Scholars

Fernando Gatica Escobar

  • 2025 Cohort
  • El Camino Community College, Class of 2025
  • EEWL: Anne Todgham lab
Fernando will begin study at Cal Poly SLO in Fall 2025. Congratulations, Fernando!

Keegan Finnerty

  • 2025 Cohort
  • Lander University, Class of 2026
  • EEWL: Ben Sacks lab
Keegan returned to Lander University for his senior year.

Miles Johnson

  • 2025 Cohort
  • Santa Rosa Junior College, Class of 2025
  • EEWL: Rachel Vannette lab
Miles will begin their UC Davis undergraduate career in Fall 2025 as a major in Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity. Go Ags! And, they have been admitted to the McNair Scholar program and will continue to conduct research under its auspices.

Bhumika Shrestha

  • 2025 Cohort
  • Cerritos College, Class of 2025
  • EEWL: Elizabeth Crone Lab
Bhumi will begin their UC Davis undergraduate career in Fall 2025 as a major in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology. They continue to interact with the Crone lab. Go Ags! Go Cronies!

James Rodriguez

  • 2025 Cohort
  • James Madison University, Class of 2026
  • EEWL: Gail Patricelli Lab
James embarked on a whirlwind camping tour of the Sierras and central coast, with his sister in tow, before returning to Virginia for his senior year. After graduation, James will have a field internship with Virginia Working Landscapes, a program under the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. He will focus his studies on eastern bluebirds, tree swallows, and barn owls, but will also conduct counts of all bird species within the study sites and assessing how avian community composition relates to the abundance and composition of arthropod communities.

Sam Watson

  • 2025 Cohort
  • Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Class of 2025
  • EEWL REU: Ross-Ibarra lab
After completing a BS degree, Sam seeks to enter a MS program in environmental sustainability.

Lorenzo McCleese

  • 2025 Cohort
  • University of Washington, Class of 2027
  • EEWL REU: Mikaela Provost lab
After EEWL, Lorenzo returned to Seattle for his junior year at UW. In his copious free time, he will continue to conduct remote research with the Provost lab.

Nicole Flores

  • 2024 Cohort
  • Sacramento City College
  • EERREC: Rachel Vannette lab

Nitse Avila

  • 2024 Cohort
  • Sacramento City College
  • EERREC: Laci Gerhart lab
  • 2025 Cohort
  • Sacramento City College
  • EEWL: Kate Laskowski Lab
Nitse returned to Sac City College for a final year in preparation for transfer to a four-year institution, which will be (drumroll please....) ...UC Davis as a major in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology! Congratulations, Nitse! In the meantime, they continue to conduct research in the Laskowski lab and to serve as a DJ for KDVS.

Makayla Finn

  • 2024 Cohort
  • California State University, Fullerton
  • EERREC: Elizabeth Crone Lab