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Lab members
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 Emily Burgess
 Ph.D. Student - 2021 - Present
 Education: B.S. - Grinnell College
​ Research interests: Agroecology, plant-microbe interactions, pollination ecology

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    Bailey Crowley
   
M.Sc. Student - 2021 - Present
    Education: B.S. - Utah State University
​    Research interests: Lactic acid bacteria, genetics, solitary bees
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 Drew Freshour
 
NSF REPS Student - 2022 - Present
 Education: B.S. - University of Tennessee, Knoxville
​ Research interests: Environmental change, evolutionary ecology, mutualism

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 Caitlin Henderson
 
Ph.D. Student - 2020 - Present
 Education: M.Sc., B.S. - Lincoln University (NZ)
​ Research interests: Invasion ecology, biological control, weed management

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    Kristin Leutgeb
    B.S. Student - 2022 - Present
    Education: B.S. (in progress) - Utah State University
    Research interests: ​Evolutionary biology, plant-microbe-insect interactions

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      Valerie Martin
      Ph.D. Candidate - 2019 - Present
      Education: B.S. - Webster University
      Research interests: Plant-microbe-insect interactions, chemical ecology, mutualism
      ​Valerie is interested in exploitative behaviors displayed by mutualists, and the role of microbial chemosensory
​      cues in facilitating them. 

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  Skylar McDaniel
  M.Sc. Student - 2020 - Present
  Education: B.S. - University of South Carolina
  Research interests: Plant-microbe-insect interactions, chemical ecology, floral metabolism, mutualism
  Skylar is currently studying the assembly of floral microbiomes associated with Utah's montane wildflowers. 

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​       Robert N. Schaeffer

​      Assistant Professor - 2019 - Present
      Education: Ph.D. - Dartmouth College
​      B.S. - University of Pittsburgh
​      Research interests: 
      
Plant microbiome, plant-microbe-insect interactions, agroecology, chemical ecology

Lab affiliates
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  Sarit Chanprame
  Ph.D. Student - 2020 - Present
  Education: B.S. - Utah State University
  Research interests: Conservation biology, pollination ecology
  Sarit's research is focused on the endangered solitary bee, Perdita meconis and its host plant, Arctomecon californica (Dwarf
  Bear Poppy), also endangered. Native to southwestern Utah, these species are in steady decline and face threats from habitat
  fragmentation and invasive species, including the Africanized honey bee. Sarit's research will ascertain the current population
  status and genetic structure of these species, in addition to monitoring of threats they face, informing management. His primary
  advisors are Joe Wilson (USU-Tooele) and Terry Griswold (USDA).

Lab alumni
Alondra Arroyo-Flores (NSF REU, 2021)
Kat Benson (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)
Grace Freundlich (NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2022)
Hailey Hatch (Undergraduate, 2021-2022)
Emma Landenberger (NSF REU, 2022)
​Karson Lund (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)
Chase Nelson (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)
​Elizabeth Simpson (Ph.D. Student, 2020-2022)
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