Evolab Emeriti & Visitors

Name (with link), Former position or degree, Fledged, Details, Current title, Employer

Rakim Turnipseed, PhD, 2016, with Patrick Moran, USDA, Mosquito disease vectors and aquatic plant invasions, Principal Entomologist, Global Pest Elimination, ‎Ecolab, MN

Athena Lam, PhD, 2016, with Michael Blake, University of Munich, Laboratory Director, California Academy of Sciences

Juliane Casquet, PhD, 2015, with Christophe Thebaud, Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, Postdoc, Mascarene Islands, Christophe Thebaud and Brent Emerson

Chousou Polydouri, Natalia, PhD, 2014, co-Chair, Charles Griswold, Postdoc, Dynamique du Langage, Lyon.

Leong, Misha, PhD, 2014, Pollinators and landuse change, urban ecology, Postdoc, California Academy of Sciences

Sonja Schwarz, Visiting Researcher, 2012, Population biology of wide-spread Pacific fish, Environmental Writer and Visiting Researcher, UC Berkeley

David Hembry, PhD, 2012, Pollination ecology in remote islands, Postdoc, Kyoto University and UC Berkeley

Hannah Wood, PhD, 2012, co-Chair, Charles Griswold, Curator of Arachnids, Smithonian Institution

Joel Ledford, PhD, 2011, co-Chair, Charles Griswold, Academic Coordinator for Instruction of Biology, UC Davis

Peter Oboyski, PhD, 2011, Moth evolution and conservation in the Pacific Islands, Collections Manager, Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley

Kari Goodman, PhD, 2010, Divesification of Hawaiian planthoppers, Data Scientist and Co-Founder, Animal Biome

Margarita Hadjistylli, PhD, 2010, Invasion biology of whiteflies in the genus Bemisia, Conservation Scientist, Ministry of Natural Resources, Cyprus

Becca Carter, PhD, 2009, Color evolution and development in Hawaiian spiders, Consultant, Management, Formerly with McKinsey, eBay

Veronica Morris, PhD, 2009, co-Chair, Ellen Simms, President, Psychiatric Service Dog Partners, Berkeley

Sean Schoville, PhD, 2009, co-Chair, David Kavanaugh, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, U Wisconsin

Brian Hogg, PhD, 2009, co-Chair, Kent Daane, Research Entomologist in Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research, USDA, ARS, Albany, CA

Sarah Crews, PhD, 2008, Phylogenetic history of spiders in California desert regions, Postdoc, Western Australia Museum, now California Academy of Sciences

Nicole (Vandersal) Jensen, PhD, 2008, Spiders as ant mimics, Teaching Biology, Advanced Biology, and Conceptual Physics, Marin Academy, California

Paul Krushelnycky, PhD, 2007, Ant invasions in Hawaii, Assistant Researcher, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, U Hawaii, Manoa

Elin Claridge, PhD, 2006, Biogeography of flightless weevils in the Pacific, Writer and Ecotourism, Rurutu, French Polynesia

Joseph Spagna, PhD, 2006, Spiders and biomechanics, Associate Professor, Biology, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ

Gerald (Luke) Hasty, PhD, 2005, Biodiversity and evolution or Hawaiian delphacid planthoppers, Program Coordinator for diseases and public health , Hawaii State Department of Health.

Jan Nakamura, MS, 2003, Currently, Program Coordinator for diseases and public health , Dept Land Nat. Resources

Jessica Garb, MS UH 1999, PhD, 2003, Hawaiian and Pacific Crab Spiders, Associate Professor, U Massachusetts, Lowell

Mandy Heddle, MS UH 1999, PhD, 2003, Hawaiian sphinx moths, Coordinator for Educational Programs, Bangkok Patana School

Malia Rivera, MS UH 1999, PhD, 2003, , Faculty Education and Research Specialist, U Hawaii, Manoa

Alison Drew, MS, 2002, Insects of silversword hybrid zones in Hawaii, Principal Research Associate, Epizyme, Boston

Josh Herbeck, PhD, 2002, co-Chair, Felix Sperling, Department of Global Health, U Washington, Seattle

Amy Vandergast, MS UH 1999, PhD, 2002, Lava flows and population structure of Tetragnatha spiders, San Diego Field Station,, USGS San Diego

Albert Gilotti, MS U Maryland, 1993, co-Chair, Galen Dively, Principal Scientist, Toxicological Sciences, Merck Research Laboratories, Summit NJ

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