Missie
Lab dog (unofficial therapy dog)
As the official Holzapfel lab dog my duties are pretty straightforward. I must greet everyone who visits the lab, get humans off their chairs and away from their computers to
People
Dr. Sahil Wadhwa
Ph.D. (2013-2017); currently Assistant Professor and Research Scientist at Amity Centre for Air Pollution Control, Amity University Gurugram, India
Sahil’s research focused on understanding how heavy metal contamination shapes biodiversity in brownfields. During his PhD, he studied effects of metal contamination on diversity of epigeic invertebrate community and particularly
Dr. Nicholas Henshue
Ph.D. (2013-2017); currently Clinical Associate Professor, University at Buffalo
Dr. Nick Henshue has a B.S. in Environmental Education, Master’s in Biology, and Ph.D. in Ecology. Nick’s research entails earthworms in post-industrial soils — the way they are part of
Julian Rondon
Ph.D. candidate
Dr. Julia Perzley
Ph.D. (2010-2018); Life Scientist at US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Dr. Julia Perzley is a plant ecologist interested in urban systems and public science education. Currently she is teaching Concepts in Biology, a large introductory biology course at Rutgers Newark.
Dr. Anthony Brusa
Ph.D. candidate (2010-2016); currently Researcher 5, University of Minnesota
Anthony received his PhD in 2016 for work on population genetics of high impact invasive plant species. His work takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining traditional ecology with modern molecular and
Dr. Megan Litwhiler
Ph.D. candidate (2009-2015); currently Program Manager for Advanced Learning Initiatives, Irving Institute for Energy and Society, Dartmouth College
Megan is fascinated by the unforeseen biodiversity our cities can harbor. Birds are one of the most ubiquitous of the non-human city-dwellers, and one of her very favorite contributors to
Dr. Kimberly Plank
Ph.D. candidate (2010-2015); currently Biologist, Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Kimberly Plank’s dissertation research investigated the ecological role of the root enzyme polyphenol oxidase in the invasive plant genus Bromus. She currently is a Biologist in the Technical Support Group at the
Dr. John Francois
Ph.D. (2006-2014), currently Life Science Portfolio Manager at Ward's Science/VWR
Ph.D. thesis “The effect of low level toxicants on growth and fitness of plants – a test of the hormesis effect”.
Dr. Linda Rohleder
Ph.D. candidate (2008-2013); currently Director of Land Stewardship, NYNJ Trail Conference
Ph.D. thesis “The vertical dimension of deer browse effects on forest understories: species diversity, plant traits and floristic quality”.