Posts Tagged: community ecologist

Allie Igwe: The Road to Success

The road to success is paved with soil microbial communities. And education, curiosity, determination, and collaboration. UC Davis doctoral student Alexandria “Allie” Igwe, advised by community ecologist and assistant professor Rachel Vannette of the UC Davis Department of...

UC Davis doctoral student Alexandria “Allie” Igwe has received a $138,000 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on soil microbial communities and develop novel online tools to increase interest in ecology.

UC Davis doctoral student Alexandria “Allie” Igwe has received a $138,000 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on soil microbial communities and develop novel online tools to increase interest in ecology.

Ash Zemenick: 'Do Flower Visitors Network with Floral Microbes?'

Have you ever thought about all those diverse pollinators you see foraging on flowers? Have you ever considered them as important vectors of floral microbes? Well, they are! Community ecologist Ash Zemenick, formerly in the graduate student program of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and...

Flowers bloom at this high elevation meadow, which was community ecologist Ash Zemenick's field study site in the Tahoe National Forest. (Photo by Ash Zemenick)

Flowers bloom at this high elevation meadow, which was community ecologist Ash Zemenick's field study site in the Tahoe National Forest. (Photo by Ash Zemenick)

The Tahoe National Forest backgrounds community ecologist Ash Zemenick's field study site. (Photo by Ash Zemenick)

The Tahoe National Forest backgrounds community ecologist Ash Zemenick's field study site. (Photo by Ash Zemenick)

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