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Former Huxley & Post-Doctoral Fellows
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Dr. Sarah Emery (2006-2007)

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Louisville

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Dr. Valérie Huguet (2007-2012)

Research Associate
Rice University

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Dr. Stephanie Kivlin (2014-2017)

Assistant Professor
​Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee

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Former Graduate Students
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Michelle Afkhami (M.A. 2007)
Fungal symbionts as manipulators of plant reproductive biology
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Florida

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Dr. Lukas Bell-Dereske (Ph.D. 2017)
Shifts in the relative importance of competition and mutualism for communities and ecosystems
Post-doctoral Fellow
W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Michigan State University

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Dr. Anny Chung (Ph.D. 2017)
Plant-microbial interactions are strong determinants of plant population and community dynamics
Assistant Professor
Departments of Plant Pathology and Plant Biology
University of Georgia
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Ben Gerstner
Jessica Celmer (M.Sc. 2022)


Ecologist
Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Dr. Kerri Crawford (Ph.D. 2011)
The consequences of plant species diversity and genetic diversity for populations, communities, and ecosystems
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Houston

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A.J. Davitt (M.A. 2010)
Mechanisms underlying the costs and benefits in grass-fungal endophyte symbioses

Associate in Environmental and Energy Practice Group
Locke Lord LLP


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Ben Gerstner
Dr. Melanie Kazenel (M.Sc. 2016; Ph.D. 2022)
Altitudinal gradients do not predict plant-symbiont responses to experimental warming
The Consequences of Climate Change for Native Bee Assemblages
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​Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Applied Ecology
University of North Carolina - Raleigh
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Dr. Joshua Lynn (Ph.D. 2019)
King of the hill? How biotic interactions affect biogeographical pattern and species responses to climate change

Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Bergen - Norway
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Dr. Eva Stricker  (Ph.D. 2017)
Plant-biocrust interactions mediated by the fungal loop
Research Scientist
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
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Dr. Amy Savage (Ph.D. 2011)
Anoplolepis gracilipes invasion of the Samoan Archipelago: Can mutualisms with native species amplify ecological consequences?

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Rutgers University/Camden

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Kelly Steinberg (M.Sc. 2019)

Educator
Bosque Ecological Monitoring Program
​Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Michelle Sneck (M.A. 2012)
Evolutionary responses to global change: an experimental test of the effect of altered precipitation on hybridization rates in sunflower (Helianthus)
PhD Student - Miller Lab
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
​Rice University
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Dr. Amaris Swann (Ph.D. 2008)
A test of captive breeding strategies using the housefly, Musca domestica as a model system

Senior Program Manager
Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of New Mexico
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Former Research associates
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Loren Albert (2008-2010)
 
Ph.D. Student 
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona
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Jennifer Bell (2013-2016)
 
Ph.D. Student 
Department of Biology
University of Saskatchewan
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Katy Beaven (2017-2018)
 
Environmental Scientist
Tetra Tech



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Beth Haley (2013-2015)
 
Ph.D. Student
Department of Environmental Health
Boston University


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Sami Hammer (2007-2008)
 
Conservation Coordinator
Sky Island Alliance


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Megan Rua (2006-2007)
 
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Wright State University

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Liz Seifert (2008-2010)
 
The Nature Conservancy

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Carolina Simao (2010-2012)
 
Ph.D. Student
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan


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Ben Gerstner
Paul Owen-Smith (2018-2020)
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Prudence Sun (2010-2011)
 
Surgery Veterinary Technician
Sugar Land Veterinary Specialist


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