diff --git a/_members/taleih-ostovar.md b/_members/taleih-ostovar.md
index 1458b10139..2a6de68a97 100644
--- a/_members/taleih-ostovar.md
+++ b/_members/taleih-ostovar.md
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ description: Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student (SDSU-UCR)
 search:
   - T. Ostovar
 role: phd
-group: current
+group: alum
 image: images/members/Ostovar_Talieh-r100w.jpg
 links:
   email: talieh.ostovar68@gmail.com
   github: 90talieh
 ---
 
-Talieh is currently a student in the UCR-SDSU joint Evolutionary Biology program and is co-advised by Prof [Elizabeth Waters](http://waterslab.org/).
+Talieh is was a student in the UCR-SDSU joint Evolutionary Biology program and is co-advised by Prof [Elizabeth Waters](http://waterslab.org/). She completed her PhD in August 2024 on Comparative Genomics in plants.