Graduate Students
Graduate Research Assistants Doctoral
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Interested in the influence of land management practices on terrestrial and aquatic microbial structures and nutrient processing
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Broadly interested in forest ecology; current research focuses on fire ecology and tree physiology or the physiology of trees
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Interested in ecological physiology and investigating how the environment influences development, genetic modifications, and the health of organisms
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Interested in behavioral ecology, wildlife conservation, and human-wildlife interactions; research investigates the behavior of deer and wild pigs to help reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions
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My research focuses on the conservation practices in the Korean Demilitarized Zone and Civilian Control Zone with a concentration on the human-wildlife interactions in crane feeding practices and their social-ecological effects on the Korean DMZ.
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Carson Pakula
Lab: DeVault and Rhodes
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Shinyeong Park
Lab: Beasley and Abrams
PhD in Integrative Conservation and Ecology (ICON)
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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Research focuses on how an organism’s environment and epigenome interact to produce different phenotypes, especially those associated with development and aging trajectories; interests include evolution, genomics, ecotoxicology, and integrative approaches to biology
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Research uses molecular methods to evaluate the effects of environmental contamination on soil bacterial assemblages; interests include ecotoxicology, ecological genetics, community ecology, and restoration ecology
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Interests include behavioral ecology, biodiversity and community ecology of fishes; research focuses on the effects of legacy contaminants on freshwater fish communities
Ethan Shealy
Jake Smith
Lab: Xu and Hazelton
Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Christian Swartzbaugh
Lab: Lance and Capps
Odum School of Ecology
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Investigating how heavy metals and pathogens impact humans and wildlife within urban habitats that vary in socioeconomic status
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Investigating how heavy metals and pathogens impact humans and wildlife within urban habitats that vary in socioeconomic status
Graduate Research Assistants Masters
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Research focuses on the movement ecology of wild pigs to understand their response to different baits and lures; interests include wildlife management and conservation, human-wildlife interactions, spatial ecology, and wildlife disease
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Broadly interested in amphibian ecotoxicology, anthropogenic processes influencing freshwater systems, and sublethal consequences of pollution on freshwater amphibian communities.
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Broad interest in riverine/aquatic microbial communities and their interactions with anthropogenic derived ecosystem changes
Sydney Brewer
Lab: Beasley
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Henry R. Davie
Lab: Lance
Odum School of Ecology
Marilee Hoyle
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Research interests include conservation of threatened and endangered species, human-wildlife conflict, and habitat management; research will compare biological communities in historically contaminated sites to reference sites within SRS to inform future remediation efforts
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My research in ecotoxicology at SREL focuses on the distribution and bioaccumulation effects of PFAS in food webs, aiming to understand their impact on wildlife and environmental health.
Kelly Holland, AWB®
Lab: Tuberville and Beasley
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Madeline Melton
Lab: Beasley
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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Investigate the drivers of human-carnivore conflict in Etosha National Park in Namibia, and various deterrence tools.
Investigating the drivers of human-carnivore conflict in Etosha NP, Namibia
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Interested in ecotoxicology, community ecology, and conservation; research will focus on the impacts of radiocaesium and mercury on aquatic communities and the efficacy of remedial activities within the Savannah River Site
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Interests include conservation, life history strategies, and factors influencing reproductive success of individuals; current research involves investigating translocations of formerly captive eastern box turtles into the wild and post-translocation reproductive success.
Brennan PetersonWood
Lab: Beasley
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Kathryn Quinlin
Lab: Xu and Beasley
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Ryan Rimple
Lab: Tracey Tuberville and Kohl
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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From the level of DNA to cells to whole organisms, research is focused on the impact the environment has on embryonic development; studying alligators to determine the consequences of environmental contaminants on embryonic gonadal development and the epigenome to understand how these translate into later life stages and overall health; interests include general ecology, physiology, and behavior of reptiles and amphibians
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Research explores longleaf pine ecophysiology, particularly the relationship between carbohydrate storage and the transition between life history stages in the tree. Also generally interested in forest, fire, and restoration ecology.
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Interested in studying how emerging anthropogenic, or man-produced contaminants move through the environment and cause biological changes at the cellular and ecosystem levels