Meet the team
Michael E. Loik
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Room 473 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB)
831.459.5785
mloik {at} ucsc [dot] edu
831.459.5785
mloik {at} ucsc [dot] edu
Current Graduate Students
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Charlotte (Charlie) Chesney
Ph.D. Student
Power harvesting from living solar panels
Ph.D. Student
Power harvesting from living solar panels
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Daniel Hastings
Ph.D. Candidate
Water relations of Joshua Trees, Yucca brevifolia
Ph.D. Candidate
Water relations of Joshua Trees, Yucca brevifolia
Lab Alumni
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Dr. Justin Luong, Ph.D. (2022)
Drought impacts on ecological restoration of California grasslands
now a postdoc at UC Davis
Drought impacts on ecological restoration of California grasslands
now a postdoc at UC Davis
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Dr. Katherine "Kate" M. Ross
Ph.D. (2020)
Ph.D. (2020)
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Dr. Michael W. Jenkins
Ph.D. (2016)
Ph.D. (2016)
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Dr. Cynthia Schmidt
Ph.D. (2014)
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute & Associate Program Manager
Ecosystem Sciences
NASA Ames Research Center
Ph.D. (2014)
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute & Associate Program Manager
Ecosystem Sciences
NASA Ames Research Center
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Dr. Holly Alpert
Ph.D. (2009)
Program Manager
Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management
Ph.D. (2009)
Program Manager
Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management
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Dr. Susan Lambrecht
Postdoc
Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences
San Jose State University
Postdoc
Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences
San Jose State University
Dr. Travis E. Huxman
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