Meet the team

Michael E. Loik

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Room 473 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB)
831.459.5785
mloik {at} ucsc [dot] edu

Current Graduate Students

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Dani Klawitter, Ph.D. student, Energy efficiency in controlled environment agriculture
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Charlotte (Charlie) Chesney
Ph.D. Student
Power harvesting from living solar panels

Lab Alumni

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  Daniel Hastings
​  Ph.D. Candidate
  Water relations of Joshua Trees, Yucca brevifolia
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  Dr. Justin Luong, Ph.D. (2022)
  Drought impacts on ecological restoration of California grasslands
  now a postdoc at UC Davis
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Dr. Timothy Hilton
Postdoc
ISEECI Fellow
Sierra Nevada Research Institute
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 Dr. Katherine "Kate" M. Ross
 Ph.D. (2020)
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Dr. Sara Baguskas
Postdoc
Assistant Professor
San Francisco State University
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Dr. Michael W.  Jenkins
Ph.D. (2016)
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 Dr. Catherine E. Wade
 Ph.D.  (2015)
 Senior Associate Planner
 Circlepoint Environmental




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Dr. Cynthia Schmidt
Ph.D. (2014)
​Bay Area Environmental Research Institute & Associate Program Manager
Ecosystem Sciences
​NASA Ames Research Center


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Dr. Amy L. Concilio
Ph.D. (2011)
​Assistant Professor
Environmental Science
St. Edward's College, Austin, TX


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Dr. Holly Alpert
Ph.D. (2009)
​Program Manager
​Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management


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Dr. Alden B. Griffith
Ph.D. (2008) 
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies Dept.
​Wellesley College


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Dr. Susan Lambrecht
Postdoc
​​Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences 
San Jose State University

Dr. Travis E. Huxman

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Professor
Department of Ecological and Evolutionary Biology,
​University of California, Irvine

Dr. Sharon J. Martinson

​Sean P. Redar