Julia received her MS in Entomology in 2022 from UGA, where she studied how insect food webs respond to nutrients in the soil. Now, she oversees work in the lab, such as processing samples sent in by volunteers, rearing monarchs, running experiments, leading virtual lab tours with classrooms, and creating the newsletter. In her free time, you can find Julia out dancing or on a nature walk.

Amitesh is an undergraduate Biology major from Johns Creek. He plans to attend medical school and is currently studying for the MCAT. He enjoys weightlifting and playing tennis.

Paola Barriga is a Post-doctoral Researcher & Teaching Associate at the Odum School of Ecology. Paola co-directs Monarch Health and has five years of experience working with monarchs and OE. Paola enjoys mentoring undergraduate researchers and working with volunteers.

August is an undergraduate Ecology major. He has taken his MCAT and plans to attend medical school in the future.

Hayley graduated in 2018 with a BS in Ecology. She is now pursuing a PhD in entomology at Cornell University.

Ian is currently attending medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Since graduating Michael has worked several research technician jobs. He is currently working as an AmeriCorps member at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island studying the resident population of Eastern Box Turtles

Henry Adams is a graduate of the Odum School of Ecology who takes particular interest in conservation ecology and scientific illustration and how one can be used to enhance the impact of the other. He is currently a research technician at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.

Jaap is a former post-doc in the Altizer lab and is now an assistant professor at Emory University. He also studies OE parasites and contributes to the Monarch Health project.

Hannah is a graduate from UGA with a bachelor's in Microbiology. She contributed to the Monarch Health project in 2012-2013.

Kade has recently graduated from UGA with a BS in Environmental Health Science and a minor in ecology. He has accepted a position as Research Professional/Lab Manager. He plans to study the effects of climate change and pollution on the environment.

Caroline is pursuing a M.S. in Ecology and is interested in researching monarch behavior and orientation. She is from Forsyth county, Georgia and she assists in experiments and processing samples. 

Jaycee graduated in 2021 with a BS in Biology with a minor in Public Health. She is currently pursuing an MPH at University of Colorado in Boulder. She is interested in studying infectious disease dynamics. 

Ashley is pursuing a M.S. in Ecology and originally joined the team as an undergraduate researcher. Her thesis will focus on nectar quality and the effects on monarch flight and disease.

Cecilia graduated from UGA in 2019 and is now working for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in Atlanta as a member of their outreach and education team.

Stuart works for a group of nonprofits called The Family Resource Center Association based in Denver Colorado. He manages a shared database system among 29 partnering resource families that provide a variety of services to families in need across the state.

After graduating in 2015 with dual degrees in Ecology and Biology, Emilie hiked the Appalachian Trial and interned at UGA's Costa Rica Campus as a naturalist and educator. Emilie is currently applying to medical school and plans to matriculate in the fall of 2018.

Jennifer is a UGA graduate with a bachelor's in Biology. She is interested in understanding mechanisms of immune responses to pathogen infections and how we use technology to monitor and combat diseases.

Han graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's in Biology. She worked on the Monarch Health Team from 2012-2013.

Isabella is a PhD student investigating the effects on temperature on the monarch-OE interaction. She is involved in Monarch Health outreach and plans to use data collected by citizen scientists in her research.

Christopher is an undergraduate Biology and Ecology major with a Spanish minor from Athens. He is interested in studying the intersection of environmental health and infectious disease. He enjoys weightlifting and playing tennis.

Jonathan is an undergraduate Biology major. He plans to attend medical school in the future.

Cody is a graduate student pursuing a M.S. in Ecology and originally joined the team as an undegraduate researcher. His thesis is focusing on neonicotinoid effect on monarch development and flight.

Kendall Alsup is an undergraduate student majoring in biology and psychology with hopes of attending medical school in the future. She is currently studying to take her MCAT.

Dara is a Ph.D. graduate who studied how animal migrations can affect infectious disease transmission and evolution in wildlife. Dara is now a J Post-doctoral Fellow at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Sherayar is originally from Glendale, Arizona and graduated with a B.S. in biology from UGA. He is currently preparing to enter medical school. Sherayar helped manage and process samples for Monarch Health. His research interest lies in disease ecology.

Andy graduated with a PhD at UGA in the Wildlife Ecology and Management Program in the Warnell Forestry School. He contributes to numerous papers on OE.

Michael is an expert on butterfly ecology who worked as a lead research professional with the Altizer lab from 2007 to 2012. Michael also worked in the de Roode lab at Emory University. His degree in Entomology is from the University of Georgia.