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Liz Scordato, PI
escordato [at] cpp.edu 
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Liz is an evolutionary biologist interested in the causes of large-scale phenotypic and genomic variation, and the consequences of this variation for population divergence and speciation. She is particularly interested in how mate choice, migratory behavior, and anthropogenic landscape modification shape gene flow, adaptation, and reproductive isolation among populations. Liz received her B.Sc. from Duke University, where she did her Honors thesis on olfactory communication in ringtailed lemurs. She did her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, where she studied interactions between sexual selection and ecology during population divergence in greenish warblers. She then did a postdoc on speciation genomics in barn swallows at the University of Colorado. She joined the Biological Sciences faculty at Cal Poly Pomona in 2018. |
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Graduate students
Samantha SudokoSam is second-year Master's student at Cal Poly Pomona. She is studying population genetics of Oceanic swallows, with a focus on detecting evidence for recent selection and adaptation. Sam has a passion for fly fishing and being in the outdoors.
Carson Loudermelt
Carson is a first-year Master’s student at Cal Poly Pomona. She is studying how native vegetation restoration in and around agriculture impacts communities of insect pollinators and other beneficial arthropods. Carson finds joy in being outside, rock climbing, and running.
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Emma Miller
Emma is a first-year Master's student at Cal Poly Pomona. She is investigating avian and plant trait matching in the Santa Clara River Valley. She is from Cincinnati, Ohio and earned her B.S. & B.A. from the University of Miami.
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Alexis GarvinAlexis is second-year Master's student at Cal Poly Pomona. She is an outdoor enthusiast and loves to rock climb and trail run. Alexis is using joint species distribution modeling to study the impacts of human landscape modification on the assembly of aerial insectivore communities in Southeast Asia.
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Undergrad researchers (2025-2026)
Valentina Eppers
Andrew Hernandez
Ian Garcia
Ian Patton
Jordyn Scott
Abby Yuen
Valentina Eppers
Andrew Hernandez
Ian Garcia
Ian Patton
Jordyn Scott
Abby Yuen
Lab Alumni (gone but never forgotten!)
Christian Cormier (MSc '24)- now an environmental consultant
Dylan Zubieta (BSc '23)- now an environmental consultant
Brian Myers (Postdoc 2020-2023)- now an assistant professor at Eastern Oregon University
Betty Wong (BSc '22)- now a Master's student in Rachel Blakey's lab at CPP
Rachel Bockrath (MSc '23)- now a Ph.D. student at North Dakota State University
Brenda Ramirez (MSc '22)- now running the urban parrot project at Occidental College
Grant Broyles (MSc '22)- now an avian crew lead with the Western Sustainable Forestry Program
Noel Martinez (BSc '20)- now a PhD student at Lehigh University
Thilini Thakshila (BSc University of Colombo '20)- now a Masters student at the University of Lethbridge
Cathy Trejo (BSc '20)- now pursuing GIS training
Aurora Williamsen (BSc '20)- now doing environmental quality testing
Christian Cormier (MSc '24)- now an environmental consultant
Dylan Zubieta (BSc '23)- now an environmental consultant
Brian Myers (Postdoc 2020-2023)- now an assistant professor at Eastern Oregon University
Betty Wong (BSc '22)- now a Master's student in Rachel Blakey's lab at CPP
Rachel Bockrath (MSc '23)- now a Ph.D. student at North Dakota State University
Brenda Ramirez (MSc '22)- now running the urban parrot project at Occidental College
Grant Broyles (MSc '22)- now an avian crew lead with the Western Sustainable Forestry Program
Noel Martinez (BSc '20)- now a PhD student at Lehigh University
Thilini Thakshila (BSc University of Colombo '20)- now a Masters student at the University of Lethbridge
Cathy Trejo (BSc '20)- now pursuing GIS training
Aurora Williamsen (BSc '20)- now doing environmental quality testing
Are you interested in joining the lab? We're usually recruiting undergraduate and graduate students! Contact Liz at escordato[at]cpp[dot]edu