Ryan Garrison Ryan is a Ph.D. student studying the interactions between non-native insect herbivores and their host plants, and he is particularly interested in the use of Arboreta, including the Washington Park Arboretum, in research. Ryan earned his B.S. degree from Michigan State University, and he earned his M.S. degree from the University of Washington studying the invasive azalea lace bug on Rhododendron spp. in western Washington. In addition to his graduate studies, Ryan is also a Plant Health Specialist with the University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
	Autumn Maust Autumn is a Ph.D. candidate studying the intersection of forest entomology and fire ecology. Her research explores the effects of mixed severity wildfires across temporal scales on pollinating bees, beetles, and flies in eastern Washington. She uses both field based and molecular methods to answer questions about pollinator community composition, bee fitness, and plant-pollinator networks. Prior to her graduate studies, Autumn worked as an environmental educator for a non-profit school. She also served in AmeriCorps as a full time farm-to-school program coordinator. Engaging in accessible science communication and education remains a central goal for her professional career.
	Gissella Quiroga Gissella is an M.S. student studying the effect of balsam woolly adelgid in the Pacific Northwest, and the basis of host tree resistance balsam woolly adelgid in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Gissella graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Forestry & Natural Resources and Environmental Management & Protection in 2021. She has since worked for CalFire’s Jackson Demonstration State Forest and then Inland Empire Resource Conservation District.
	Marlee Theil Marlee is an M.S. student interested in the spatial and temporal trends of invasive species and how these trends are altered by climate change and urbanization. Her goal is to utilize her research to develop management strategies and restoration plans to protect the forests of the Pacific Northwest. She earned her B.S. in Environmental Science from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, where she studied water quality of freshwater systems through biological and chemical assessments. She has experience working with invasive plants throughout western Oregon, and researching invasive wildlife in southern Florida.

Lab Alumni: Graduate Students

Alex Pane (Ph.D., 2023) Bark beetle and defoliator interactions across Pacific Northwestern forests.

Lila Westreich (Ph.D. 2021) Native solitary bee health in western Washington.

Michael Bradshaw (Ph.D., 2020) Epidemiology and biology of powdery mildews and their host plants.

Ryan Garrison (M.S., 2020). Optimizing management guidelines for the non-native azalea lace bug on Rhododendron species in western Washington.

Jacob Betzen (M.S., 2018). Bigleaf maple decline in western Washington.

Sean Callahan (M.S., 2017). Effects of traffic-derived Cu pollution and climate change on arboreal Collembola in Western Washington, USA.

Michael Freeman (M.S., 2017). The role of abiotic and biotic factors in Douglas-fir decline in the western Cascades, Washington.

Riley Metz (M.S., 2017). Effects of temperature and host distribution on gypsy moth growth rates along its expanding population front.

Marisa Bass (M.F.R., 2016). Comprehensive five-year harvest and transportation plan for Hancock Forest Management's Tahoma Client.

Lab Alumni: Undergraduate Students

Camille Cubé (Senior Thesis, 2023). Post-fire Vespidae communities in eastern Washington.

Mia Taylor (Senior Thesis, 2022). Investigating effects of urbanization and habitat type on Arthropod and Coleoptera assemblages in Seattle, Washington.

Diane Shi Wang (Senior Thesis, 2021). Spatial analysis of climate change effects on hemlock woolly adelgid and eastern hemlock.

Adara Schneider (Senior Thesis, 2020). Biology and ecology of invasive insects on conifers.

Morgan Mackenzie (Senior Thesis, 2019). Insect predators and natural enemies in the Union Bay Natural Area, and their changes along the native-nonnative plant community gradient.

Marisa De Luccia (Senior Thesis, 2019). Quantifying the effectiveness of chemical treatment on Lysimachia vulgaris in King County, WA.

Sabrina Gilmour (Senior Thesis, 2019). Effects of increased temperatures and CO₂ on powdery mildew virulence and plant susceptibility.

Helen Kesting (Senior Thesis, 2019). Effect of land cover on pollen provisions of the native solitary bee, Osmia lignaria.

Kaisja Gifford (Senior Thesis, 2017). Apples and moths: Phenological asynchrony of plants and insects as a result of climate change.

Ceci Henderson (Senior Thesis, 2017). The grapes of wrath: Invasion potential of Lobesia botrana (European grapevine moth) in Washington State vineyards under varying climate change scenarios.

Grace Masaoka (Senior Capstone Project, 2017). Investigation of the western sword fern disappearance in Seward Park.

Constance Lin (Senior Capstone Project 2016). Microarthropod species richness and abundance in epiphytic communities along an urban to wildland gradient in Western Washington.

Rachel DeCordoba (Senior Thesis, 2016). Spatial and climate analysis of bigleaf maple decline in Western Washington.

Alex Blumenfeld (Senior Capstone Project 2016). Modelling the drivers of invasion in North American non-native insects.

Kaitlin Stair (Senior Capstone Project, 2015). Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of a generalist predator on larval prey growth.