Hermosa currently is working in plant breeding as a research assistant.

Mason Henry graduated in May 2023 and joined the Scott Loss lab at Oklahoma State University as a field technician. He worked with graduate student Tucker Taylor to study the interplay between birds and the ticks they carry, and woody plant encroachment in grasslands. He's now employed by the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology as a museum and field research assistant.

Luke, a junior at Connecticut College, continues to work with the Ross-Ibarra lab to expand his summer project on the influence of indigenous languages on maize genomics. He spent part of the 2022-2023 academic year in a "study somewhere else" program at the University of Hawaii. He's been seriously bitten by the phylogenetics bug and is conducting research at the Smithsonian in summer 2023 on the phylogeny of newly-discovered species of grapes. In Fall 2024, he will enter a PhD program at Fordham and CUNY, with a fellowship from the NY Botanical Garden Fellowship.

Trey earned honors in Biology and the Carolina Biological Supply Company award for undergraduate research at Wake Forest's 2023 commencement. He conducted research for a year at Wake Downtown, and in Fall 2024 will begin a PhD program at Michigan State University on urban avian ecology in the McGraw lab.

Bridget got a Fulbright! She wrote, "I'll be taking classes at Bangor University and doing research this summer before graduating in August [2024] with an MSc in Marine Biology. I hope to be doing community outreach around the seagrass restoration meadow as part of my engagement with the local community."

Lizbeth graduated from CSU Fullerton in December 2022. She's held contract positions for several years, including working for the Great Basin Institute as a member of the Timber Stand Improvement Crew, inspecting contract vegetation management and restoration projects in El Dorado National Forest. In Summer 2024, she will begin a position as an Environmental Scientist in the Caltrans Biology Offices.

Brooke Culler incorporated her EERREC research into a senior honors thesis, and will soon begin a MS program at Cal Poly Humboldt. In June 2024, Brooke wrote, "The work did with Dr. Meineke is still ongoing! We're currently working together, along with several other co-authors, to get that research published... I'm also working as an on-call biologist for an environmental consulting company while I pursue my masters at Cal Poly Humboldt."

Avery, a 2023 graduate of Elon College, has a position with the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute as a Reintroduction Assistant. She'll work to reintroduce vulnerable species, such as Lake Sturgeon, brook trout, darters, and other aquatic animals, back into the Tennessee River. In Fall 2024, Avery will join the lab of Kit Wheeler at Tennessee Tech to study the federally threatened Spotfin Chub.