People - Li Lab

Current members

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

Flavia Montaño

Postdoc. Flavia is widely interested in the drivers of biological diversity and has focused mostly on how animal and plant communities respond to changing conditions across elevations. She enjoys traveling, hiking, camping, dancing and doing handicrafts.

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

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

Evelin Reyes

PhD student. Evelin is interested in biodiversity, population ecology, data analysis, and how climate change is affecting and modifying ecosystems. Also, she enjoys hiking, camping, yoga, and chess.

Rohit Jha

PhD student. Rohit is broadly interested in biological invasions, altitudinal shift of plant communities, plant-animal interaction, and coupled human and natural systems. He enjoys cooking, hiking, poetry, and reading.

Ariel Mata

Undergraduate student. Ariel is interested in environmental conservation, sustainability, and physical processes within ecosystems. She enjoys watching football, baking, and going to the beach.

Emily Ramos

Undergraduate student. Emily has a broad interest in Mathematics and how it can be applied to other disciplines like Biology. She enjoys going to concerts, reading, baking, and gardening.

Quynh (Tina) Nguyen

Undergraduate student. Tina is interested in human-environment interactions, biodiversity conservation, genome changes in response to environmental changes, and plant phenology. In her free time she enjoys cross stitching, reading, baking, and gardening.

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.

Former members

Alexis Benoit

Undergraduate student. Alexis is interested in biodiversity and physiological ecology. She enjoy running, hiking, and traveling.

Grace Harden

Undergraduate student. Grace is interested in sustainability and climate issues in animal production systems and ecology. She enjoys reading, gardening, and volunteering at the Baton Rouge Zoo.

Harroop Bedi

Undergraduate student. Harroop was a CCT REU in the lab for summer 2021.

Sofia Darst

Undergraduate student. Sofia worked with Alexis on the lifeplan project.

Sarah Degeyter

Undergraduate student. Sarah worked in the lab in spring 2022.

Sydne Martin

Undergraduate student. Sydne is interested in animal development in certain environments, sustainability, and population growth. She enjoys traveling, sightseeing and watching sports.

Matthew Blanchard

Research Associate. Matt has broad research interests in ecology, biodiversity, and conservation biology.