Student Information
Graduate StudentBiology
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Arely Castillo holds an B.S. in Biological Sciences (Conservation Biology and Ecology) from ASU. She is currently a 4+1 Accelerated Master's student working under Dr. Heather Throop, analyzing the recovery of plant communities, both native and non-native, across 82,000 acres of the Sonoran Desert, focusing on how abiotic factors affect spatial heterogeneity to investigate the interactions between fire severity, soil properties, elevation, and topography. She holds 4 Associate's degrees from the College of the Canyons.
B.S. Biology (Conservation Biology and Ecology), 2025 - Arizona State University
A.S. Biology, 2023 - College of the Canyons
A.A. Math and Science, 2022 - College of the Canyons
A.A. Social and Behavioral Science, 2021 - College of the Canyons
fire ecology, ecology, ecosystem processes
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Undergraduate and Graduate Researcher in Ecology, School of Life Science, Arizona State University, Primary Advisor: Dr. Heather Throop, 2025-present
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Research Internship for Undergraduates in Ecology, School of Life Science, Arizona State University, Primary Advisor: Dr. Osvaldo Sala, 2024.
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Data Processor in Entomology, Natural History Collections, Arizona State University, Primary Advisors: Dr. Nico Franz and Dr. Sangmi Lee, 2023-2024.
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Undergraduate Research Scholar in Microbiology, School of Life Science, Arizona State University, Primary Advisor: Dr. Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, 2023.