Meet the team
Michael E. Loik

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

Charlotte (Charlie) Chesney
Ph.D. Student
Power harvesting from living solar panels
Ph.D. Student
Power harvesting from living solar panels

Daniel Hastings
Ph.D. Candidate
Water relations of Joshua Trees, Yucca brevifolia
Ph.D. Candidate
Water relations of Joshua Trees, Yucca brevifolia

Justin Luong
Ph.D. Candidate
Drought impacts on ecological restoration of California grasslands
Ph.D. Candidate
Drought impacts on ecological restoration of California grasslands
Lab Alumni


Dr. Katherine "Kate" M. Ross
Ph.D. (2020)
Ph.D. (2020)


Dr. Michael W. Jenkins
Ph.D. (2016)
Ph.D. (2016)


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


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


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
