President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients 2002 – 2003
Tosha Comendant Education: B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Integrative Biology; Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Biology (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) Dissertation: Evolutionary analysis of alternative female strategies of the side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana Thesis Advisor: Barry Sinervo, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz Research Topic: Population viability analysis and conservation strategies for desert Ranids Mentor: Pete Raimondi, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz Current Position: Conservation Scientist, Nature Conservancy Susan Lambrecht Education: B.A. University of Michigan, Economics; M.S. University of Michigan, Ecology; Ph.D. Oregon State University, Plant Ecology Dissertation: Physiological and life-history trade-offs to reproduction of invasive and noninvasive Rubus (blackberry) species Thesis Advisor: Steve Radosevich, Professor of Forest Science, Oregon State University Research Topic: Responses of subalpine plant physiology and reproduction of experimental global warming Mentor: Michael Loik, Research Scientist of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Jose State University |