Post Doc
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Dr. Casey Philbin
Dr. Philbin explores phytochemical ecometabolomics using a state-of-the-art Agilent 6560 IM-QTOF mass spectrometer. His research ranges from phytochemically mediated plant-insect interactions to the metabolic fate of phytochemicals in the gut and biofluids of herbivores. Working with Dr. Richards he investigates the influence of phytochemical diversity on plant-herbivore interactions across different ecological gradients and at various scales. Most recently, he has begun to develop techniques for integrating Community and Traditional ecological Knowledge with metabolomic data to develop a deeper understanding of how chemistry can inform how humans have and continue to interact with ecological communities. |
Graduate students
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Ericka Kay - co-advised PhD student
Ericka is interested in phytochemically mediated interactions between industrial hemp and its herbivore community with a focus on the synergistic effects of complex mixtures of plant defense. website |
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Devon Picklum - PhD student
Devon studies how plant-insect interactions are mediated by floral traits (eg. color and chemistry) in Sierra Nevada and Great Basin wildflowers. website |
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Ari Grele - PhD student
Ari is interested in how floral nectar chemistry can impact plant fitness and pollinator diversity, and how abiotic and biotic factors may influence these interactions in native Nevadan and Californian milkweed species. |
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Jasy Trujillo - PhD student
Managing feedbacks for socioecological resilience in the Amazon rainforest: The medicinal landscape and the ancestral teachings for sustainable living. Integrating the cross-scale dimensions of chemical-diversity, landscape ecology, and human-health |
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Lilly Whitehead - MS student
Lilly investigates CYP detoxification of phytochemical mixtures consumed by woodrats (Neotoma lepida and N. bryanti) using in vitro assay of liver microsomes. |
Undergraduates
Jasmine Lam Patrick Voss Isabel Piccinini
Past Members
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Matt Paulsen - MS student and Lab Technician
Starting Physical Therapy graduate program in Summer 2022 |
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Elle Horwath - Undergraduate
Starting the Ecology, Evolution and Behavior PhD program at Boise State University in Fall 2022 |
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Kaitlin Ochsenrider - Visiting Postdoc (Boise State)
Currently a Teaching Postdoc fellow in the Chemistry Dept. at UNR |
