June 2019 in the Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden (L-R): Jonathan Shi, Kenji Hayashi, Marcel Vaz, Mary Van Dyke, Heather Lindsay, Anmol Dhaliwal, Nathan Kraft, Megan Clark, Xinyi Yan, Gaurav Kandlikar
Not pictured: Dr. Andy Kleinhesslink
current lab members
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Nathan Kraft- PI
email: nkraft@ucla.edu office: Life Sciences 3219 phone: (301) 825-3593 |
Researchers |
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Picture forthcoming | Dr. Andy Kleinhesslink
Postdoctoral Researcher email: arklein@g.ucla.edu office: Life Sciences 3206 |
Graduate Students |
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Kenji Hayashi
email: kthayashi@ucla.edu office: Life Sciences 3206 |
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Marcel Vaz
email: mcvaz@ucla.edu office: Life Sciences 3209 |
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Gaurav Kandlikar
email: gkandlikar@ucla.edu office: Life Sciences 3209 |
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Mary Van Dyke
email: mnvandyke@ucla.edu office: Life Sciences 3206 |
Alumni
UCLA
Graduate Students | Dr. Ian McFadden 2012-2019 (now a postdoc at WSL and ETH in Zurich< Switzerland) |
Postdocs | Dr. Lei Chen 2015-2016 |
Dr. Claire Fortunel 2013-2016 (now a Research Scientist at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) | |
Visiting Scholars | Aubrie James (Ph.D. student, Geber Lab, Cornell University) 2017 |
Yi Ding (Professor, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, China), 2017 | |
Lab Techs | Suzanne Ou (now at Stanford Univeristy) |
University of Maryland
Postdocs | Dr. Kristen Powell (SESYNC postdoctoral fellow) 2013-2014 |
Visiting Scholars | Dr. Benoit Parmentier (postdoc, McGill Lab, U Maine) 2014-2015
Dr. Rong Li (Associate Prof., Kunming Institute of Botany) 2013-2014 Marcos Carlucci (Ph.D. student, Duarte Lab, UFRGS, Brazil) 2014 Cristina Bastias (Ph.D. Student, Valladares Lab, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain) 2014 Dr. Jeanne Osnas (postdoc, Lichstein Lab, U Florida) 2012-2013 |
Undergraduates | Ali Sanz (wood anatomy project) 2015
Cara Heilveil (wood anatomy project) 2015 Samantha Cruz (wood anatomy project) 2014 |
Previous lab retreats:
Fall 2015 Lab Retreat, W. Virginia: Nathan, Ian, Marcel, Lei, Gaurav, Claire
Fall 2014- W. Virginia: Kristin Powell, Nathan Kraft, Claire Fortunel, Marcos Carlucci, Ian McFadden, Rong Li.