Current Students
Graduate Students
Nicole Pedisich (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track):
Phylogeography of Pteronarcys biloba Newman in New York.
Amanda Setteducate (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Species Distribution Model for and Phylogeography of Acroneuria carolinensis (Banks) in New York.
Undergraduate Students
Eleanor Rettew: Community diversity in upper-Susquehanna macroinvertebrate communities; Genetic diversity in Helicopsyche borealis (Hagen).
Amanda Volk: Effects of Oneonta Reservoir on gene flow in Rhynichthys atratulus (Hermann) and Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill).
Sarah Brabant: Genetic Diversity in Ganoderma tsugae Murrill in Otsego County, NY.
Katherine Mertus: Comparative Genetic Diversity in Tsuga canadensis (L.) hosting and free of Ganoderma tsugae Murrill.
Mackenzie Kletzel: Rhyacophila spp. identification through DNA barcoding.
Annelise Ostrowski: Agricultural impacts on community composition and genetic diversity.
Previous Graduate Students
Stephen DeForest (M.S. Biology - Non-Thesis Track): Non-Thesis Project: Species Distribution Modeling of Calopteryx maculata
Sonja Wixom (M.S. Lake Management - Thesis Track): Thesis: A State of the Wetland Report and Comprehensive Management Plan for the Koinonia Property
Anna Halay (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Thesis: An Introduction to Improving Detections through Species Distribution Modeling for a Burrowing Mayfly.
Samantha Cassata (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Thesis: Identification of Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) at Thayer Farm, Otsego County, NY.
Emily Berezowski (M.S. Biology - Non-Thesis Track): Non-Thesis Project: Assessing Temporal Isolation in Larval Cohorts of Nigronia serricornis (Say) Megaloptera: Corydalidae
Lynne Haynes (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Thesis: Distribution of Polydrusus Weevils (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Franklin County, New York.
Sarah Newtown (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Thesis: Meiofauna and their Physical Envrionment in Oneonta Creek, Otsego County, NY.
Alyssa Rothfus (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Thesis: Population Genetics of Freshwater Sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae) and Sysiridae (Insecta: Neuroptera) of the Upper-Susquehanna River Basin.
Mollie Smith (nee Goodwin) (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Thesis: Genetic Diversity of Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa virginica (L.)) in New York State
Kevin Schermerhorn (M.S. Biology - Non-Thesis Track): Non-Thesis Project: Genetic diversity of carpenter bees (Xylocopa virginica (L.)) in New York state
Rachel Stevenson (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Thesis: Development of 8 Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Nigronia serricornis (Say) (Corydalidae: Megaloptera) and their Use in a Comparative Phylogeography
Tami LaPilusa (M.S. Biology - Thesis Track): Thesis: Genetic Diversity of the Blue Land Crab, Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille (Crustacea: Decapoda), on Andros Island, The Bahamas: Implications for Sustainable Management.