Ecological Genetics & Wildlife Population Health
Laboratory of Holly Ernest
Lab picnic 2009
Holly Ernest DVM PhD - Asst Professor in Residence, Ecological Genetics and Wildlife Population Health;
Wildlife & Ecology Unit director & senior investigator
Lisa Goldberg - Laboratory Manager & TechnicianMegan Caulder- Forensic Science Graduate Student (with VGL Forensic Unit) - Deer Genetics
Tracy Drazenovich DVM - from laboratory of Dr. Michelle Hawkins - Domestic Ferret Genetics/Cancer Project
Loreto Godoy DVM - Ecology & Conservation Management Program; MPVM (Masters in Preventive Veterinary Medicine) - Sea otter project
Ben Harmeling - Veterinary student STAR research program; Yellow-billed Magpie Project
Megan Jennings - PhD Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology: UC Davis and San Diego State University
Eric Jepsen - MS student in Avian Science - Great Gray Owl Project
Joe Medley - MS student in Avian Science - Great Gray Owl Project
Christopher Micheletti - Undergraduate Wildlife Genetics Intern
Anne Pelligrini - MS student in Avian Science - House Finch/West Nile virus project
Levi Souza - PhD Student in Ecology - Yellow-billed Magpie Project
Tara Thiemann - PhD student working with us, from laboratory of Dr. William Reisen
Alumni of our lab / Lab Friends
Lauren Ayala - Veterinary student STAR research program
Sarah Brown - Laboratory Manager/technician; graduate student researcher
Kelsey Brust - Wildlife Genetics Undergraduate Intern
Julia Collins - Master's Degree 2004, Forensic Science Graduate Group
Scott Crosbie PhD - PhD in Animal Biology - Yellow-billed Magpie Project, Western Scrub Jays
Caitlin Dalby - Wildlife Genetics Undergraduate Interns
Yoshinori Endo - Wildlife Genetics Undergraduate Intern
Nuradilla Mohamad Fauzi - Wildlife Genetics Undergraduate Intern
Elinor Granzow - Veterinary student STAR research program
Elizabeth Heeg - Master's Degree Genetics Graduate Group
Joshua Hull PhD - PhD, in Ecology and Post-doctoral research
Amanda Irish - Veterinary student STAR research program; Undergraduate Wildlife Genetics Intern
Jennifer Kurushima - Technician, Genetics graduate student rotation
Lydia Lam - Veterinary student STAR research program; Sea Otter Project
Janet Landa - Undergraduate Wildlife Genetics Intern
Elizabeth Long - Graduate Student Researcher
Priya Motupalli - Magpie Monitor Undergraduate Intern and volunteer coordinator
Elizabeth Mullaney - Undergraduate Wildlife Genetics Intern
Sarah Pitzer - Master's Degree Avian Science Graduate Group
Brian Ramming - Informatics Undergraduate Intern
Kalyn Records - Undergraduate Wildlife Genetics Intern
Ben Sacks PhD - Post-doctoral Researcher & Asst Project Ecologist
Danielle Tufts - Undergraduate Wildlife Genetics Intern
Leanne Taylor - Veterinary student STAR research program
Jay Well - Laboratory Manager/technician
Crystal Williams - Undergraduate Wildlife Genetics Intern
Where are they now?
Some of the positions held by students, post-doctoral researchers, and staff following their work in our lab
- Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramennto; Adjunct Asst Prof UC Davis
- Senior Supervising Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Senior Staff Scientist, Entrix environmental consulting firm
- Staff, UC David Lake Tahoe Environmental Research Center
- Staff Research Associate, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
- Program Coordinator, SMILE program, Oregon State University
- Forensic scientist, California Department of Justice Forensic DNA Laboratory
- PhD student in New Zealand (Victoria University of Wellington)
- Rotation veterinary STAR students - most became practicing veterinarians, some are considering research careers
- Undergrad interns - several gained acceptance to veterinary school (3 at UC Davis - some were accepted at multiple vet schools) and graduate programs throughout the country including UC Davis (Ecology, Genetics), in the U.K. (University of Edinburg). One has a job a computer programmer with INTEL.