Student Affiliates & Visiting Researchers / Scholars
|
Rindra NantenainaRindra is a PhD student in Plant Ecology and Biology at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Her current research explores the potential role of galls on plants in influencing seed dispersal services by animals. Her PhD research is currently supported through a research grant from the Rufford Foundation.
Research interests: plant ecology, seed dispersal, ecology of galls, medicinal plants |
|
Nancia RaoelinjanakolonaNancia is a PhD student in Zoology and Animal Biodiversity at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Her current research explores how habitat fragmentation affects mutualistic interaction networks, with a focus on lemurs, birds and their food plants. Nancia is also a National Geographic Explorer. She was recently awarded a National Geographic Society Early Career Grant to support her PhD research. She also received an iNaturalist funding to train and engage local community in biodiversity studies. Nancia spent three months as a Visiting Student Researcher at UC Berkeley in 2022.
Research interests: species interactions, habitat fragmentation, tropical ecology, herpetology, ornithology Follow her research at ResearchGate. |
|
Hasinavalona RakotoarisoaHasina is a Master student in Zoology and Animal Biodiversity at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. She is currently developing a Master's thesis research project, while participating in our research project investigating the dispersal mechanism of orphaned plants to gain field experience and training in various field techniques. She is also a National Geographic Society (NGS) STEM Field Assistant
Research interests: plant-animal interactions, seed dispersal, animal diversity |
|
Tanjoniaina RabarijaoninaTanjoniaina is a Master student in Zoology and Animal Biodiversity at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. He is currently developing a Master's thesis research project, while participating in our research project on the interactions between lemurs and baobabs to gain field experience and training in various field techniques.
|
|
Anja RafaharetanaAnja is a Master student in Zoology and Animal Biodiversity at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. She is currently developing a Master's thesis research project, while participating in field research with the lab in Ranomafana.
|
|
Sismondi RaholinarivoSismondi is a Master student in Forestry and Environmental at ESSA, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. She is currently working with PhD student Kat Culbertson on a forest regeneration research project.
|
|
Seheno AndriantsaralazaDr. Seheno Andriantsaralaza is a tropical ecologist with experience in conservation biology and ecology. Since her PhD in 2015, her research interests have been focusing on plant-animal interactions and seed dispersal ecology with a strong interest in large-fruited plant species such as baobabs whose fruits were dispersed by extinct large animals, called megafauna. She is currently a PEER fellow (Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research) which is an USAID program. Seheno is also working on lemur conservation; she is the Madagascar Manager of the Lemur Conservation Network and the in-country director of NGO Lemur Love. Seheno is collaborating with the lab members at Cal in various aspects of her research and is currently here as Visiting Scholar.
Personal website: https://sehenoandriantsaralaza.weebly.com |
Interested in joining the lab? More info here.
