Members of our research group
Our research group germinated in January 2005 and now includes high school interns, undergraduates, graduate students, technical support staff, and visiting researchers from around the world. If you'd like to learn more about volunteer positions, independent study opportunities, or graduate assistantships in our group (and/or in the Mycological Herbarium), please contact Betsy Arnold.
To learn more about us, click on the links below.
| A. Elizabeth (Betsy) Arnold
Assistant professor and curator
BS, Biology, Duke University
Ph.D., Ecology and evolutionary biology, University of Arizona
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| Mary Jane Epps
Ph.D. student, EEB
BS, Biology, Duke University
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| Mariana del Olmo Ruiz
Ph.D. student, PLP
BS, Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MS, Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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| Michele Hoffman
Ph.D. candidate, PLP
BS, Microbiology, University of Arizona
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| Jana U'Ren
Ph.D. student, PLP
BA, Biology, University of Missouri-Columbia
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| Ellen Suurmeyer
Ph.D. student, EEB; Co-advised with Carlos Machado
BS, Biology, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
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Interns
2009, Rowena Dolino, teacher at Tsehootsooi Middle School, Navajo Nation (AZ START program)
2008, Steve Uyeda, teacher at Sunnyside High School and instructor at Pima Community College (AZ START program)
2008, Alex (JJ) Delgado, first-year student at Pima Community College (Arizona Biology Network)
2006, 2007: Cheyenne Weeks-Galindo, Pima Community College (tropical seed-associated fungi) (Arizona Biology Network)
2006: Courtney Kluger, Duke University (tropical seed-associated fungi) (NSF REU)
2005, 2007: Mary Shimabukuro, Dine College (fungal endophytes of ponderosa pine) (Arizona Biology Network)
Lab alumni
Doug Mahana, off to graduate school at NYU!
Jamal Alafifi, applying to graduate programs
Yujin (Youchin) Huh, UA undergrad, off to Pharmacy School!
Dylan Grippi, off to the Ph.D. program at Emory!
Cara Gibson (honorary lab member), entomologist with NEON
Rachel Gallery, microbiologist with NEON
Lindsay Higgins, graduate student in the Department of Biology, University of Utah
Linh Huynh, heading off to Pharmacy School in the fall!
Ming-Min (Ming) Lee, now a MS student in the Department of Entomology, UA
Elan Snitkin, Tucson High School, now an undergraduate at Pima Community College
Rebecca Porter, St. Gregory High School, now an undergraduate at Duke University
Julia Maddison, University High School, now an undergraduate at the University of British Columbia
Vanessa Chicharello, now an intern at the USDA, Washington, DC
Lindsay Cook, currently an undergraduate at the UA
Anita Bhakta, currently an undergraduate at the UA
Kiona Brown, currently a senior at Tucson High School
Jason Ong (Independent study: fungal endophytes of oaks)
Ben Wilder (Honors thesis: flora of Isla Tiburon, Mexico)
Hilary Brown (Mycological Herbarium: Sonoran Desert flora project)
Felicia Quintana (Independent study: endolichenic fungi)
Volunteers, Diné College project
2006: Amanda Way, Liang Shen, Kelly Farrell (Duke University) and Claire Heinitz (UA).
2007: Rebecca Porter (Duke University), Mariana del Olmo R., Fabiola Santos R., and Christine Coursodon (UA).
Students conducting lab rotations
2006-present
Amritha Wickramage (PLP): diversity and specificity of fungi from the Chuska Mountains, Navajo Nation
David Jarvis (PLS/IGERT in Genomics): evolution of ecological modes in the Ascomycota
Jana U'Ren (PLS/IGERT in Genomics): evolutionary origins of tropical seed-associated fungi
Mary Jane Epps (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology): diversity and ecological roles of nectar-inhabiting microbes
Mariana del Olmo Ruiz (Plant Pathology and Microbiology): estimating diversity of tropical foliar endophytes.
Libby Landeen (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology): endolichenic bacteria.
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