2007-2008

Terrestrial arthropods: evolution, population biology, biodiversity science.

Principal Investigators

Rosemary Gillespie

Evolution, systematics, conservation of spiders

George Roderick

Population biology, invasion genetics of insects

Graduate Students

Becca Carter

Behavioral ecology and learning in spiders

Brad Balukjian

Island biogeography

Natalia Chousou-Polydouri

Spider systematics and biogeography

Sarah Crews

Biogeography and plylogeography

Kari Roesch Goodman (also Welter lab)

Insect/plant interactions in Hawaii

Margarita Hadjistylli

Origins of biotypes in whiteflies

David Hembry

Evolution of insect/plant mutualisms in the Pacific

Brian Hogg (also Daane lab)

Invasion biology of spiders

Jennifer Imamura

Pollination biology and invasions

Steve Lew (also Will lab)

Spider systematics

Joel Ledford (also Griswold lab)

Systematics of cave-dwelling spiders

Matt Medieros (also Dudley lab)

Evolution of cave moths in Hawaii

Veronica Morris (also Simms lab)

Local adaptation of plants to novel environments

Pete Oboyski

Systematics of Cydia moths

Wendy Renz (also Resh lab)

Aquatic invertebrate monitoring and conservation

Sean Schoville

Biogeography and conservation in the Sierras

Mel Stavrinides (also Mills lab)

Biological control of grape mites

Nicole Vandersal

Multimodal clues and learning in jumping spiders

Hannah Wood

Evolution of assassin spiders in Madagascar

Research Scientists and Postdocs

Elizabeth Arias

Biogeography, systematics of click beetles

Ein Claridge

Pacific weevils; biodiversity of French Polynesia

Pete Croucher

Origins, genetics of color polymorphism in spiders

Curtis Ewing

Pacific arthropod biodiversity, sap beetles

Jason Kolbe (also Moritz lab)

Adaptation in invasion biology

Corrie Moreau (also Moritz lab)

Ant diversification in the Australian wet tropics

Undergraduates

Kevin Cook (also Patel lab)

Population genetics of California grasshoppers

Austin Richie

Spider biology

Vinay Yagnik

Insects of the Sierras