Faculty
Dr. Louis Santiago
Professor of Physiological Ecology
santiago@ucr.edu | (951) 827-4951
Graduate Students
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Miranda BuckleyDoctoral Student | mbuck007@ucr.edu I study the interactions of parasitic plants with their hosts and other organisms in arid landscapes |
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Gabrielle MoneymakerIncoming Doctoral Student | gabrielle.moneymaker@email.ucr.edu I am interested in tropical alpine plants |
Undergraduate Students
Brandon Afshalimi
Undergraduate Researcher | Electrolyte Leakage from Plant Cells
Nikki Blair
Undergraduate Researcher | Plant Thorns and Spines
Jorge Iribe
Undergraduate Researcher | Desert Ecology
Neha Valluri
Undergraduate Researcher | Succulent Plants
Shivali Vishwakarma
Undergraduate Researcher | Succulent Plants
Leanna Gillespie
Undergraduate Researcher | Medicinal Plants
Yuki He
Undergraduate Researcher | Parasitic Plants
Lab Group Alumni
Former Graduate Students, Fellows, Postdocs
| Mitchell Coleman, PhD | 2020-2025 |
| Humera Mirza, PhD | 2021-2024 |
| Denise Mitchell, MS | 2019-2021 |
| Erika Bucior, MS | 2017-2020 |
| Aleyda Acosta Rangel, PhD | 2014-2018 |
| Eleinis Ávila-Lovera, PhD | 2013-2018 |
| Sarah Pasquini, PhD | 2007-2017 |
| Mark De Guzman, PhD | 2011-2017 |
| Alexandria Pivovaroff, PhD | 2010-2015 |
| Jake Vogenberg, MS | 2012-2015 |
| Karrin Alstad, Postdoc | 2010-2012 |
| Lee Buckingham, MS | 2007-2009 |
| Cara Stripe, MS | 2008-2010 |
| Carlos Cervera, Postdoc | 2008 |
Undergraduate Students
| Brandon Afshalimi | 2022-2025 | Leaf traits |
| Shukan Shah | 2022-2023 | Electrolyte leakage |
| Nikki Blair | 2022-2025 | Plant defenses |
| Max Guiditta | 2022-2023 | California flora |
| Haile Ortiz | 2022 | Leaf temperature |
| Heidi Chavez | 2021-2022 | Leaf spectrometry |
| Beverlie Gomez | 2020-2022 | Controversies in plant hydraulics |
| Gregory Sayat | 2019-2021 | Stem capacitance |
| Xinyi Huang | 2019-2021 | Leaf traits |
| Madison Ambre | 2019-2021 | Stem capacitance |
| Marc Arteaga | 2019-2021 | Vernal pools |
| Eric Ngo | 2017-2020 | Leaf turgor loss |
| Michael Torres | 2015-2018 | Tropical relict species |
| Luis Torres | 2015-2018 | Avocado physiology |
| Roxana Haro | 2015-2018 | Carbon isotopes |
| Manika Choudhary | 2015-2018 | Leaf xylem |
| William Fung | 2015-2018 | Stable isotopes |
| Tori Woods | 2013-2015 | Cuticular conductance |
| Max Brodie | 2012-2014 | Hydraulics of invasive species |
| Angelica Nuñez | 2012-2013 | Invasive plant physiology |
| Larissa Yates | 2011-2013 | Chaparral flammability |
| Tiffany Chu | 2011-2012 | Desert Chaparral |
| Liz Diaz | 2011-2012 | Desert Chaparral |
| Fortino Morales | 2010-2011 | Desert Chaparral |
| Sisouphanh Trymany | 2010-2011 | Desert Chaparral |
| Jeffrey Ambriz | 2008-2011 | Desert Chaparral |
| Lindy Shomper | 2007-2008 | Chaparral Plant Physiology |
| Michael O’Leary | 2007-2008 | Leaf Carbon Isotopes |
| Eric Dorin | 2007-2008 | Tropical Dry Forests |
Research Assistants
| Marc Arteaga | 2021-2022 |
| Xinyi Huang | 2021-2022 |
| Beverlie Gomez | 2021 |
| Maritza Torres | 2018 |
| Michael Torres | 2018 |
| Manika Choudhary | 2017-2018 |
| Roxana Haro | 2016-2018 |
| Luis Torres | 2016 |
| Melody Tsoi | 2011 |
| Jenessa Stemke | 2010 |
| Caroline DeVan | 2007-2009 |
Research Visitors
| Leonie Schönbeck | 2021-2023 | Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Luiz Silva | 2017-2018 | Fulbright Fellow, University of Natal |
| Tatiana Viera | 2017 | Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brazil |
| Angela Vitória | 2015-2016 | Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brazil |
| Mustapha Gorai | 2014 | University of Gabès, Tunisia |
| Yong Shen (沈勇) | 2013, 2014 | South China Botanic Garden, Guangzhou, China |
| Andrian Makongue | 2013 | University of Creteil, France |
| Samuel Fernandez | 2011 | California State University San Marcos |
| Aaron Ramierez | 2011 | University of California, Berkeley |
| Flavio Moreno-Hurtado | 2011 | National University of Colombia, Medellín |
| Maria Claudia Díez | 2011 | National University of Colombia, Medellín |
| Brendan Choat | 2010 | Australia National University |
| Roberth Us-Santamaría | 2010 | CICY, Merida, Mexico |
| Manuel Cach | 2009 | CICY, Merida, Mexico |
| Casandra Reyes | 2009 | CICY, Merida, Mexico |
| John Cushman | 2009 | University of Nevada, Reno |
| Katia Silvera | 2008-2010 | University of Nevada, Reno |
| Tim Jones | 2007, 2008 | ARS, Reno, NV |
| Susan Lambrecht | 2007 | CSU San Jose |
| Horacio Ballina-Gómez | 2007 | CICY, Merida, Mexico |
| Fernanda Ricalde | 2007 | CICY, Merida, Mexico |
| José Luis Andrade | 2007 | CICY, Merida, Mexico |