Postdoctoral Fellows
Co-advised by Dr. Joe Arvai & part of the WiSE program.
Email: anna.vinton@biology.ox.ac.uk
Favorite Holiday? “any holiday where I get to spend quality time with my friends and family”
Coffee or Tea? Both!
Dr. Paige Duffin
Email: pduffin@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Halloween- I love making my own costumes!
Coffee or Tea? Coffee
Ph.D. Students
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
Technicians
Sophia Lee (B.S. Biological Sciences)
Email: srlee@usc.edu
Favorite Holiday? Independence Day
Coffee or Tea? both!
Undergraduate Students
Daniella Leon
Damaris Ortega
Garrett Ordonez
Email: gordonez@usc.edu
Fav Holiday: World Water Day
Coffee or Tea: Tea
Tatianna Velicer
Email: velicer@usc.edu
Fav Holiday: Groundhog Day
Coffee or Tea: Tea!
Mia Moore Walker
Email: moorewal@usc.edu
Fav Holiday: Christmas obvi!!!!! I love the holiday vibes and snow!
Coffee or Tea: Black coffee is the best
Members Emeritus
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
LINDSEY HAMILTON (B.S. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2019-2022)
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
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)
DR. XUELIN ZHAO, NINGBO UNIVERSITY (VISITING RESEARCH SCIENTIST, 2019-2020)
DR. HOLLAND ELDER (POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLAR, 2020-2023)
continued on to postdoctoral position at The Australian Institute of Marine Science
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
DR. EMILY AGUIRRE (PH.D. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2018-2023)
continued on to position as Research and Restoration Lead at AltaSeads Conservancy
DR. MARIA RUGGERI (PH.D. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2018-2023)
continued on to postdoctoral position in the Weiss Lab at Oregon State University
MARISSA FINE (B.S. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 2021-2023)
ASHLEY CONDE (visiting student from Northeastern)
SIBELLE O’DONNELL (B.S. Environmental Studies)
continued on to Ph.D. position in the Vega Thurber Lab at UC Santa Barbara
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!
