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Kirsten Verster

Kirsten Verster

Kirsten is a sixth-year PhD Candidate in the Whiteman Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. for her thesis she is investigating the horizontal gene transfer of cytolethal distending toxin B, which encodes a DNase, in insects (Diptera: Drosophila and aphids)....
Adam Uliana

Adam Uliana

Adam Uliana is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 2017 with a major in Chemical Engineering and three minors. As an undergraduate, Adam spent a semester researching nanofiltration membranes...
David Kurz

David Kurz

David’s dissertation research focuses on the socio-ecological dynamics shaping threatened bearded pig populations in Borneo, at the landscape, regional, and mega-island levels. Some of his questions include: How do natural and anthropogenic barriers affect...
Lindsey Hendricks-Franco

Lindsey Hendricks-Franco

As the frequency and intensity of wildfires increase, it is urgent to elucidate the mechanisms that drive post-fire ecosystem recovery. Soil ecological knowledge has the potential to direct successful recovery, across a range of ecosystem and habitat types. Lindsey’s...