Graduate Students

Research focuses on investigating the interactions between invasive feral swine and disease vectors, as well as the impact of their ecological synergism on ecosystems, human helth, and human activities. Broader research interests include entomology, vector and invasive species ecology, traditional ecology, wildlife biology, conservation biology, and environmental science

Investigating how heavy metals and pathogens impact humans and wildlife within urban habitats that vary in socioeconomic status

Interested in the influence of land management practices on terrestrial and aquatic microbial structures and nutrient processing

Broadly interested in forest ecology; current research focuses on fire ecology and tree physiology or the physiology of trees

Broadly interested in the effects of urbanization on wildlife, African carnivore ecology, and human-wildlife coexistence

Interested in ecological physiology and investigating how the environment influences development, genetic modifications, and the health of organisms

My research focuses on deciphering the causes of wildlife-vehicle collisions by examining both driver and wildlife behavior. Specifically, I am investigating how vehicle lighting affects wildlife responses to approaching vehicles at night. My interests include behavioral ecology, human-wildlife interactions, and wildlife conservation

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

Human-wildlife conflicts and anthropogenic impacts on mammal ecology and behavior

Avian ecology, impacts of urbanization on bird communities, and the use of citizen science and open data in scientific research

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

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

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

Interests include behavioral ecology, biodiversity and community ecology of fishes; research focuses on the effects of legacy contaminants on freshwater fish communities

Investigating how heavy metals and pathogens impact humans and wildlife within urban habitats that vary in socioeconomic status

Carnivore ecology, human-wildlife interactions, and spatial ecology; research focuses on the efficacy of aerial removal as a management strategy for wild pigs

Life-history evolution, relationships between development and aging, and developmental influences on aging biomarkers

Stable isotope biogeochemistry, minerology, and aqueous geochemistry

Broadly interested in amphibian ecotoxicology, anthropogenic processes influencing freshwater systems, and sublethal consequences of pollution on freshwater amphibian communities

Restoration ecology, ecotoxicology, and environmental remediation

Mammalian ecology and wildlife behavior; currently investigating how insects impact the pickup rates of oral rabies vaccines by target meso carnivores

Broad interest in riverine/aquatic microbial communities and their interactions with anthropogenic derived ecosystem changes

Small and meso mammal population ecology, wildlife conservation, and wild mammal immunization initiatives. Current research is focused on small mammal populations and how they have been affected by climate and landscape changes over time on the SRS

Interested in the role of mycorrhizal fungi in agroecology. Research focuses on how farming practices affect the relationships that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi make with their plant hosts and microbial neighbors

Considers the use of passive sampling devices as a surrogate for monitoring bioaccumulation of PFAS in aquatic biota, as well as the exposure pathways, concentrations, and distribution of PFAS in biotic and abiotic media. More broadly, interests include ecotoxicology, community ecology and ecological conservation

Medical entomology and vector-borne pathogens. Primarily interested in mosquito-flower interactions and how they can impact vector capacity

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

Investigate how altered environmental chemistry interacts with other stressors to affect wildlife health and ecological function at multiple scales. Interests span in ecotoxicology, disease ecology, soundscape ecology, and One Health

Investigate the drivers of human-carnivore conflict in Etosha National Park in Namibia, and various deterrence tools