Graduate Students
Students are the lifeblood of research at any university. Here you can meet our dedicated crew, and see what they are doing.
Please note: this list is very incomplete, as many students have not yet got back to me with photographs and other information!
Ying-Han ChenPhD candidate Advisor: Research: |
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Caroline DeVanPhD candidate Advisor: Daniel Bunker Research Interests: community ecology & urban ecology |
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John FrancoisPhD candidate Advisor: Claus Holzapfel Research Interests: Research: Mechanisms of root recognition and cooperation |
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Mark June-WellsPhD candidate Advisor: Claus Holzapfel Research Interests: Niche divergence: Root-level competition, scale, and implications for invaded plant communities |
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Sarah KornbluthPhD Candidate Advisors: Gareth & Kimberly Russell Research: Bee Diversity and urbanization |
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Tanya LubanskyPhD candidate Advisor: Gareth Russell Research: Automated species ID of coral reef fish |
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Bill ScharfPhD candidate Advisor: Claus Holzapfel Research Interests: Phylogeography. |
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Jessica SchnellPhD candidate Advisor: Gareth Russell Research: Analyzing tropical forest bird ranges: improving quantification techniques for evaluating the threatened status of endemic bird species using satellite imagery |
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Yekaterian ShmelyovaMSc candidate Advisors: David Kafkewitz & Claus Holzapfel Research: PPO root enzymes and root growth in grasses |
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Tingmin WuPhD candidate Advisor: Claus Holzapfel Research: Clonal diversity and resistance to invasion in remnant salt marsh patches dominated by Spartina patens |
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Diana MartinezPhD candidate Advisor: Nihal Altan-Bonnet Research: TBA |
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Andrew MashintonioPhD candidate Advisor: Gareth Russell Research Interests: The ecology and conservation of vertebrates. |
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Denise HewiitPhD candidate, Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers New Brunswick Advisor: Gareth Russell Research: Effect of agricultural management practices on diversity and pollination services of native bee species. |
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