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Matthew Hurteau
Shannon Rollins
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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
- Email:
- erosariosanchez99@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Lisa Barrow
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
Jordan Sampson
PhD student
- they/them
- Email:
- sampsonj@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Robert Miller
Research Area(s)
Comparative Biology, Immunology, Vertebrate Biology
Savannah Sanchez
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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
Maya L. Shamsid-Deen
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PhD student
- she/her/hers
- Email:
- mlallen@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Kenneth Whitney
- Website
Research Area(s)
Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology, Population Genetics & Phylogenetics
Sabrina Sibrava
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MS student
- Email:
- ssibrava@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Joseph Cook
Research Area(s)
Parasitology, Systematics/Phylogenetics
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
Eve Tipps
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MS student
- they/them
- Email:
- etipps830@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Alex Webster
Research Area(s)
Global Change Biology, Riparian Ecology
Nicholas T. Vinciguerra
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PhD student
- Email:
- nvinciguerra@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Michael J. Andersen
Research Area(s)
Systematics/Phylogenetics
Elizabeth Walker
- Email:
- bethwalker110@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Don Natvig, Diane Northup
Kathleen C. Webster
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PhD student
- she/her
- Email:
- kcwebster11@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Lisa Barrow
Research Area(s)
Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology, Global Change Biology, Population Genetics & Phylogenetics, Systematics/Phylogenetics
Leah White
- Email:
- leahwhite@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Michael Andersen
Dani Wiley
![Dani Wiley Photo: Dani Wiley](../staff/profile/photo/dani_wiley.jpg)
MS student
- she/her
- Email:
- dwiley7@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Lisa Barrow
- Website
Research Area(s)
Computational Biology & Genomics, Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Parasitology, Population Genetics & Phylogenetics, Systematics/Phylogenetics
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
- she/her
- Email:
- kyoumak1@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- David Hanson
- Website
Research Area(s)
Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology
Caitlin Zimmer
- Email:
- czimmer@unm.edu
- Faculty Advisor:
- Seth Newsome