Welcome to The Pratt Laboratory

10/19/22

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R. Brandon Pratt

Professor of Biology

Department of Biology

California State University, Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA 93311 USA

Email rpratt at csub dot edu                                                                     

Phone 661-654-2033  

www.csub.edu/~rpratt  

Background

My lab focuses on topics in the area of plant physiological ecology. We mainly examine questions in the area of global change biology, and especially drought and fire. Much of our work looks at California shrublands and similar ones in mediterranean-type ecosystems globally. For the latest results of these studies see my google.scholar or research gate page.

Students that are interested in conducting research in my lab, both undergraduate and graduate students, are encouraged to contact me about research opportunities. 

Lab highlights: High resolution computer tomography (HRCT) system in the Pratt lab at CSUB. The system is on the left, an image of scanned vascular tissue of grapevine with color coded vessel diameters, and the 0.5 meter grapevine on the far left being loaded for scanning. This instrument is helping us understand resistance to drought in plants.

Personnel

Students

Antonio Mateiro: MS student studying chaparral restoration

Undergraduate Students

Alumni of the Lab

Jacob Spriester: Working as an environmental consultant.

Viridiana Castro: Working on a PhD at UC Santa Cruz.

Dorothy Tran: Environmental consultant.

Alexa Resindiz: Undergraduate student at CSUB.

Sayra Enriquez: Undergraduate student at CSUB.

Angie DeLeon: Undergraduate student at CSUB.

Brayan Vizcarra: Undergraduate student at CSUB.

Marta Percolla: Working on a PhD at UC Berkeley.
Aaron Baumgardner: TA and applying to PhD programs.

Angel Davila: Undergraduate student at CSUB.

Mitchell Coleman: Tejon Ranch Conservancy and applying to PhD schools.
Emily vanRyn: Planning to attend graduate school at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Michael Clem: Working in biotechnology.

Hayden Toschi: Laboratory technician supervisor.

Martin Venturas (former post-doc): Post-Doc in John Sperry's lab.

Shana Carey: Environmental science professional.

Evan MacKinnon: Working as a water resources manager.

Samuel DelRio: Artist.

Christine Hluza: A graduate student at Northern Arizona University

Michael Tobin (former post-doc): Professor at University of Houston, Downtown

Courtney Traugh: Working on a PhD in biochemistry at Purdue University.

Heather Keldgord: Assistant Professor, Bakersfield College.

Alanisha Woods: Pursuing a pharmacy degree in Kansas.

Eddy Lee: Working towards his B.S. in Biology.

Raeanne Quaresma: Graduate school.

Anna Jacobsen: Assistant Professor of Biology at CSUB

Christine Whitelock: Graduate school.

Mark DeGuzman: Ph.D. at UC Riverside. Now studying computer science.

Sergio Barrera: Graduate school.

Diana Alleman: Working for environmental consulting agency.

Cuu Nguyen: Attending pharmacy school.

Francisco Millan: Applying to graduate school.

Haley O'Mara: Graduate school.

Aaron Ramirez: Assistant Professor at Reed College, Oregon.

Udai Sibia:  Medicine.

Christopher Doggett: Laboratory technician.

Wendy Bennett: Pursuing interests in animal husbandry.