Alumni directory
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Welcome alumni!
Your input is important to us at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Email eeb-webinfo@umich.edu to update us about your latest news: employment changes, contact information, recent publications, research grants, awards, degrees, or just an interesting story. If you aren't listed here, please send us an update on where you are and what you are doing so we can include you.
Directory archives
2004 - 1999
Updates coming soon!
Spring/Summer 2012
Cindy Bick, M.S.
Ph.D. student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Doug Jackson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Lucia Luna Wong, Ph.D.
Researcher in Med School Neurology Department., University of Michigan
Iman Sylvain, M.S.
Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley
Jeremy Wright, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
Winter 2012
Tory Hendry, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona
Michael Sheehan, Ph.D.
National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona
Liz Wason, Ph.D.
Fall 2011
David Allen, Ph.D.
Visiting Profesor, Middlebury Collge
Huateng Huang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical School, University of Michigan
Susanna Messinger, Ph.D.
Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
Ya Yang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Spring/Summer 2011
Meg Bakewell, Ph.D.
Instructional Consultant, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
Serge Farinas, M.S.
Ph.D. student,
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Amanda Izzo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis
Theresa Ong, M.S.
Ph.D. student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Dana Thomas, M.S.
Rachel Vannette, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Winter 2011
Ryan Bebej, Ph.D.
Calvin College: Assistant Professor
(email)
Heidi Liere, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin
Jess Middlemis-Maher, Ph.D. Michigan State University postdoctoral scholar
Lei Qin, M.S.
Fall 2010
John Berini, M.S.
Ph.D. Student, University of Minnesota
Melissa Brady, M.S.
Clay Cressler, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Feloow, Queen's University
Kelsey Pressler, M.S.
Spring/Summer 2010
Joseph Brown, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
(email)
Sandra Yap, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines
Winter 2010
Aley Joseph, M.S., M.P.H.
Epidemiologist, California Indian Rural Health Board
(email)

Zhi Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
(email)
Winter 2009
Heather Adams, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Montana State University (email)
Sarah Barbrow, M.S. Library Systems, School of Information, University of Michigan
Emily Farrer, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
Ken Luzynski, M.S. Teach for America, Tulsa, Okla., fall 2010

Marielle Newsome, M.S.
Jess Peirson, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Amanda Zellmer, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Felllow, Louisiana State University (email)
Spring/Summer 2009
Sarah Cobey, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health, Harvard University
Tim Connallon, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Akane Uesegi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
M. Jahi Chappell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Washington State University
Shalene Jha, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Texas
Elen Oneal, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biology, Duke University
Diego Ruiz Moreno, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Bin Wang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanging University
Matt Chatfield, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research (email)
Yan Yancy Lo, M.S. University of Michigan: School of Public Health
Eladio Marquez, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow, Florida State University (email)
Zach Miller, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Montana State University
Bret Weinstein, Ph.D. Evergreen State University: Lecturer
Fall 2008
Andrea Walther, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professory, Kalamazoo College
Lauren Yelen, M.S. Masters Student, SNRE, University of Michigan
Spring/Summer 2008
Leah Boris, M.S. River Bend Nature Center, Minn: River Bend Intern Naturalist
Luis Fernando Chaves, Ph.D. Associate Faculty Member, Department of Enviromental Studies: Emory University
James Crants, Ph.D. Research Associate, University of Minnesota
Wendy Grus, Ph.D. Research Administrator/ Science Editor Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University
Ben-Yang Liao, Ph.D. Assistant Principal Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwain
Nichole Maturen, Ph.D. Research Associate, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge University
Javier Ruiz, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, UACCAN University, Nicaragua
(email)
Winter 2008
Nonyelum Alozie, M.S. Visiting Assistant Professor, Albion College
Corinne Richards, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Tulane University
Fall 2007
Beth Hahn, Ph.D. USDA Wildlife Biologist, Forest Service, USDA
Heather Lerner, Ph.D. Museum Director and Assistant Professor, Earlham College
Rachel Matthews, M.S.
Ondrej Podlaha, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
Xiaoxia Wang, Ph.D. Staff Researcher, University of California, San Diego
Spring/Summer 2007
Jose Cabrera Schneider, M.S.
Michael Fraker, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Oklahoma State University (email)
Krista McGuire, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Barnard College
Ben Montgomery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina Upstate
Ronald Oldfield, Ph.D. Lecturer, Case Western Reserve (email)
Winter 2007
Carrie Beyers, M.S.
Mary Anne Evans, Ph.D. Research Fellow, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan
Xionglei He, Ph.D. Sun Professor, Sun Yat-sen University: Guangzhou, China
Deborah Huddleston, M.S.
Meghan Shilts, M.S. Research Associate, Yale University
Fall 2006
Heok Hee Ng, Ph.D. Singapore
Ye Cui, M.S.
Spring/Summer 2006
Prosanta Chakrabarty, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Curator of Ichthyology, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Sciences, Baton Rouge, La.,
Winter 2006
Tanya Dewey, Ph.D. Researcher, UMMZ, University of Michigan (email)
Glen Fox, Ph.D. Professor, Jackson Community College (email)
Malini Sridharan, M.S. MBA student, MIT Sloan School of Management
Fall 2005
Steven Albee-Scott, Ph.D. Instructor Environmental Sciences, Wilbur L. Dungy Endowed Chair of the Sciences, Jackson Community College (email)
Laura Eidietis, Ph.D. Lecturer in Biology, University of Michigan
Katia Koelle, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Duke University (email)
Kate Teeter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Northern Michigan University
John Whitlock, M.S. Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan (email)
Spring/Summer 2005
Jacqueline Courteau, Ph.D. Ecologist, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University (email)
Ashley Dowling, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas (email)
Carol Landry, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology Department, Ohio State University (email)
Rachel Max, M.S.
Keith Pecor, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, The College of New Jersey (email)
Michael Reiskind, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University (email)
Matthew Wund, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, The College of New Jersey (email)
Winter 2005
Shannon McCauley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Cal Poly State University (email)
Cindy Bick, M.S.
Ph.D. student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Doug Jackson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Lucia Luna Wong, Ph.D.
Researcher in Med School Neurology Department., University of Michigan
Iman Sylvain, M.S.
Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley
Jeremy Wright, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
Tory Hendry, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona
Michael Sheehan, Ph.D.
National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona
Liz Wason, Ph.D.
David Allen, Ph.D.
Visiting Profesor, Middlebury Collge
Huateng Huang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical School, University of Michigan
Susanna Messinger, Ph.D.
Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
Ya Yang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Meg Bakewell, Ph.D.
Instructional Consultant, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
Serge Farinas, M.S.
Ph.D. student,
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Amanda Izzo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis
Theresa Ong, M.S.
Ph.D. student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Dana Thomas, M.S.
Rachel Vannette, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Ryan Bebej, Ph.D.
Calvin College: Assistant Professor
(email)
Heidi Liere, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin
Jess Middlemis-Maher, Ph.D. Michigan State University postdoctoral scholar
Lei Qin, M.S.
John Berini, M.S.
Ph.D. Student, University of Minnesota
Melissa Brady, M.S.
Clay Cressler, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Feloow, Queen's University
Kelsey Pressler, M.S.
Joseph Brown, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
(email)
Sandra Yap, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines
Aley Joseph, M.S., M.P.H.
Epidemiologist, California Indian Rural Health Board
(email)

Zhi Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
(email)
Heather Adams, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Montana State University (email)
Sarah Barbrow, M.S. Library Systems, School of Information, University of Michigan
Emily Farrer, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
Ken Luzynski, M.S. Teach for America, Tulsa, Okla., fall 2010

Marielle Newsome, M.S.
Jess Peirson, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Amanda Zellmer, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Felllow, Louisiana State University (email)
Sarah Cobey, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health, Harvard University
Tim Connallon, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Akane Uesegi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
M. Jahi Chappell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Washington State University
Shalene Jha, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Texas
Elen Oneal, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biology, Duke University
Diego Ruiz Moreno, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Bin Wang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanging University
Matt Chatfield, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research (email)
Yan Yancy Lo, M.S. University of Michigan: School of Public Health
Eladio Marquez, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow, Florida State University (email)
Zach Miller, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Montana State University
Bret Weinstein, Ph.D. Evergreen State University: Lecturer
Andrea Walther, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professory, Kalamazoo College
Lauren Yelen, M.S. Masters Student, SNRE, University of Michigan
Leah Boris, M.S. River Bend Nature Center, Minn: River Bend Intern Naturalist
Luis Fernando Chaves, Ph.D. Associate Faculty Member, Department of Enviromental Studies: Emory University
James Crants, Ph.D. Research Associate, University of Minnesota
Wendy Grus, Ph.D. Research Administrator/ Science Editor Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University
Ben-Yang Liao, Ph.D. Assistant Principal Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwain
Nichole Maturen, Ph.D. Research Associate, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge University
Javier Ruiz, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, UACCAN University, Nicaragua
(email)
Nonyelum Alozie, M.S. Visiting Assistant Professor, Albion College
Corinne Richards, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Tulane University
Beth Hahn, Ph.D. USDA Wildlife Biologist, Forest Service, USDA
Heather Lerner, Ph.D. Museum Director and Assistant Professor, Earlham College
Rachel Matthews, M.S.
Ondrej Podlaha, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
Xiaoxia Wang, Ph.D. Staff Researcher, University of California, San Diego
Jose Cabrera Schneider, M.S.
Michael Fraker, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Oklahoma State University (email)
Krista McGuire, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Barnard College
Ben Montgomery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina Upstate
Ronald Oldfield, Ph.D. Lecturer, Case Western Reserve (email)
Carrie Beyers, M.S.
Mary Anne Evans, Ph.D. Research Fellow, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan
Xionglei He, Ph.D. Sun Professor, Sun Yat-sen University: Guangzhou, China
Deborah Huddleston, M.S.
Meghan Shilts, M.S. Research Associate, Yale University
Heok Hee Ng, Ph.D. Singapore
Ye Cui, M.S.
Prosanta Chakrabarty, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Curator of Ichthyology, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Sciences, Baton Rouge, La.,
Tanya Dewey, Ph.D. Researcher, UMMZ, University of Michigan (email)
Glen Fox, Ph.D. Professor, Jackson Community College (email)
Malini Sridharan, M.S. MBA student, MIT Sloan School of Management
Steven Albee-Scott, Ph.D. Instructor Environmental Sciences, Wilbur L. Dungy Endowed Chair of the Sciences, Jackson Community College (email)
Laura Eidietis, Ph.D. Lecturer in Biology, University of Michigan
Katia Koelle, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Duke University (email)
Kate Teeter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Northern Michigan University
John Whitlock, M.S. Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan (email)
Jacqueline Courteau, Ph.D. Ecologist, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University (email)
Ashley Dowling, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas (email)
Carol Landry, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology Department, Ohio State University (email)
Rachel Max, M.S.
Keith Pecor, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, The College of New Jersey (email)
Michael Reiskind, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University (email)
Matthew Wund, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, The College of New Jersey (email)
Shannon McCauley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Cal Poly State University (email)