June 2019 in the Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden (L-R): Kiumars Edalati, Jonathan Shi, Kenji Hayashi, Marcel Vaz, Mary Van Dyke, Heather Lindsay, Anmol Dhaliwal, Nathan Kraft, Megan Clark, Xinyi Yan, Gaurav Kandlikar.
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Dr. Nathan Kraft
email: nkraft@ucla.edu office: Botany 410J phone: (310) 825-3593 |
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Dr. Hannah Carroll
IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow (co-mentored with Dr. Aradhna Tripati, EPSS) email: hcarroll@epss.ucla.edu |
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Dr. Samantha Catella
La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Postdoctoral Fellow (co-mentored with Dr. Sophie Parker, The Nature Conservancy) email: samanthacatella@g.ucla.edu |
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Kenji Hayashi
Ph.D. candidate email: kthayashi@ucla.edu office: Botany 410 |
Lauren Glevanik
Ph.D. student email: lglevanik@g.ucla.edu office: botany 410 |
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Mary Van Dyke
Ph.D. candidate email: mnvandyke@ucla.edu office: Botany 410 Web: link |
Jordan Yanowitz
M.S. student email: jordanyano@g.ucla.edu office: Botany 410 |
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Haylee Oyler
Research Tech Email: hoyler@ucla.edu Office: Botany 410 |
Alumni- UCLA
Doctoral Students | Dr. Ian McFadden graduated 2019 (now a postdoc at WSL and ETH in Zurich, Switzerland)
Dr. Gaurav Kandlikar graduated 2020 (now postdoctoral fellow at University of Missouri) Dr. Marcel Vaz graduated 2021 (will move to postdoc at UCLA in 2022) |
Postdocs | Dr. Andrew Kleinhesselink 2017-2020 (now researcher, University of Montana)
Dr. Claire Fortunel 2013-2016 (now a Research Scientist at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) Dr. Lei Chen 2015-2016 (now associate professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
Visiting Scholars | Aubrie James (Ph.D. student, Geber Lab, Cornell University) 2017
Dr. Yi Ding (Professor, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, China), 2017 Dr. Milton de Souza Mendonça Jr. (Professor, UFGRS, Brazil), 2019-2020 Dr. Bill Hoffman (Professor, North Carolina State University). 2019 |
Research Techs | Suzanne Ou (Ph.D. student, Peay Lab, Stanford University), 2017-2018
Mary Van Dyke (Ph.D. student, Kraft Lab, UCLA), 2016-2017 |
Alumni- 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 |
Previous Lab Photos
Winter 2017: Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden, UCLA: Yi Ding, Bastien Dehaudt, Gaurav Kandlikar, Andrew Kleinhesselink, Mary Van Dyke, Ian McFadden, Claire Fortunel, Aubrie James, Clare Camilleri, Marcel Vaz, Nathan Kraft.
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.