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EEB Students

Adeyinka Aduragbemi

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: SPALINK

Interests:  Phylogenetics, biogeography, diversification processes, sedges

Oluwaseun David Ajileye

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: light

Interests: Host-parasite interactions, disease ecology, vector-borne diseases

Meredith Anderson, DVM

veterinary integrative  biosciences
advisor:  s hamer

Interests: Ecotoxicology, avian disease ecology, conservation biology

R. Keith Andringa

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: GRACE

Interests:  Ornithology, ecophysiology, urban ecology, conservation biology

Carolina Bertuol

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: voelker

Interests:  Metagenomics, microbiomics, transcriptomics, genomics, and molecular evolution

Adam Bower

Veterinary pathobiology
advisor: BRIGHTSMITH

Interests:  Ornithology, community ecology, conservation biology

Chris Brennan

entomology
advisor: BEHMER

Interests:  Insect behaviour, phenotypic plasticity, nutrition

Alister Brown

anthropology
advisor: GURSKY

Interests: Primate behavioral ecology, ethnoprimatology

Stephen Caird

geology & geophysics
advisor: RAYMOND

Interests:  Nesting ecology, territoriality, and vocal communication of open-cup nesting songbirds; acoustic ecology; spatial ecology

J. Leonardo Collazos

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: veldman

Interests:  Tropical forest ecology, plant community ecology, ecological restoration

Allison Collins

anthropology
advisor: GURSKY

Interests: Primate behavioral ecology

Isis Davis

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: FITZGERALD

Interests:  Testudines hybridization (turtle hybridization) and community dynamics

Loris Di Vozzo

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: lawing

Interests: Herpetology, biogeography, conservation biology

Tom Dodson

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: perkin

Interests:  Freshwater systems, community ecology, conservation biology, paleontology

Elena Duran

ecology & Conservation biol
advisor: GRACE

Interests: Ecophysiology of birds, conservation biology

Serena Farrell

entomology
advisor: BEHMER / SWORD

Interests: Insect behavior, nutrition, microbiomes

Benton Fry

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: winemiller

Interests: Freshwater ecology, food web ecology, niche partitioning
Project:  Niche comparisons between two species of peacock bass in the Essequibo drainage in Guyana

Alanna Fulkerson

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: mateos

Interests: Phylogenetics, hybridization, conservation

Shannon Harris

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: mateos

Interests:  Evolution, symbiosis, molecular genetics/genomics

Maria A. Hurtado-Materon

ecology & Conservation biol
advisor: LAWING

Interests:  Community ecology, evolutionary ecology and conservation biology

Eliyashhaib James

entomology
advisor:  Sword/SONG

Interests: Insect behavior, phenotypic plasticity, gene expression

Ben Lake

ecology & conservation biol
advisor:  YORZINSKI

Interests: Primate behavior

Jackson Linde

Entomology
advisor: song

Interests:  Phylogenetics, population genomics, trait evolution, katydids, walking sticks

Ali Zeltzin Lira-Olguin

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: light

Interests:  Parasitology, host-parasite interactions, bat flies

Matthew Marano

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: CASOLA

Interests:  Genome and trait evolution, sex and mating systems, phylogenetics and macroevolution

Audélia Mechti

Entomology
advisor: sword

Interests:  Animal behavior, phenotypic plasticity, behavioral plasticity, collective mass movement

Jorge Medina-Durán

Entomology
advisor: Song

Interests: Macroevolutionary processes; parasite-insect interactions

Lydia Morley

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: Spalink

Interests: Speciation and diversification processes, models of evolution, epistemology of theory development

Ruby Mustill

biology
advisor: fitzpatrick

Interests:  Primate behavioral ecology, sexual selection

Griffin Nicholson

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: FITZGERALD

Interests: Herpetological conservation, conservation biology, community ecology

Tabitha Olsen

biology
advisor: BUTLER

Interests:  Avian ecology and conservation, stable isotopes, migratory plasticity

Mickey Parker

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: FITZGERALD

Interests:  Ecological restoration of the dunes sagebrush lizard in west Texas

Vivian Peralta Santana

entomology
advisor: song

Interests: Evolution, natural history, phylogenetics and genomics

Skai Peterson

entomology
advisor: helms

Interests: Plant-insect interactions, plant chemical ecology, plant-microbe interactions, and biological control

Breann Richey

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: LAWING

Interests: Speciation and hybridization

Sierra Sanders

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: CASOLA

Interests: Plant evolutionary genetics, stress tolerance in plants, de novo genes

Briana Sebastian

marine biology
advisor: armitage

Interests:  Community ecology, restoration ecology

Kyle Simpson

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: spalink

Interests: Phylogenetics, ecology, and conservation of rare plant species

Nicole Stevens

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: FITZGERALD

Interests:  Herpetology, conservation biology, population/community ecology

Brooke Torjman

marine biology
advisor: armitage

Interests:  Facilitative interactions, community ecology, salt marsh ecology

Milton Torres-Ceron

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: fujiwara

Interests: Environmental impact, ecosystem quality, restoration ecology

Malith Viduranga

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: spalink

Interests:  Plant systematics, biogeography, niche modeling and phylogenetics

Myles Wagner

biology
advisor: strader / KITCHEN

Interests: Cnidarian symbiosis, coral bleaching, genomics

Shelbie Weaver

biology
advisor: BLACKMON

Interests:  Aquatic ecology, invasive species, and invertebrate zoology

Bhagya Weththasinghe

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: spalink

Interests:  Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the plant family Poaceae

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EEB Alumni

 
Natalie Aguirre
PhD 2023
Plant physiology, plant disease, chemical ecology
Jamie Alfieri
PhD 2023
Functional genomics, bioinformatics
Amanda Beckman
PhD 2023
Social behavior, cooperation, and ornithology
Steven Bovio
PhD 2022
Behavioral ecology; animal communication
Alyson Brokaw
PhD 2021
Animal behavior and physiology, communication and sensory ecology
Erin Buchholtz
PhD 2019
Population/community ecology, behavioral ecology, avian conservation
Rachel Busselman, DVM
PhD 2023
Infectious disease ecology, vector borne disease
Kristina Chyn
PhD 2019
Behavior ecology, avian behavior
Mason Clark
PhD 2024
Fungal ecology and genetics; fungal-plant-insect interactions
Daniel De Jesus
MS 2021
Invertebrate behavior
R. Peter Dorn
MS 2023
Mathematical modeling of wildland fire
Owen Dorsey
PhD 2025
Kin recognition, inbreeding avoidance behavior, and mate choice in swordtail fish
Paola Fascinetto Zago
PhD 2024
Animal behavior, evolution, ecology
Melanie Florkowski, PhD 2023
Behavioral ecology, avian behavior
Mateo Garcia Olazabal
PhD 2021
Behavorial ecology
Rachael Glazner
PhD 2020
Community & ecosystems ecology: coastal ecology
Janelle Goeke
PhD 2021
Community coastal ecology
Angela Haggard
MS 2024
Morphological characterization of the Sonoran Topminnow
Zachary Hancock
PhD 2020
Crustacean ecology and evolution
Toan Hoang
MS 2022
Evolutionary ecology
Cecilia Huang
PhD 2022
Evolutionary genetics and genomics
Hannah Justen
PhD 2024
Speciation
Simon Kiacz
PhD 2023
Ecological modeling, avian ecology and conservation
Emma Lehmberg
PhD 2024
Genomics, phylogenetics, sexual selection, natural history
Joshua Lerner
PhD 2025
Disturbance ecology, wetland conservation, restoration ecology
Michael McCloy
PhD 2023
Ornithology, landscape ecology, disturbance ecology
Andie Miller
PhD 2025
Sustainability, entomology, population dynamics
Erin Nguyen
PhD 2022
Community & conservation ecology
Sarah Ruckman
MS 2022
Evolution, genetics, behavior
Jordan Salomon
PhD 2024
Parasite ecology
Kelley Sampeck
MS 2024
Avian ecology, wildlife conservation
Nicole Scavo
PhD 2024
Disease ecology
Leila Siciliano-Martina
PhD 2020
Evolutionary ecology
Zach Steffensmeier
PhD 2020
Fish ecology
Ryan Weesner
PhD 2025
Population ecology, behavioral ecology, avian conservation

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