People

Faculty

Andrew M. Latimer

Professor
Faculty Director, UC Davis Natural Reserve System

Jennifer Cribbs

PhD Student in Ecology

jecribbs@ucdavis.edu

Paige Kouba

PhD Student in Ecology

pvkouba@ucdavis.edu

Jan Ng

PhD Student in Ecology, Lab affiliate

jnyng@ucdavis.edu

Emily Marie Purvis

PhD Student in Ecology

empurvis@ucdavis.edu

Hilary Sanders

M.S. / J.D. Student

hksanders@ucdavis.edu

2211 PES

Nina Venuti

PhD Student in Ecology

nevenuti@ucdavis.edu

Former lab members

Claire Tortorelli -- Postdoc 2022-2024 -- Regional Ecologist in the US Forest Service Pacific Northwest's office in Corvallis -- website
Emily Brodie -- PhD student, 2018-2022 -- Research Scientist leading CALFIRE's prescribed burning monitoring program.
Joan Dudney -- Smith Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher 2019-2021 -- Assistant Professor at the Bren School, UC Santa Barbara -- website
Derek J.N. Young -- PhD student 2012-2018, Postdoc 2018-2020 -- Associate Professional Researcher at UC Davis -- website
Quinn Sorenson -- Postdoc 2019-2020 -- Currently Postdoctoral Researcher in Safford Lab at UC Davis
Jillian Dyer -- Undergrad intern 2018-2020 -- Research Assistant at Harvard Forest
Marina LaForgia -- PhD Student 2013-2019 -- Assistant Professor at Sacramento State University -- website
Mike Koontz -- PhD student 2014-2019 -- Lead Scientist for Ecological Modeling and Climate Change at Vibrant Planet -- website
Kevin Welch -- Postdoc 2016-2019 -- Scientist in CalFire's Climate and Energy Program
Allie Weill -- PhD student 2013-2019 -- Science writer at USGS in Sacramento
Brian Smithers – PhD student 2012-2017 – Research Assistant Professor at Montana State University
Katie Eskra -- Grad student 2010-2016 -- Denver, CO
Melis Akman – Postdoctoral Researcher 2013-2016 – Staff Scientist at CSU East Bay and the Green Biome Institute -- website
Katie Stuble – Postdoctoral researcher, 2015-2016 – Research Scientist at Holden Arboretum -- email: kstuble@holdenarb.org
Jens Stevens – PhD Student 2009-2014 – National Program Lead, Wildland Fire and Fuels Research Program, USDA Forest Service, Washington DC. -- website
Xinyi Zhao – 2016 -- Visiting M.S. Student from Amsterdam University
Brooke Jacobs – Postdoctoral Researcher 2009-2012 – Senior Environmental Scientist at California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Marc Coudel – École Normale Supérieure – 2009, MS-level intern

Some of our current collaborators

Amy DeCastro, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Susan Harrison, UC Davis
Derek Young, UC Davis
Jennifer Holm, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lara Kueppers, UC Berkeley
Tina Heger, University of Potsdam
Michael Koontz, University of Colorado
Hugh Safford, US Forest Service & UC Davis
Kristen Shive, Save the Redwoods League
Malcolm North, US Forest Service & UC Davis
David Greene, Cal Poly Humboldt
Sydne Record, Bryn Mawr College
Jasper Slingsby, South African Environmental Observation Network
Susan Ustin, UC Davis
Brandon Collins, UC Berkeley
Chris Fettig, US Forest Service
Jennifer Balch, EarthLab, University of Colorado, Boulder