Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Paige Duffin
Email: pduffin@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Halloween – I love making my own costumes!
Coffee or Tea? Coffee
Dr. Ruiqi Li
Email: liruiqi@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Any holiday!
Coffee or Tea? Tea
Ph.D. Students
Freya Goetz
Email: fgoetz@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Halloween!
Coffee or Tea? Both!
Email: migomez@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Summer solstice
Coffee or Tea? Coffee coffee coffee and then tea
Natalie Villafranca
Email: nvillafr@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Christmas
Coffee or Tea? Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon
Undergraduate Students
Isabelle Chiang
Email: icchiang@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Christmas season is the best!
Coffee or Tea? Iced coffee always!
Ellie Bridges Greenfield
Email: ebgreenf@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Earth Day! Duh.
Coffee or Tea? MATCHA!
Garrett Ordonez
Mia Moore Walker
Email: moorewal@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Christmas obvi!!!!! I love the holiday vibes and snow!
Coffee or Tea? Black coffee is the best
Members Emeritus
DR. EMILY AGUIRRE (PH.D. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2018-2023),
continued on to position as Research and Restoration Lead at AltaSeads Conservancy
SHELBY BARNES (B.S. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH, 2019-2020),
continued to lab tech position in the Thrash Lab at USC
HAROLD CARLSON (B.S. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES/B.A. EARTH SCIENCES, 2019-2022),
continued on to PhD position in the Deep-Sea Fish Ecology Lab at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
ASHLEY CONDE (visiting student from Northeastern)
DR. HOLLAND ELDER (POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLAR, 2020-2023),
continued on to postdoctoral position at The Australian Institute of Marine Science
MARISSA FINE (B.S. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 2021-2023)
LINDSEY HAMILTON (B.S. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2019-2022)
SOPHIA LEE (B.S. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2021-2025),
continued onto Ph.D. position in the Baker lab at the University of Miami
DANIELLA LEON (B.S. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2022-2024)
CONNIE MACHUCA (B.S. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 2017-2020),
continued on to CSU Monterey Bay as a NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Fellow
DR. WYATT MILLION (PH.D. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2017-2022),
continued on to postdoctoral position in the Marine Holobiomics Lab at Justus Leibig University
SIBELLE O’DONNELL (B.S. Environmental Studies),
continued on to Ph.D. position in the Vega Thurber Lab at UC Santa Barbara
DAMARIS ORTEGA (B.S. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2023-2025)
DR. MARIA RUGGERI (PH.D. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2018-2023),
continued on to postdoctoral position in the Weiss Lab at Oregon State University
ALEXANDRA STELLA (B.S. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 2018-2020),
continued on to Moss Landing Marine Lab
JAMES STURGES (B.S. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 2017-2018),
continued on to Cal Poly Pomona
COURTNEY TIMMONS, LAB RESEARCH TECHNICIAN (2017-2020)
TATIANNA VELICER (B.S. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 2024-2025)
DR. ANNA VINTON (POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW FOR SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS, 2023-2025),
continued on to the University of Maine Presque Isle as an Assistant Professor
DR. XUELIN ZHAO, NINGBO UNIVERSITY (VISITING RESEARCH SCIENTIST, 2019-2020)
DR. YINGQI ZHANG, (PH.D. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2018-2023),
continued on to postdoctoral position in the Underhill Lab at The University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute
Fun Outside the Lab
Though we take our work seriously, we also like to have fun! Click through to see our more casual side with photos from gatherings outside the lab! We enjoy celebrating our lab members’ accomplishments together, and throughout the year we also organize events like camping trips or a visit to Universal Studios!
