CURRENT AND FORMER LAB MEMBERS
Bishop Lab and Contact information
Lab phone: 360 546-9455; Greenhouse phone: 360 546-9979
Current Graduate Students
Nathaniel Frein
nathaniel.frein <at> gmail.com
Angela Kroon
angelarkroon <at> gmail.com
Joe Pitkin
JPitkin <at> clark.edu
Keith Birchfield
mkeithbirch <at> gmail.com
Visiting Graduate Students
Chris Che-Castaldo, PhD candidate, University of Maryland
Email @gmail.com: castaldo
http://www.clfs.umd.edu/biology/faganlab/people/castaldo.html
2011 Undergraduates and and Post-Graduate Assistants
Sharlene Harvester, WSUV Environmental Science
Melissa Knudsen, WSUV Biology
Blaine Martin, Brown University
Matt Pendergraft, WSUV Biology
Matthew Warman, B.S. Boston College
2010 Undergraduates and Assistants
Paul Jensen - BS, WSUV, 2011. Won the 2011 Outstanding undergraduate in research award!!
Sharlene Harvester
Matthew Warman, B.S. Boston College
Jonnie Dunne, B.S. Willamette University
Manijeh Baxter, B.S. Portland State University
Brant Driedger, B.S.
Previous Graduate Students and Post-Docs
Louise Wynn
Ray Yurkewycz
email: rpyurk <at> yahoo.com
M.S. Environmental Science, Washington State University, 2010
Current Position: Technician with USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station
Rudy Salakory
B.S. Biology, Washington State University Vancouver
Shannon Wills
email: biologist <at> cowlitz.org
B.S. Biology, minor in Archaeology, Stockton State College- New Jersey.
Current Position: Biologist with Cowlitz Tribe
Suann Yang
email: syang <at> presby.edu
B.S. Biology, Cornell University
PhD. Botany, Washington State University
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Presbyterian College, SC
Nathan Reynolds
nreynolds <at> cowlitz.org
B.S. Biology, Washington State University
M.S. Environmental Science, Washington State University, 2009
Current Position: Biologist with Cowlitz Tribe
Josh Seeds
B.S. Biochemistry, Washington State University
M.S. Environmental Science, Washington State University
Current Position: Water Quality Specialist, Portland METRO
Jenny Apple
email: applej <at> geneseo.edu
B.S. Biology, University Puget Sound; Ph.D. Biology, University of Utah.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Geneseo
Amber Keyser, PhD. Author. http://www.amberkeyser.com/
B.A. Liberal Arts, Evergreen State College; M.S. Zoology, Auburn University; PhD, Genetics, University of Georgia
Previous Undergraduates, Assistants, and Technicians
Paul Bonthuis (Technician, Dept. of Genetics, University of Washington)
Shadmehr Dehmeri - MD/PHD at Washington University in St. Louis
Dien Deng
Ian Dews PhD Rice University 2008. email: dewsi <at> bioc.rice.edu
Pawel Drapala University of Washington
Lindsay Larson (Albany Medical College, MD/PhD program).
Heather Ligman (Technician, School of Biological Sciences, WSU Vancouver)
Richard Luther
Nicholas Murchison (Technician, Shriner's Hospital)
John Nesbitt
Niamh O'Hara (New York University, now at StonyBrook) Niamh is examining the response of insects to N and P enhancement on the Pumice Plain, and changes in the abundance of predators across the lupin density gradient. Her work is funded by an NSF REU fellowship. She presented her work was presented at the 2005 National Sigma Xi and is preparing it for publication.
Jen Griffith (Lamont Doherty Observatory) Jen worked with Jon Titus (co-PI) examining the effect of lupin, alders, nutrient limitation, and mycorrhizae on succession in general and conifer colonization in particular.
Rachel Ikehara-Martin (Western Washington University)
Casey Parsons
Leslie Rossmell (Graduate Student, ESRP, WSUV)
Erin Smith
Valentina Vaylova (Pharmacist)
Mandy Tu, PhD. Now at the Nature Conservancy
B.S. Botany, University of Washington; Ph.D. University of California, Davis.
Research Interests: Invasive species, plant ecology, conservation biology