Louis Santiago

Assistant Professor

Personal Information:

Education

• PhD Botany, 2003, University of Florida
• MS Botany, 1998, University of Hawaii
• BA Integrative Biology, 1993, University of California, Berkeley

Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley 2003-2006
• Graduate Research Fellow, University of Florida, 1999-2003
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Florida, 1998-1999
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii 1997
• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii 1996-1997, 1998
• Editorial Assistant, Mondo 2000 Magazine, Berkeley, California, 1994-1995
• Laboratory Assistant, Entrix Environmental Consulting, Walnut Creek, California, 1993
• Research Associate, Center for Natural Lands Management and Environmental Careers Organization, 1993

Funding

• National Science Foundation “Consequences of drought-induced vegetation change for water cycling in desert chaparral “ 2008-2011
• National Science Foundation Research Starter Grant 2007-2008
• UC Mexus Research Grant 2006-2007
• National Science Foundation Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship 2003-2006
• National Science Foundation International Fellowship 2004
• EPA-STAR Graduate Fellowship 2000-2003
• Smithsonian Institution Short-term STRI Fellowship 2000
• Florida-Georgia Alliance Graduate Fellowship 1998-1999
• Mellon Foundation Grant for Comparative Research between La Selva and BCI 1997

Professional Memberships and Services

• Ecological Society of America, Member 1995-present
• Association for Tropical Biology, Member 1998-present
• American Geophysical Union, Member 2003-present
• California Botanical Society, Member 2004-present