People
Tioga Lake, California
Dr. Gabrielle Names (PI)
I am an assistant professor in the Biology Department at California Lutheran University in Southern California. I am an evolutionary ecologist studying how anthropogenic global changes affect vertebrate evolution and conservation. I am particularly interested in examining how spreading diseases affect the physiology and behavior of novel hosts. I am passionate about mentoring and sharing my love of birds with my students! For a PDF copy of my CV, click here.
Faith Imber
Faith is a senior undergraduate at California Lutheran University pursuing a B.S. in Biology. Faith was awarded an ALLIES in STEM Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in the summer of 2024 to investigate how the health of juvenile Hawaii Amakihi varies across a disease gradient. She will present her research this spring at the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference.
Brittany Perez
Brittany is a senior undergraduate at California Lutheran University pursuing a B.S. in Biology. In the summer of 2024, Brittany was awarded a Swenson Research Fellowship to study how immunity varies by sex in juvenile Hawaii Amakihi. She will present her research this spring at the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference.
Nicolas Caputo
Nicolas is a sophomore undergraduate at California Lutheran University pursuing a B.S. in Biology. In the summer of 2024, Nicolas served as a field assistant with the Names Lab to collect morphological data and samples from mountain-crowned sparrows at Tioga Pass, CA to explore inter-individual variation in malaria infection.