Graduate Students

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

Interested in studying how emerging anthropogenic, or man-produced contaminants move through the environment and cause biological changes at the cellular and ecosystem levels