Team Caddis

Team Caddis engages in life history phenology and morphology of aquatic insects.  Members of Team Caddis work collaboratively through iterative undergraduate research projects focused on benthic macroinvertebrates, especially Trichoptera (Caddisflies).  We especially welcome you if you’re new to research to learn from current members.  

Although Team Caddis focuses on Undergraduate Research, I collaborate with graduate students, postdocs, and other researchers on a number of topic areas.  I’m always looking to partner with those interested in working with caddisflies, curriculum development, DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), life history research with aquatic insects, entomology, or other community ecology, including biomonitoring.  Email me if you’re interested in collaborating on an existing or new project.

Join Team Caddis

Team Caddis recruits for new undergraduate team members for collaborative projects each semester. If you are are interested, please apply through one of the programs below.  If you don’t meet the requirements for the programs, please contact me directly.

  • RCNR Students, please apply through SPUR Faculty-Initiated Projects (SPUR) site.
  • All other majors, please apply through the posted projects on the URAP site (URAP).
  • For Environmental Sciences Senior Thesis research (ES), please contact me directly via email.  Examples of past senior thesis projects for the ES Major.
  • For Honors Senior Thesis Research (e.g., MEB, CRS, IB, S&E, or other majors), please contact me directly via email.
  • Research through Independent Study units (IS) is also available for students who have already worked with Team Caddis through one of the above programs.  

Team Caddis Alumni Undergraduate Researchers

  • Raphael Heldman – Spring 2014  SPUR
  • Brian Gong – Spring 2013 URAP
  • Connie Kim – Spring 2013 URAP
  • Alice Lin – Spring 2013, Fall 2013 & Spring 2014, URAP
  • Bhaani Singh – Spring 2013 URAP
  • David Liu – Fall 2013 & Spring 2014 URAP
  • Jennifer Sy – Fall 2013, Spring 2014 & Fall 2014 URAP
  • Joleen Tseng – Fall 2013 & Spring 2014 URAP
  • Maggie Bradshaw – Fall 2014 SPUR
  • Christina Lew McLain – Fall 2014, Spring 2015 & Fall 2015 SPUR
  • Ben Nyman – Fall 2015 SPUR
  • Jo-an Chen – Fall 2015 SPUR
  • Xiang Bai – Spring 2016 URAP
  • Weijie Dong – Spring 2016 URAP
  • Kylie Tuitavuki – Spring 2016 URAP
  • Jialu You – Spring 2016 & Fall 2016 URAP
  • Gregory Gladkov – Spring 2017, Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 URAP; Spring 2019 SPUR
  • Sangyeon Lee – Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018 & Fall 2018 URAP
  • Soledad Soto – Spring 2017 & Fall 2017 SPUR
  • Jessica Garcia – Fall 2017 & Spring 2019 SPUR
  • Michelle Yang – Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 URAP
  • Weijie Dong – Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 ES Senior Thesis
  • Milo Fedane – Spring 2018, Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 URAP
  • Stella Li – Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019 URAP; Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 RCNR Honors Thesis; Fall 2020 IS
  • Claire Neal – Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 ES Senior Thesis
  • Colette Christensen – Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 ES Senior Thesis
  • Estefania Laines – Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 SPUR
  • Benjamin Kopania – Fall 2019 & Spring 2019 ES Senior Honors Thesis
  • Joshua Boele – Fall 2019 URAP
  • Tammy Lee – Fall 2019 URAP
  • Harsha Moyya – Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 URAP
  • Fionna Lee – Spring 2019, Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 SPUR
  • Sunny Elliott – Spring 2019 SPUR; Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 ES Senior Honors Thesis
  • Alex Romero – Spring 2019 SPUR; Fall 2019 URAP; Spring 2020 SPUR
  • Lisa Saxton – Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020 & Spring 2021  URAP
  • Tammy Lee – Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 URAP
  • Minju Kim – Spring 2019, Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 SPUR; Fall 2020 IS
  • Carol Tsai – Fall 2019 & Spring 2020; ES Senior Thesis
  • Abril Delgado – Spring 2019, Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 URAP
  • Jet Brodney – Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 SPUR
  • Ivy Jasminne Lopez – Spring 2020 & Fall 2020 SPUR
  • Lauren Pong – Spring 2020 URAP
  • Queenie Li – Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 ES Senior Thesis
  • Monika Mehta – Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 SPUR 
  • Shahane Simoyan – Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 SPUR
  • Charlynn Teter – Spring 2021 URAP