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.
Interns
2008, Steve Uyeda, teacher at Sunnyside High School and instructor at Pima Community College
2008, Alex (JJ) Delgado, first-year student at Pima Community College
2006, 2007: Cheyenne Weeks-Galindo, Pima Community College (tropical seed-associated fungi)
2006: Courtney Kluger, Duke University (tropical seed-associated fungi)
2005, 2007: Mary Shimabukuro, Dine College (fungal endophytes of ponderosa pine)
Honorary lab members
Cara Gibson, Ph.D. student with Molly Hunter, Entomology, UA
Anne Estes, Ph.D. student with Judie Bronstein and Betsy Pierson, EEB, UA
Eric Janson, Ph.D. student with Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University
Brendan Hodkinson, Ph.D. student with François Lutzoni, Duke University
Demetra Kandalepas, Ph.D. student with Bill Platt, Louisiana State University
Lab alumni
Yujin (Youchin) Huh, UA undergrad, off to Pharmacy School
Dylan Grippi, off to the Ph.D. program at Emory!
Rachel Gallery, Ph.D. student with Jim Dalling, University of Illinois
Lindsay Higgins, now a Ph.D. 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
2006-2007
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.
2007-2008
Amritha Wickramage (PLP): diversity and specificity of fungi from the Chuska Mountains, Navajo Nation
