Current members

Daijiang Li

Daijiang Li

PI. Quantitative Ecologist. Interested in how global changes have and will affect ecological communities. Assistant professor at the Department of Biological Sciences and CCT, Louisiana State University
Pablo Moreno Garcia

Pablo Moreno Garcia

Postdoc. Pablo is interested in ecological interactions, specifically in temporal and spatial changes of plant-pollinator relationships in responses to global change. He enjoys hiking, traveling, painting, and reading.
Yu (Grant) Liu

Yu (Grant) Liu

Postdoc. Grant is interested in studying distributional patterns and spatial scales of exotic species through phylogenetic analyses. He enjoys sports like volleyball and basketball.
Nevyn Neal

Nevyn Neal

PhD student. Nevyn’s research revolves around applying Deep Learning to Ecology and Evolution data. Nevyn has a passion for music, video games, and spending quality time with his two dogs.
You?

You?

I am looking for a Technician (start as soon as possible), a postdoc, and 1-2 PhD students. See the join us page for more information Feel free to contact me through ✉️ to discuss ideas.

Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral fellows:

  • Flavia Montaño, Postdoc, 2021-2023. Current position: Assistant Professsor, LSU

Graduate students:

  • Evelin Reyes, PhD student, 2021-2024. Current position: Graduate student, LSU
  • Rohit Jha, PhD student, 2022-. Current position: Co-advised graduate student, LSU

Undergraduate students and Research Associate:

  • Matthew Blanchard, Research Associate, 2020-2021
  • Emily Ramos, Undergraduate student, 2023-2023
  • Sydne Martin, Undergraduate student, 2023-2023
  • Karma Sampson, Undergraduate student, 2023-2023
  • Ariel Mata, Undergraduate student, 2022-2024
  • Grace Harden, Undergraduate student, 2022-2023
  • Quynh (Tina) Nguyen, Undergraduate student, 2022-2023
  • Sofia Darst, Undergraduate student, 2021-2022
  • Sarah Degeyter, Undergraduate student, 2021-2022
  • Alexis Benoit, Undergraduate student, 2021-2022
  • Harroop Bedi, Undergraduate student, 2021-2021

Lab Pictures

2024/05/10 Last lab meeting of spring 2024. Front row left to right: Flavia Montaño, Evelin Reyes, Pablo Moreno, Evelin Reyes, Grant Liu. Back row left to right: Daijiang Li, Gaurav Kandlikar, Rohit Jha, Richard Ita. Missing in the picture: Nevyn Neal, Airel Mata.

2023/12/05 Last lab meeting of fall 2023. Left to right: Pablo Moreno, Evelin Reyes, Daijiang Li, Flavia Montaño, Gaurav Kandlikar, Grant Liu, Rohit Jha.

2023/12 End of semester lunch gathering. Clockwise from bottom left: Flavia Montaño, Rohit Jha, Evelin Reyes, Richard Ita, Grant Liu, Daijiang Li, Pablo Moreno, Gaurav Kandlikar.

2023/07 A lab lunch to celebrate Emily's succesful REU summer. Left to right: Ariel Mata, Tina Nguyen, Emily Ramos, Daijiang Li, Pablo Moreno, Evelin Reyes, Grant Liu.

2023/05/05 group picture. Left to right: Ariel Mata, Sydne Martin, Tina Nguyen, Daijiang Li, Rohit Jha, Pablo Moreno, Evelin Reyes, Flavia Montaño.

2023/04/25 Louisiana swamp tour with air boat during the Phenobase project annual meeting at LSU.