lab members
Spring 2023
Fall 2020
nick barber
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 Click here for his (probably outdated) CV.
Spring 2022
Fall 2019
Liz Becker
PhD graduate student
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.
CAMILLE TRAYLOR
PhD graduate student
Camille is a soil ecologist with a background in chemistry and interests in arid land restoration ecology. She received her MS from UNLV. In the JDPE, she is co-advised by Valerie Eviner.
lydia duran
BS, Biology
connor allain
BS, Biology
sam irwin
BS, Biology
alec juliano
BS, Biology
travis johnson
BS, Biology
grace weigand
BS, Biology
kendall beals
Lab Alumna - Postdoctoral Scholar
Kendall is a soil scientist at Working Lands Conservation. As a postdoc, she studied the role of soil microbiome structure and function in restored and remnant prairies.
Sam & Mareike's Spring 2023 S3 student research symposium posters:
Lydia's Summer 2023 REU poster:
Summer 2021 lab hike at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Trail:
lab alumni
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Kendall Beals, postdoctoral researcher 2022-2023, soil scientist at Working Lands Conservation
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- Azeem Rahman, MS 2020, Ecologist with Charles Darwin Foundation
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Sheryl Hosler, MS 2019, PhD from University of Illinois Chicago
Check out Sheryl's YouTube Channel!
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Kaleb Baker, MS 2019, Land Steward, Illinois Audubon Society
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Melissa Nelson, MS 2019
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Anna Farrell, MS 2018, ecologist for EBI Consulting
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Catie Ausland, MS 2016, Post-doc, University of Chicago
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Jane DiGiovanni, MS 2016 (co-advised with Mel Duvall), instructor at College of DuPage
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Phyllis Pischl, MS 2015, PhD student with Mel Duvall
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Michelle Minton, MS 2013, instructor at College of DuPage
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Mareike Lankhorst, BS 2023
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Sam Padilla, BS 2022, US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Maricela Alaniz, BS 2022, USDA intern & Georgia Southern University postbacc –now MS student at Colorado State University
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Fernanda Terrazas, BIO BS 2021, MS student in SDSU's BMI program
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Emma Bock, Envi Sci BS 2020
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Bhakti Patel, Env Sci BS 2019
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Christine Bennett, BIOL BS 2019
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Rebecca Stelzer, BIO BS 2019
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Nora Schofield, BIO BS 2019
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Seth Geddes, REU 2018
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Jeff Heise, ENVS BS 2018 and REU, MS student at Grand Valley State University in Michigan
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Amanda Stone, BIOS BS 2018
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Nicole Wagner, ENVS BS 2018
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Matt Nissenbaum, BIOS BS 2018, MS student at NIU
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Tammy Scheck, ENVS BS 2017, working for local environmental consulting firm
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Manthy Tee, ENVS BS 2018
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Will Widick, BIOS BS 2016, veterinary school at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
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Kaleb Baker, BIOS BS 2016, The Nature Conservancy, Nachusa Grasslands crew leader before coming back to the Barber Lab for his MS!
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Armando Marquez, BIOS BS 2018
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Tina Stanelle, BIOS BS 2014, head of propagation laboratory at Hark Orchids LP
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Sarah Nelson, ENVS BS 2014, executive director, Barry (Michigan) Conservation District
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Megan Oropeza, ENVS BS 2015, restoration foreman, Pizzo & Associates, Ltd.
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Kaila Colyott, BIOS BS 2012, PhD University of Kansas in 2019 with Jennifer Gleason
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Elizabeth Justus, BIOS BS 2012, director of patient care, Elevele
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Lindsey Gordon, BIOS BS 2013, wildlife biologist, Institute for Wildlife Studies
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Taylor Skokan, 2013 REU, graduate student, UC San Francisco
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Rene Amel Peralta, 2014 REU, MPH San Diego State University
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Jared Sherwood, 2014 REU, MBA-MS Environmental Management, University of San Francisco