EEB Students
Adeyinka Aduragbemi
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Phylogenetics, biogeography, diversification processes, sedges | Advisor: Spalink
Asif Ahmed
Marine Biology Interests: Conservation biology, behavioral ecology, wildlife biology | Advisor: Schulze
Oluwaseun David Ajileye
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Host-parasite interactions, disease ecology, vector-borne diseases | Advisor: Light
Zamira Andrews
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Hybridization, evolution, molecular genetics, population genomics | Advisor: Hurtado
Zoë BeDell
Entomology Interests: Melittology, microbiomics, metagenomics, phylogenetics | Advisor: Motta
Carolina Bertuol
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Metagenomics, microbiomics, transcriptomics, genomics, and molecular evolution | Advisor: Voelker
Michael Bliss
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Conservation biology, biodiversity, primatology, tropical ecology, islands and insular systems | Advisor: Gondor
Adam Bower
Veterinary Pathobiology Interests: Ornithology, community ecology, conservation biology | Advisor: Brightsmith
Alister Brown
Anthropology Interests: Primate behavioral ecology, ethnoprimatology | Advisor: Gursky
Marie Bunker
Biology Interests: Microbial ecology, evolutionary ecology, herpetology | Advisor: Fitzpatrick
Stephen Caird
Geology & Geophysics Interests: Nesting ecology, territoriality, vocal communication; acoustic ecology; spatial ecology | Advisor: Raymond
Shelbie Cast
Biology Interests: Aquatic ecology, invasive species, and invertebrate zoology | Advisor: Blackmon
J. Leonardo Collazos
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Tropical forest ecology, plant community ecology, ecological restoration | Advisor: Veldman
Allison Collins
Biology Interests: Primate behavioral ecology | Advisor: Keene
Chloe Dannenfelser
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Conservation biology, ornithology, ecophysiology | Advisor: Grace
Isis Davis
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Testudines hybridization (turtle hybridization) and community dynamics | Advisor: Fitzgerald
Loris Di Vozzo
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Herpetology, biogeography, conservation biology | Advisor: Lawing
Tom Dodson
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Freshwater systems, community ecology, conservation biology, paleontology | Advisor: Perkin
Elena Duran
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Ecophysiology of birds, conservation biology | Advisor: Grace
Serena Farrell
Entomology Interests: Insect behavior, nutrition, microbiomes | Advisor: Behmer / Sword
Alanna Fulkerson
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Phylogenetics, hybridization, conservation | Advisor: Mateos
Shannon Harris
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Evolution, symbiosis, molecular genetics/genomics | Advisor: Mateos
Maria A. Hurtado-Materon
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Community ecology, evolutionary ecology and conservation biology | Advisor: Lawing
Ilyas Ibrahim
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Population genetics, conservation genetics, molecular ecology, molecular systematics, evolution | Advisor: Hurtado
Sijad Islam
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Phylogenetics, molecular systematics, evolutionary ecology, species interactions, conservation genetics Advisor: Hurtado
Eliyashaib James
Entomology Interests: Insect behavior, phenotypic plasticity, gene expression | Advisor: Sword
Uthpalawarna Jayaweera
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Island biogeography, evolution, animal distribution along elevation gradients, host-parasite interactions, conservation biology | Advisor: Voelker
Dileka Kariyawasam
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Ornithology, movement ecology, conservation biology | Advisor: Newell
Jonathan Kim
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Ecology, evolution, ray-finned fishes, systematics, phylogenetics | Advisor: Conway
Ben Lake
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Primate behavior | Advisor: Yorzinski
Ali Zeltzin Lira-Olguin
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Parasitology, host-parasite interactions, bat flies | Advisor: Light
Paige Manning
Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Management Interests: Disease ecology, vector borne diseases, OneHealth | Advisor: Johnson
Matthew Marano
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Genome and trait evolution, sex and mating systems, phylogenetics and macroevolution | Advisor: Casola
Billy Mayer
Anthropology Interests: Primatology, nutritional ecology, comparative anatomy and physiology | Advisor: Gursky
Margaret “Margo” Mayhook
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Evolution, microbiology and microbiomes, conservation biology, behavioral ecology | Advisor: Rodrigues
Sergio Méndez-Cardona
Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Interests: Medical entomology, vector-borne disease ecology | Advisor: S. Hamer
Ruby Mustill
Biology Interests: Primate behavioral ecology, sexual selection | Advisor: Fitzpatrick
Connor O’Hea
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Ornithology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, fine-scale spatial movement | Advisor:Ausprey
Tabitha Olsen
Biology Interests: Avian ecology and conservation, stable isotopes, migratory plasticity | Advisor: Butler
Juan J. Pellón
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Ecological interactions, community ecology, science communication | Advisor: Newell / Ausprey
Vivian Peralta Santana
Entomology Interests: Evolution, natural history, phylogenetics and genomics | Advisor: Song
Skai Peterson
Entomology Interests: Plant-insect interactions, plant chemical ecology, plant-microbe interactions, and biological control | Advisor: Helms
Veronica (Ronnie) Rajotte
Biology Interests: Marine genetics, environmental tolerance of marine invertebrates, epigenetics | Advisor: Strader
Mei Rao
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Landscape genomics, urban ecology, population ecology, conservation biology | Advisor: Ausprey
Faraz Rehman
Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Interests: Soil microbes, plant-soil feedback, fire management, plant water uptake | Advisor: Duell
Breann Richey
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Speciation and hybridization | Advisor: Lawing
Sierra Sanders
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Plant evolutionary genetics, stress tolerance in plants, de novo genes | Advisor: Casola
Briana Sebastian
Marine Biology Interests: Community ecology, restoration ecology | Advisor: Armitage
Nicole Stevens
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Herpetology, conservation biology, population/community ecology | Advisor: Fitzgerald
Milton Torres-Ceron
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Environmental impact, ecosystem quality, restoration ecology | Advisor: Fujiwara
Timara Vereen
Entomology Interests: Host-pathogen interactions, vector-borne diseases, one health | Advisor: G. Hamer
Myles Wagner
Biology Interests: Cnidarian symbiosis, coral bleaching, genomics | Advisor: Strader
Bhagya Weththasinghe
Ecology & Conservation Biology Interests: Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the plant family Poaceae | Advisor: Spalink