{"id":149,"date":"2016-03-08T13:55:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/conservation-biology\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:18:00","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/conservation-biology\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t#builder-section-1474500554449 .builder-banner-slide {\n\t\tpadding-bottom: 350px;\n\t}\n\t@media screen and (min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 960px) {\n\t\t#builder-section-1474500554449 .builder-banner-slide {\n\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 36.458333333333%;\n\t\t}\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>.wsu-cycle-pause {\n\tposition: absolute;\n    bottom: 10px;\n    right: 10px;\n    background-color: #fff;\n    z-index: 1000;\n    font-size: 0.7rem;\n    padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1474500554449\" class=\"row single builder-section gutter 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content-position-none\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry.jpg&#039;);\">\n<div class=\"builder-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-banner-inner-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt\"><strong>Erica Henry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-banner-slide content-position-none\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2023\/06\/michelle_boone2-scaled.jpg&#039;);\">\n<div class=\"builder-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-banner-inner-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt\"><strong>Michelle Boone<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-banner-slide content-position-none\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-1.jpg&#039;);\">\n<div class=\"builder-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-banner-inner-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt\"><strong>Caitlin Ball<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-banner-slide content-position-none\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3380-2-scaled.jpg&#039;);\">\n<div class=\"builder-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-banner-inner-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt\"><strong>Bree Sheffield<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"wsu-cycle-pause\" data-cycle-cmd=\"pause\">Pause<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1474501660854\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<h1><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-450\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Cheryl_Bio-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Cheryl_Bio-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Cheryl_Bio-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Cheryl_Bio.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Cheryl Schultz<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Email: schultzc@wsu.edu<br \/>\nOffice: (360) 546-9525<br \/>\nLab: (360) 546-9692<br \/>\nFax: (360) 546-9064<br \/>\nLocated in Life Sciences (VSCI) 230<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Current Lab Members<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2>Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-637\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/kelsey_king_schultz-e1528239293965-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/kelsey_king_schultz-e1528239293965-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/kelsey_king_schultz-e1528239293965-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/kelsey_king_schultz-e1528239293965.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Kelsey King<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Ph.D in Biology <a href=\"mailto:kelsey.king@wsu.edu\">email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kelsey completed a B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies at Cornell College in 2015 and spent the next several years working with Crane Trust in Nebraska. Kelsey examined the natural history of Puget blue butterfly, a candidate species for listing in Washington, as well as investigated phenological shifts between the butterfly and nectar plants. \u00a0Kelsey is close to completing her PhD and currently is employed as the lead biologist for USFWS for Fender&#8217;s blue butterfly and the Oregon population of Taylor&#8217;s checkerspot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1939 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-396x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-396x410.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-792x820.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-768x795.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-1483x1536.jpg 1483w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-1978x2048.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-990x1025.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Caitlin-cropped-1188x1230.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/>Caitlin Ball<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>PhD. in Biology, <a href=\"caitlin.ball@wsu.edu\">email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Caitlin completed her B.S. and M.S. in Biology at Tufts University before spending several years working seasonal jobs and serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Her current research focuses on the natural history and management responses of Taylor&#8217;s checkerspot butterfly, as well as potential conflicts in the timing of management activities for grassland species across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1946 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Chris-and-rainbow-copy-396x401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Chris-and-rainbow-copy-396x401.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Chris-and-rainbow-copy-792x802.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Chris-and-rainbow-copy-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Chris-and-rainbow-copy-990x1002.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Chris-and-rainbow-copy.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>Christopher Walsh<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>MS in Biology, \u00a0<a href=\"christopher.walsh1@wsu.edu\">email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris completed his B.S. in Environmental Biology at Providence College in Rhode Island in 2025. He studied bees and butterflies as an undergrad. Chris is currently working on an MS in Biology. He is interested in management practices such as mowing that have the potential to enhance late summer resource availablility for monarchs and pollinators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1948 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Mellanie-396x366.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Mellanie-396x366.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Mellanie.png 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>Mellanie Martin<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>MS in Biology and MS in Computer Science, <a href=\"mellanie.martin@wsu.edu\">email\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mellanie completed her B.S. in Computer Science, with a minor in Biology, at WSU Vancouver in 2026. Mellanie is pursuing a dual MS in Computer Science and Biology at WSU Vancouver. She is interested in developing novel pipelines to use computer vision to facilitate understanding changes in fine-scale structure of praire grasslands in response to habitat management as an essential component in understanding demographic responses of butterflies to management.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Undergraduates<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1957 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/AngelicaPerov-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Angelica Perov\" width=\"149\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/AngelicaPerov-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/AngelicaPerov-792x792.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/AngelicaPerov-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/AngelicaPerov-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/AngelicaPerov-990x990.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/AngelicaPerov-1188x1188.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/AngelicaPerov.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/>Angelica Perov<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>Undergraduate, Environmental Science <a href=\"angelica.perov@wsu.edu\">email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the Conservation Biology lab, Angelica is involved in projects related to captive rearing of butterflies with Emma Dombrow, and related to potential conflicts in timing of management with Caitlin Ball.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1962 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Dahlena-URen-crop-396x292.jpeg\" alt=\"Dahlena U'Ren\" width=\"181\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Dahlena-URen-crop-396x292.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Dahlena-URen-crop-792x584.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Dahlena-URen-crop-768x567.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Dahlena-URen-crop-1536x1134.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Dahlena-URen-crop-2048x1511.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Dahlena-URen-crop-990x731.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2026\/10\/Dahlena-URen-crop-1188x877.jpeg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/>Dahlena U&#8217;Ren<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>Undergraduate, Neuroscience, <a href=\"dahlena.uren@wsu.edu\">email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dahlena is working with Chris Walsh to understand the shifts pollinator&#8217;s use through the seasons in response to mowing management by reviewing pollinator observations, nectar &amp; milkweed plants, and other data collected from field research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Laura Edgar<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>Undergraduate, Biology,<a href=\"laura.edgar@wsu.edu\"> email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Laura developed a project to quantitive leaf toughness in milkweeds in response to heat stress, working with both Emma Dombrow and Chris Walsh. She also assisted with an analysis of butterfly captive rearing programs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Lux Johnson<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>Undergraduate, Biology,<a href=\"sophia.e.johnson@wsu.edu\"> email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lux has assisted with several projects in the lab including rearing monarch butterflies for experimental field work at Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Mia Herman<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>Undergraduate, Environmental Science, <a href=\"marieelise.herman@wsu.edu\">email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mia was awarded undergraduate research scholarships from WSU College of Arts and Sciences and from WSU Vancouver. The scholarships supported research investigating potential risk of pesticide toxins during mud-puddling behavior in butterflies. She was awarded the 2026 SOE Undergraduate Resarcher-of-the-year award. She is working with Mellanie Martin to complete a manuscript based on this research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Former Lab Members<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2>Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Emma Dombrow<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. Biology 2026,<a href=\"emma.dombrow@wsu.edu\"> email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis:\u00a0<\/strong>Using adaptive management to assess larval survival and habitat characteristics of Oregon silverspot butterfly. \u00a0Emma will be working with captive rearing programs for at-risk species in California after completing her degree.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1623 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-396x528.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-396x528.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-792x1056.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-990x1320.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-1188x1584.jpeg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/12\/OSB-pic-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/>Izzy Bur<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. Biology 2025, <a href=\"Izzy.Bur@dfw.wa.gov\">email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis:<\/strong> Population monitoring for Oregon silverspot butterfly to support recovery efforts: a comparison of three methods. \u00a0Izzy \u00a0is currently a prairie biologist with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Sam_Bussan-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Samantha Bussan<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Ph.D. in Biology 2023 <a href=\"sbussan@ecoinst.org\">email<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSam&#8217;s dissertation focused on butterflies on working lands\u2014specifically, cattle and dairy farms\u2014in the south Puget Sound. She studied how different grazing management regimes affect butterflies. She currently works as a Restoration Ecologist with EcoStudies Institute in Olympia, WA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-636\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/cassandra_doll_schultz-e1528239223780-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/cassandra_doll_schultz-e1528239223780-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/cassandra_doll_schultz-e1528239223780-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/cassandra_doll_schultz-e1528239223780-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/cassandra_doll_schultz-e1528239223780-792x792.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/cassandra_doll_schultz-e1528239223780-990x990.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/06\/cassandra_doll_schultz-e1528239223780.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Cassandra Doll<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Biology 2021, <a href=\"cassandra_doll@fws.gov\">email<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCassandra&#8217;s thesis examined the efficacy of using selective herbicides as a primary restoration tool in Oregon silverspot butterfly habitat, and she completed a Fellowship in the Directorate Fellow&#8217;s Program in the summer of 2020. Cassie currently works as a biologist with USFWS in the Lacey, WA office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-448 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Leland_Bio-396x396.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Leland_Bio-396x396.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Leland_Bio-198x198.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Leland_Bio.png 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Leland Bennion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Biology, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thesis:<\/strong> Community-level effects of herbicide-based restoration treatments: structural benefits but at what cost?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Cameron_Bio-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Cameron_Bio-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Cameron_Bio.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Chelsea Thomas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>M.S. in Zoology, 2017<\/b><br \/>\n<strong>Thesis<\/strong>: Facultative mutualism increases survival of an endangered ant\u2011tended butterfly<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-457\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Joey_Bio-1-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Joey_Bio-1-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Joey_Bio-1-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Joey_Bio-1.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Joey Smokey<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Zoology, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis: <\/strong>Is fine-scale fire disturbance better for insect populations? Evaluating population growth rate in response to management plans for an endangered butterfly metapopulation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Jessica Zemaitis<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Environmental Science, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis:\u00a0<\/strong>Effects of a graminicide on three\u00a0<em>Euphydryas\u00a0<\/em>species, surrogates for endangered and at-risk checkerspots<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Rachel Glaeser<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Environmental Science, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Characterizing a contentious management tool: the effects of a grass-specific herbicide on the silvery blue butterfly<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1611 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Rhiannon-1-396x385.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Rhiannon-1-396x385.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Rhiannon-1.png 522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/>Rhiannon Thomas<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Environmental Science 2013, email<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis:<\/strong> Sex-specific nectar plant use and selection by an endangered butterfly: implications for conservation and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1612 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Alexa-1-396x338.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Alexa-1-396x338.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Alexa-1.png 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/>Alexa Carleton<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Environmental Science 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis:\u00a0<\/strong>Restoration action and species response: oviposition habits of\u00a0<em>Plebejus icarioides fenderi<\/em> (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) across a restoration chronosequence in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1614 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/caitlin-c-labar-thumb.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/caitlin-c-labar-thumb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/caitlin-c-labar-thumb-198x198.jpeg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/>Caitlin LaBar<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Environmental Science 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Investigating the use of herbicides to control invasive grasses in prairie habitats: effects on non-target butterflies<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Loni Beyer<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Environmental Science 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis:\u00a0<\/strong>Oviposition selection by a rare grass skipper,\u00a0<em>Polites mardon<\/em>, in montane habitats: advancing ecological understanding for developing conservation strategies<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Cheryl Russell<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Environmental Science 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1609 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Jason-Dzurin-396x297.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Jason-Dzurin-396x297.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Jason-Dzurin-792x594.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Jason-Dzurin-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Jason-Dzurin-990x743.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Jason-Dzurin-1188x891.png 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Jason-Dzurin.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/>Jason Dzurisin<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>M.S. in Environmental Science 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesis<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Captive rearing and endangered butterfly recovery: captive environments and implications for propagation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Postdoctoral Researchers<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1608 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry-396x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry-990x743.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Erica-Henry-1188x891.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/>Erica Henry<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Postdoctoral Associate, 2021-2025; M.S. in Environmental Science 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MS Thesis: <\/strong>A first step towards successful habitat restoration and reintroduction: understanding oviposition site selection of an imperiled butterfly, Mardon skipper. After her MS work, Erica completed her PhD at NC State working with endangered butterflies in the Southeast. She returned to Washington as a\u00a0<strong>Postdoctoral Associate. <\/strong>Erica initiated work with Oregon silverspot butterfly in coordination with USFS, USFWS and other organizations. \u00a0She also played a key role in the Status of Butterflies working group. She is now a research biologist with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and WSU Adjoint Faculty in School of Biological Sciences<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1597 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Emily-396x297.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Emily-396x297.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Emily-792x594.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Emily-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Emily-990x743.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Emily-1188x891.jpeg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/Emily.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Emily Erickson<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Research associate in collaboration with UC Davis\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ererickson@ucdavis.edu\">(email)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emily defended her PhD in Entomology at the Pennsylvania State University in 2021 and a postdoc in the Crone <span class=\"mark111c11wq9\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Lab<\/span>\u00a0at UC Davis.\u00a0Emily studies\u00a0population dynamics and demography of western monarch butterflies in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a research\u00a0associate with the Schultz\u00a0<span class=\"mark111c11wq9\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Lab<\/span>, Emily led the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge, a community-science initiative to track western monarch distribution in early spring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Michelle Boone<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Postdoctoral Researcher\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1001 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808-396x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808-396x658.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808-792x1316.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808-768x1276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808-924x1536.jpg 924w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808-1232x2048.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808-990x1645.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808-1188x1974.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/11\/20200107_083149-2-e1604971794808.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/span>Collin Edwards<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Postdoctoral Researcher\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Collin completed his PhD at Cornell University. \u00a0He was a joint postdoctoral fellow in our lab and with Elizabeth Crone (Tufts, then UC Davis). He played a key role in the Status of Butterflies working group, a USGS-USFWS funded working group. Collin works at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-631\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/04\/Rachael-Bonoan-2018-e1524094921881-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/04\/Rachael-Bonoan-2018-e1524094921881-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/04\/Rachael-Bonoan-2018-e1524094921881-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2018\/04\/Rachael-Bonoan-2018-e1524094921881.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/>Rachael Bonoan<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Postdoctoral Researcher (2018-2020)<\/strong><br \/>\nRachael was part of both the Schultz Lab here at WSU and the Crone Lab at Tufts University, Rachael investigated the natural history of the symbiosis between Puget blue caterpillars and their attendant ants given potential phenological shifts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-459\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Norah_Bio-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Norah_Bio-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2017\/09\/Norah_Bio.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/>Norah Warchola<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Postdoctoral Researcher, 2013 &#8211; 2015<br \/>\n<\/strong>Norah split her time\u00a0between WSUV and the Crone Lab at Tufts University. Her work at WSUV focused on the demography and movement of Fender&#8217;s blue butterfly and how the species reacted to prescribed burns of its prairie habitat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Dina Roberts<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Aldina Franco<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Paul Severns<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>REU Students<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1615 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/aramee-396x396.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/aramee-396x396.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/aramee-198x198.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/aramee.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><span style=\"font-size: 22.6667px\"><b>Aramee Diethelm<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Portland State University, REU 2016<br \/>\n<\/strong>Aramee is currently pursing a Ph.D. at the University of Nevada, Reno. As an REU student, she studied larval growth rates of monarch (<em>Danaus plexippus<\/em>) larvae on three different milkweed (<em>Asclepias<\/em>) species and the sublethal effects of\u00a0neonicotinoids from seed treatments in co-occurring agricultural crops.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Technicians<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1618\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"130\" \/><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #8f7e00\">Hannah Machiorlete (&#8220;mash-or-let&#8221;)<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"markbmcicx5j6\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Hannah<\/span> was a technician in 2021-2022 assisting with the at-risk butterfly phenology project and the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge.\u00a0 She is currently a MS student at the College of William &amp; Mary studying sexual and clonal reproduction in milkweeds. Please email hmachiorlete7@gmail.com with any questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-795\" style=\"font-size: 14px\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/11951964_10206226951004992_7832480066236824552_n-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/11951964_10206226951004992_7832480066236824552_n-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/11951964_10206226951004992_7832480066236824552_n-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/11951964_10206226951004992_7832480066236824552_n.jpg 569w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">June Arrie<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">ns<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June joined the lab in October 2019, and worked part-time between WSU and Tufts University. Her WSU work focused on analyzing long-term Fender&#8217;s blue data, and assisting with South Sound fieldwork.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\">Christopher Jason<\/span><\/strong><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-760 \" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-792x791.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-990x989.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-1188x1187.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/01\/DSC06445-e1604971932740-2048x2045.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jason joined the lab in spring 2019 and has assisted on various projects including a season of fieldwork in the South Sound tracking butterfly movement in response to grazing regime and the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Undergraduate Assistants<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1598 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3856-1-396x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3856-1-396x420.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3856-1-792x840.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3856-1-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3856-1-1449x1536.jpg 1449w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3856-1-1932x2048.jpg 1932w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3856-1-990x1050.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_3856-1-1188x1260.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"color: #8f7e00\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Bree Sheffield<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>Undergraduate, Environmental Science and Biology\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bree is an undergraduate student pursuing her degree in environmental science with a minor in biology. She spent the spring and summer of 2021 and 2022 living and working on the Oregon coast conducting research on the Oregon silverspot butterfly on behalf of the Schultz lab. Her interests include wildlife conservation, restoration ecology, and utilizing disturbance as a management tool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1599 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_0023-396x523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_0023-396x523.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_0023-792x1046.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_0023-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2022\/11\/IMG_0023.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #8f7e00\"><strong>Kate Glover<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Undergraduate, Biology and Mathematics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kate is an undergraduate studying biology and minoring in mathematics. Her interests include entomology, conservation, and ecology. She was given a grant in spring of 2022 from the College of Arts &amp; Sciences to participate with the Schultz lab on a SERDP-funded project assessing the connection between abundance &amp; phenology for at-risk butterfly species. She spent the spring and summer of 2022 working at Mount Hebo and Nestucca Bay Wildlife Refuge on the lab&#8217;s study on the endangered Oregon silverspot butterfly, and she is currently analyzing oviposition survey data from the 2022 field season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-799 alignleft\" style=\"font-size: 14px\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/387E42CD-3857-4C1E-93C7-A962E811BC24-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/387E42CD-3857-4C1E-93C7-A962E811BC24-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/387E42CD-3857-4C1E-93C7-A962E811BC24-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/387E42CD-3857-4C1E-93C7-A962E811BC24-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/387E42CD-3857-4C1E-93C7-A962E811BC24-792x792.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/387E42CD-3857-4C1E-93C7-A962E811BC24-990x990.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1227\/2020\/02\/387E42CD-3857-4C1E-93C7-A962E811BC24.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><span style=\"color: #8f7e00;font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Lilianne de la Espriella<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Communications and Outreach Coordinator<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lilianne is the Communications and Outreach Coordinator for the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge. As a first generation American originally from Florida, she set her sights on UC Santa Cruz to study Ecology and Environmental Studies and graduated as a highly productive student researcher, science communicator, and amongst the top of her class. 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