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lab members

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Spring 2023

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Fall 2020

nick barber
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Nick likes plants and insects, and how organisms interact to form communities.  He also really likes birds, even though he doesn't do much research on them.  Click here for his (probably outdated) CV. 

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Spring 2022

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Fall 2019

Liz Becker

PhD candidate

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Liz graduated from SUNY-ESF and has worked in a variety of field jobs including with BLM and SERG. She is interested in restoration, invasive species, and sustainable agriculture. In the JDPE, she is co-advised by Jennifer Funk.

esmeralda reyes

PhD student

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Esmeralda received her MS at CSU-Los Angeles in 2024 and joined the JDPE this year!

lydia duran

BS, Biology

rory mendelow

BS, Environmental Science

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alec juliano

BS, Biology

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Tidepooling in May 2024 to celebrate graduations:
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Lydia presenting her poster at S3 (thanks to Lluvia for the photo!):
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Sam & Mareike's Spring 2023 S3 student research symposium posters:
Lydia's Summer 2023 REU poster:
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Summer 2021 lab hike at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Trail:
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lab alumni

  • Kendall Beals, postdoctoral researcher 2022-2023, soil scientist at Working Lands Conservation

  • ​Camille Traylor, PhD 2024

  • Azeem Rahman, MS 2020, Ecologist with Charles Darwin Foundation

  • Sheryl Hosler, MS 2019, PhD from University of Illinois Chicago, now postdoc at Penn State

   Check out Sheryl's YouTube Channel!

  • Kaleb Baker, MS 2019, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

  • Melissa Nelson, MS 2019

  • Anna Farrell, MS 2018, ecologist for EBI Consulting

  • Catie Ausland, MS 2016, Post-doc, University of Chicago

  • Jane DiGiovanni, MS 2016 (co-advised with Mel Duvall), instructor at College of DuPage

  • Phyllis Pischl, MS 2015, PhD student with Mel Duvall

  • Michelle Minton, MS 2013, instructor at College of DuPage

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  • Travis Johnson, BS 2024

  • Samuel Irwin, BS 2024

  • Connor Allain, BS 2024

  • Grace Weigand, Weber Honors College Fellow 2024

  • Mareike Lankhorst, BS 2023

  • Sam Padilla, BS 2022, US Fish & Wildlife Service

  • Maricela Alaniz, BS 2022, PhD student at Colorado State University

  • Fernanda Terrazas, BIO BS 2021, MS 2023 SDSU's BMI program

  • Emma Bock, Envi Sci BS 2020

  • Bhakti Patel, Env Sci BS 2019

  • Christine Bennett, BIOL BS 2019

  • Rebecca Stelzer, BIO BS 2019

  • Nora Schofield, BIO BS 2019

  • Seth Geddes, REU 2018

  • Jeff Heise, ENVS BS 2018 and REU, MS Grand Valley State University

  • Amanda Stone, BIOS BS 2018

  • Nicole Wagner, ENVS BS 2018

  • Matt Nissenbaum, BIOS BS 2018, MS at NIU

  • Tammy Scheck, ENVS BS 2017, working for local environmental consulting firm

  • Manthy Tee, ENVS BS 2018

  • Will Widick, BIOS BS 2016, veterinary school at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

  • Kaleb Baker, BIOS BS 2016, The Nature Conservancy, Nachusa Grasslands crew leader before coming back to the Barber Lab for his MS!

  • Armando Marquez, BIOS BS 2018

  • Tina Stanelle, BIOS BS 2014, head of propagation laboratory at Hark Orchids LP

  • Sarah Nelson, ENVS BS 2014, executive director, Barry (Michigan) Conservation District

  • Megan Oropeza, ENVS BS 2015, restoration foreman, Pizzo & Associates, Ltd.

  • Kaila Colyott, BIOS BS 2012, PhD University of Kansas in 2019 with Jennifer Gleason

  • Elizabeth Justus, BIOS BS 2012, director of patient care, Elevele

  • Lindsey Gordon, BIOS BS 2013, wildlife biologist, Institute for Wildlife Studies

  • Taylor Skokan, 2013 REU, graduate student, UC San Francisco

  • Rene Amel Peralta, 2014 REU, MPH San Diego State University

  • Jared Sherwood, 2014 REU, MBA-MS Environmental Management, University of San Francisco

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