Team - Tribble Lab

Tribble Lab group photo — The 2026 Tribble Lab!

Carrie M. Tribble | Assistant Professor and Curator

Enjoys long walks through parameter space, deep dives into historic herbarium specimens, and early mornings in cloud forest ecosystems. Download my CV.
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Lauren Frankel | Postdoctoral Scholar

Likes making sense of messy biological data at her computer. Especially fond of a good story involving hybridization, trait evolution, and pollination in Neotropical plant lineages.
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Emily Humphreys | PhD Candidate

Excited about evolutionary ecology endeavors, specimen-driven science, purposeful pedagogical practice, and sharing scientific stories through scicomm.
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Makoa De Almeida | PhD Student

Inspired by the complexity of species boundaries, the ingenuity of insular flora, and the ongoing effort to better protect and understand the living world.
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Lily Anne MacKrell | Affiliated MLA Graduate Student

Currently pursuing a masters of landscape architecture, looking to integrate environmental research into landscape design in order to restore ecological functioning to disturbed or contaminated sites.
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Sohini Chunder | Undergraduate Researcher

Loves to wander on trails in 58° weather. Inspired by plants’ beauty, resilience, and uniqueness. Interested in wildlife conservation and plant morphology, and in understanding and protecting the ecosystems that plants help function and thrive.
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Sasha Doran | Undergraduate Researcher

Persistently curious about plant ecology, diversity, and habitat conservation. Often found on walks around the city taking photos and looking closely for what is growing in our urban landscape.

Samantha Huntress | Undergraduate Researcher

A fourth-year student pursuing a deeper understanding of the living environment. Especially fascinated by conservation genomics, and constantly iNaturalist-ing everything in sight.

Kendall Origer | Undergraduate Researcher

Passionate about all things plants, especially conservation genomics, systematics, and science communication and education. Often found on long hikes exploring the PNW.

Nikitha Paty | Undergraduate Researcher

Enjoys learning about all things plants! Particularly interested in ecology, conservation biology, and plant biodiversity. You can usually find me attempting to make friends with local wildlife!

Kayla Simerson | Undergraduate Researcher

Enjoys hiking in the mountains and learning about the geology, mushrooms, plants, and wildlife. You can find me in the mountains volunteering, swimming, skiing and staring intensely at the birds.
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Ellianah Weibel | Undergraduate Researcher

Fascinated by the natural world, with a fixation on the utilization of unique plant traits. Currently studying fern spores and interested in how plant life can assist in phytoremediation in the future.
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Hayden Wright | Undergraduate Researcher

Endlessly fascinated by the living world, with a focus on plants: their evolution, diversity, biogeography, and the central role they play in terrestrial systems. In free time can be found wandering aimlessly outside and exploring plant diversity through photography.

Eli Kaesebier Zuerlein | Undergraduate Researcher

A third-year student pushing to better understand the world around him, whether that be in biology, chemistry, or everyday life. Interested in learning more about species interactions and how they shape environments

Elizabeth Kenny | Post-Bacc Researcher

Enjoys learning about all aspects of the evolutionary history of plants, from genetics to ecology and to biogeography. Special interest in bryophytes, graminoids, and traditionally difficult taxa.

Peter Ricci | Post-Bacc Researcher

Entranced by the sheer psychedelic strangeness of living systems. Often found reading about evolution, development, and philosophy of biology, or found staring at lichens and plants.
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Lab Alumni

Sheng Kao | Alumnus—Former Research Tech

Interested in a genomic view of evolution, phylogenetic methods, synapomorphies, and disentangling species relationships.
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Chiara Smythies | Alumnus—Former Research Tech

Now a fancy PhD student at Cornell University and NSF GRFP Fellow! Loves basking in the rays of evolutionary radiation, nestling in the cryptic intertwinings of coevolution, and being blown away by showy blooms.
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Alan Li | Alumnus—Former Undergraduate Researcher

Alan’s fascination with plants began through crafting my own vivariums, which soon evolved into an enduring love for photographing plants and an ever-growing excitement for discovering the endless wonders and complexities of the plant kingdom.

Benjamin So | Alumnus—Former Undergraduate Researcher

Driven by the intersection of technological development and research in biological systems.

Inga Gudeman | Alumnus—Former Undergraduate Researcher

Delighted by the delicate and complex nature of flowering plants. Adores the creative process of arranging blossoms & wrapping bouquets as a part-time florist. Constantly intrigued by the development & evolution of unique floral morphologies.
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Fanya Yuan | Alumnus—Former Undergraduate Researcher

Driven by a deep curiosity for plant systematics, passionate about understanding how plants have evolved and adapted over time.
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