We study how species interactions change over time. We apply a diversity of approaches and perspectives to a diversity of systems and questions. We do experimental community ecology. We also use observational methods, meta-analysis, conceptual synthesis, ecosystem perspectives, and theoretical models. We like data, and we like learning new things.
To learn more, check out who we are.
Professor
keywords: species interactions, temporally explicit ecology, phenological shifts, climate change
Population Biology Graduate Group
keywords: ephemeral resource patches, spatiotemporal structure, niche partitioning, scavengers
Population Biology Graduate Group
keywords: plant-insect interactions, climate change, network ecology, ecosystem services
Graduate Group in Ecology
keywords: phenology, natural history collections, herbivory, plant volatiles, nutrients, alpine community ecology
Population Biology Graduate Group
keywords: phenological shifts, competition, interaction networks, life history, community ecology
Entomology Graduate Group
keywords: climate change, alpine ecosystems, plant-insect interactions, phenology, local adaptation, behavioral thermoregulation
Undergraduates:
Sylvie Thompson (RSPIB)
Nolan Walt (RPSIB)
Annalee Gonzalez
Kaia Springer
Maryjane Shaskan (RSPIB)
Department of Entomology and Nematology
Briggs Hall 380K
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616 USA
You can email Louie at lhyang@ucdavis.edu.
We work to maintain an open, supportive and encouraging environment to do good science. We are open to multiple research areas and approaches, and encourage students and postdocs to develop their own innovative ideas and creative questions along the way. Our lab values straightforward communication, intellectual independence, determined problem-solving, constructive persistence, helpfulness, integrity, humility and humor.
We strongly encourage prospective graduate students to consider applying for external fellowship support whenever possible (e.g., from the NSF GRFP or the Simons Foundation). Fellowships such as these support both financial and intellectual independence, and their application processes give prospective students an opportunity to further develop and refine their research interests.
Although we aim to maintain a small lab group, we always welcome inquiries from prospective graduate students, postdocs and undergraduates. If you are interested in joining the lab, please send an email to Louie H. Yang at lhyang@ucdavis.edu.
