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Students, Alumni & Affiliates

EEB Students

Natalie Aguirre

Entomology
advisor: helms

Interests: Plant physiology, plant disease, chemical ecology

Jamie Alfieri

Poultry science
advisor: athrey

Interests: Functional genomics, bioinformatics
Projects: Genomics of avian hybridization

Meredith Anderson, DVM

veterinary integrative biosciences
advisor:  hamer

Interests: Ecotoxicology, avian disease ecology, conservation biology

R. Keith Andringa

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: GRACE

Interests:  Ornithology, ecophysiology, urban ecology, conservation biology

Amanda Beckman

biology
advisor: Rosenthal

Interests: Social behavior, cooperation, and ornithology

Stephen Bovio

Biology
advisor: Rosenthal

Interests: Behavioral ecology: Animal communication

Chris Brennan

entomology
advisor: behmer

Interests:  Insect behaviour, phenotypic plasticity, nutrition

Rachel Busselman

veterinary integrative biosciences
advisor: hamer

Interests:  Disease ecology

Mason Clark

entomology
advisor: sword / behmer

Interests: Fungal ecology and genetics; fungal-plant-insect interactions

Allison Collins

anthropology
advisor: gursky

Interests: Primate behavioral ecology

Arani Cuevas-Sanchez

entomology
advisor: behmer/sword

Interests: Ecological physiology, environmental variation

Daniel De Jesus

biology
advisor:  wicksten

Interests:  Invertebrate coloration, invertebrate behavior

R. Peter Dorn

ecology & conservation biol
advisor: lawing/veldman

Interests:  Mathematical modeling of wildland fire

Owen Dorsey

biology
advisor: rosenthal

Interests: Kin recognition, inbreeding avoidance behavior, and mate choice in swordtail fish

Paola Fascinetto-Zago

biology
advisor: rosenthal/fitzpatrick

Interests: Animal behavior, evolutionary ecology, and animal communication

Melanie Florkowski

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: Yorzinski

Interests: Behavioral ecology

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

Mateo Garcia Olazabal

biology
advisor: rosenthal

Interests: Behavioral ecology

Angela Haggard

marine biology
advisor: conway

Interests:  Ichthyology, systematics, phylogenetics, comparative anatomy

Toan Hoang

entomology
advisor:   song

Interests:  Evolution genetics and behavior

Cecilia Huang

Entomology
advisor:  slotman

Interests:  Evolutionary genetics and genomics

Jocelyn Hunyadi

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: Yorzinski

Interests:  Animal Behavior, interspecific interactions, conservation biology

Maria Alejandra Hurtado Materon

ecology & Conservation biol
advisor: lawing

Interests:  Community ecology, evolutionary ecology and conservation biology

Elena Iocono

ecology & Conservation biol
advisor: grace

Interests: Ecophysiology of birds, conservation biology

Hannah Justen

biology
advisor:  delmore

Interests:  Speciation

Simon Kiacz

veterinary pathobiology
advisor:  brightsmith

Interests:  Ecological modeling, avian ecology & conservation

Emma Lehmberg

biology
advisor: Rosenthal

Interests:  Behavioral ecology, genomics

Joshua Lerner

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: feagin

Interests:  Disturbance ecology, wetland conservation, restoration ecology

Ali Zeltzin Lira Olguin

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: light

Interests:  Parasitology, host-parasite interactions, bat flies

Michael McCloy

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: Grace

Interests:  Ornithology, landscape ecology, disturbance ecology

Matthew Marano

biology
advisor: blackmon

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

Jorge Medina Duran

Entomology
advisor: Song

Interests: Macroevolutionary processes; parasite-insect interactions

Audélia Mechti

Entomology
advisor: sword

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

Andie Miller

Entomology
advisor: Sword

Interests: Sustainability, entomology, population dynamics

Lydia Morley

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: Spalink

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

Erin Nguyen

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: perkin

Interests:  Community and conservation ecology

Griffin Nicholson

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: FITZGERALD

Interests: Herpetological conservation, conservation biology, community ecology

Alanna Noland

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: mateos

Interests: Phylogenetics, hybridization, conservation

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

Breann Richey

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: Lawing

Interests: Speciation and hybridization

Jordan Salomon

veterinary integrative biosciences
advisor: s hamer

Interests: Disease ecology, parasitology and biodiversity

Nicole Scavo

entomology
advisor: g hamer

Interests: Disease ecology

Kelley Sampeck

Veterinary Pathobiology
advisor:  brightsmith

Interests:  Psittacine breeding ecology, landscape ecology, wildlife conservation

Kyle Simpson

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: spalink

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

Tori Spencer

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: winemiller

Interests: Niche partitioning, comparative physiology, behavioral and community ecology

Zachary Steffensmeier

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor:  perkin

Interests:  Fish ecology

Nicole Stevens

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: FITZGERALD

Interests:  Herpetology, conservation biology, population/community ecology

Brooke Torjman

marine biology
advisor: armitage

Interests: Community ecology, trophic cascades, food webs

Milton Torres-Ceron

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: fujiwara

Interests: Environmental impact, ecosystem quality, restoration ecology

Ryan Weesner

Ecology & conservation biol
advisor: Voelker

Interests: Population/community ecology, behavioral ecology, avian conservation

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EEB Alumni

Alyson Brokaw, PhD, 2021

Interests: Interests: Animal behavior and physiology, communication and sensory ecology

Erin Buchholtz, PhD, 2019

Interests: Population/community ecology, behavioral ecology, avian conservation

Kristina Chyn, PhD, 2019

Interests:  Population ecology, community ecology, behavioral ecology

Rachael Glazner, PhD, 2020

Interests: Community & ecosystems ecology: Coastal ecology

Janelle Goeke, PhD, 2021

Interests: Community coastal ecology

Zachary Hancock, PhD, 2020

Interests: Crustacean ecology and evolution

Leila Siciliano-Martina, PhD, 2020

Interests: Evolutionary ecology

EEB Affiliate Students

Name Dept Lab Research Interest
Anderson, Drew BIOL Jones Evolutionary genomics, comparative biology
Angeli, Nicole WFSC Fitzgerald Physiological ecology
Arantes, Caroline WFSC Winemiller Population ecology, community ecology, ecosystems ecology
Baloch, Jasmine WFSC Hurtado Conservation genetics, bioinformatics, toxicology
Beebe, Lauren ENTO Tarone Forensic entomology, thermal biology
Bokhutlo, Thethela WFSC Winemiller Community ecology
Bower, Luke WFSC Winemiller Community ecology: ichthyology, convergent evolution
Brashear, Wesley GENE Murphy Evolutionary genomics
Breaux, Bre VTPB Criscitiello Comparative immunogenetics
Bredemeyer, Kevin GENE Murphy Mammalian phylogenetics and evolutionary genomics
Castellanos, Adrian WFSC Light Phylogenetics, comparative Biology
Davila, Edward VIBS Hamer Vector-borne disease ecology
de la Rosa, Xochitl WFSC Hurtado Conservation genetics, bioinformatics, phylogenetics
DeBrock, Spencer VIBS Hamer Avian disease ecology
Deiss, Thad VTPB Criscitiello Evolutionary genomics
Dubie, Joseph GENE Katju Evolutionary genetics and genomics
Elkins, Blake ENTO Eubanks Community and landscape ecology and agroecology
Exnicios, Megan BIOL Rosenthal Mate choice and personality
Gao, Weiqian ESSM Angerer/Wu Landscape ecology
Gilbert, Jessica WFSC Lacher Community ecology
Golnar, Andrew ENTO G Hamer Disease ecology; medical entomology
Grimes, Candace MARB Schulze Genetics, physiology
Gulas-Wroblewski, Bonnie VTPB Esteve-Gassent Wildlife disease ecology and conservation medicine
Hajduk, Marissa MARB Schulze Community ecology, genetics
Hannon, Mary Coleen MARB Schulze
Harvey, Johanna WFSC Voelker Phylogenetics, comparative biology
Hiers, Quinn ESSM Rogers
Hewlett, Jeremy ENTO Eubanks Community ecology
Hilliard, Justin MARB Schulze Evolutionary biology
Hjelmen, Carl ENTO Johnston Population and quantitative genetics
Holt, Jocelyn ENTO Medina Evolutionary ecology
Howard, Sam ENTO Oswald Comparative morphology and biology, phylogenetics
Jacisin, John ESSM Lawing Morphology and physiology
Jaime, Xavier ESSM Wu/Angerer Landscape ecology
Jofre-Rodriguez, Gaston BIOL Rosenthal Evolutionary genomics
Jones, Tara-Kay ENTO Medina Vector biology
Keppeler, Friedrich Wolfgang WFSC Winemiller Community ecology
King, Cragen WFSC Conway Phylogenetics and comparative biology
Kjeldgaard, Mackenzie ENTO Eubanks Community ecology
Kubicek, Kole WFSC Conway Comparative anatomy
Lau, Pierre ENTO Rangel Community ecology
Li, Jingjia ESSM Casola Evolutionary genomics
Li, Zheng (Jenny) ESSM Wu Landscape ecology
Lin, Constance ENTO Eubanks Insect ecology
Lopez-Delgado, Edwin WFSC Winemiller Community ecology
McDowell, Bryant ENTO Vargo Community ecology
Meyers, Alyssa VIBS S Hamer Population ecology
Mock, Iliana WFSC Conway Comparative anatomy
Ott, Jeannine VTPB Criscitiello Comparative immunogenetics
Payne, Alex ENTO Rangel Community ecology
Pinion, Amanda WFSC Conway Comparative anatomy
Poh, Karen ENTO G Hamer Community ecology
Popkin-Hall, Zach ENTO Slotman Evolution genetics and genomics, behavior
Powell, Daniel BIOL Rosenthal Behavioral ecology
Preisser, Whitney WFSC Light Community ecology: Parasitology
Quintana, Yasmin WFSC Winemiller Community ecology
Renfro, Cecile BIOL Fitzpatrick Comparative biology and community ecology
Roach, Nikki WFSC Lacher Population ecology
Rogan, Jordan WFSC Lacher Community ecology
Ruckman, Sarah BIOL Blackmon Evolution, genetics, behavior
Saenz, David WFSC Winemiller Community and physiological ecology
Short-Martin, Rachel ESSM Lawing Comparative anatomy
Tietjen, Mackenzie ENTO Medina Population and quantitative genetics
Vaughan, Matthew GEOG Lafon Population Ecology: Biogeography, vegetation dynamics, applied GIS
Walkup, Danielle WFSC Fitzgerald Population ecology
Walsh, Liz ENTO Rangel-Posada Physiological and behavioral ecology
White, Brian GENE Katju Evolutionary genetics and genomics
Woller, Derek ENTO Song Phylogenetics and comparative biology
Wright, Crys ENTO Medina Integrated pest management: Biological control
Zhu, Weixi ESSM Casola Evolutionary genomics

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