We’re thrilled to welcome Amanda Wik and Jasmine Rios as new Ph.D. students in the Ruhi Lab! Amanda is co-advised with Ted Grantham and will be studying how dam removals in the Klamath River may be able to restore food-web dynamics and ecosystem processes – focusing on cross-ecosystem linkages between the aquatic and the riparian environment. Jasmine is co-advised with Laureano Gherardi and will be studying how increased environmental variation (‘climate whiplash’) from climate change erodes biodiversity in vernal pool seedbanks – comparing responses of animal and plant communities via mesocosm experiments and field observations. Welcome, Amanda and Jasmine – we are so excited to have you!
