top of page
Principal Investigator
Dr. Lluvia Flores-Renteria
Graduate Students
Niveditha Ramadoss
PhD student
She studies the patterns of sexual expression in Cylindropuntia wolfii
​
Ryan Buck
Postdoc and former PhD student
He studies hybridization processes in Pinus.
Allie Hoff
Master student
She studies coast live oak drought tolerance
Jordan Waits
Master student
He studies the mission manzanita and the scarlet monkeyflower
Rosalinda Diaz
Master student
She studies psyllid susceptibility in Eucalyptus.
Yazmin Lommel
Master student
She studies the population genetics of Ferocactus gatesii.
Undergraduate Students
Vincent Trang
Undergraduate student
He studies the genetic differentiation of Quercus agrifolia.
Mia Almaza
Undergraduate student
She studies the propagation of Cylindropuntia wolfii and the germination of the invasive bridal broom.
Meredith Yokoyama
Undergraduate student
She studies the genetic diversity of Penstemon californicus.
Scarlet Steel
Undergraduate student
She studies the sexual expression of Cylindropuntia wolfii.
Emily Marusin
Undergraduate student
She studies the germination of the invasive Genista monosperma.
Camille Movafagian
Undergraduate student
She studies the clonal propagation of Agave shawii.
Past students
Alex McElwee-Adame
Master student
She studies the phylogenetic relationships in Arbutus.
Kyle Gunther
Masters degree 2020
He studied the evolution of the flora in Baja California
2019-2020 Amy Orduño
Undergraduate student
She studied the sexual systems in Cactus
2019-2021 Carlos Portillo
Undergraduate student
He studies the biodiversity associated to Cylindropuntia.
2019-2020 Sandra Hyasat
Undergraduate student
She studied fungicolous fungi and pinyon pines.
2018-2019 Kiley Silva
Undergraduate student
She studied flower development and the phylogenetics of Arbutus.
2018 Yan Li
Undergraduate student
He studied the morphology in cactus.
Lysa Ducharme
Master student
She studies the drought response in coast live oak.
2019-2020 Alice Hossfeld
Undergraduate student
She studied evolution of needle number in pines.
2020 Sam Mihalic
Undergraduate student
She studied the genetic structure of Arbutus xalapensis.
2018-2019 Hao Duong
Undergraduate student
He studied dioecy in Cylindropuntia.
2018 Forrest Goodwin
Undergraduate student
He studied the origin of Nathan Harrison's pear tree.
2017 Melissa Pennington
Undergraduate student
She studied the phylogenetic relationships in Arbutus.
bottom of page