GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED<\/p>\n
1) Dr. Sharon P. Lawler – M.S. Thesis:\u00a0“Behavioral Responses of Species of Anuran Larvae to Predators.”\u00a027 April 1988.
\nPh.D. Dissertation:\u00a0“Effects of Community Structure on Protist Population Dynamics in Experimental Microcosms.”\u00a017 December 1991.<\/p>\n
Professor Emerita, Dept. Entomology, University of California, Davis.<\/p>\n
2) Dr. Wade B. Worthen – Ph.D. Dissertation:\u00a0“The Effects of Resource Distribution, Facilitation, and Predation on the Structure of Mycophagous Fly Communities: Manipulations of a Model System.” 31 May 1988.\u00a0(Co-Advisor:\u00a0T. R. McGuire).<\/p>\n
Professor, Furman University, Greenville, SC.<\/p>\n
3) Elizabeth A. Johnson – M.S. Thesis:\u00a0“Effects of Grazing by Anuran Tadpoles on Periphyton Assemblages in Experimental Pond Communities.” 20 April 1992.<\/p>\n
American Museum of Natural History, Past Manager: Metropolitan Biodiversity Programs – Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. Independent Ecological Consultatnt.<\/p>\n
4) Charles E. Bristow – M.S. Thesis:\u00a0“Interactions\u00a0between Top Predators in Aquatic Communities.”\u00a021 April 1989.<\/p>\n
Instructional Developer, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Retired 2024.<\/p>\n
5) Dr. Lynn M. Kurzava – Ph.D. Dissertation:\u00a0“The Structure of Prey Communities: Effects of Predator Identity and Geographic Variation in Predators.”\u00a020 December 1993.<\/p>\n
Disabled<\/p>\n
6) Dr. Ellen Pehek – Ph.D. Dissertation:\u00a0“The Ecology of\u00a0larval Hyla andersonii: The Effects of Predation by Aquatic Insects, Competition with Larval Anurans, and pH.”\u00a08 April 1994.<\/p>\n
Principal Research Ecologist, NYC Parks Department, City of New York. Retired.<\/p>\n
7) Dr. Paul A. McMillan – Ph.D. Dissertation:\u00a0Coevolution, Sex, and the Dynamics of Interacting Populations of Protists. 4 December 1995.<\/p>\n
Instructor, Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC, Canada<\/p>\n
Chair of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.<\/p>\n
8) Dr. Mark Laska – Ph.D. Dissertation. Predicting the Strength of Competitive Interactions from Body Sizes of Zooplankton: Tests Using Experimental Microcosms. 6 November 1995.<\/p>\n
Ecological Consultant & CEO, Great Ecology Inc., NYC and San Diego<\/p>\n
9) Dr. Victoria Schmalhofer – Ph.D. Dissertation.\u00a0The Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on Predator-Prey Interactions in Old-Field Flower-Head Communities.\u00a011 June 1996. (Co-Advisor:\u00a0T. Casey).<\/p>\n
Instructor, DePauw University<\/p>\n
Assistant Director of CEES, Department of Earth Sciences, Purdue.<\/p>\n
10) Dr. Christina M. K. Kaunzinger – Ph.D. Dissertation:\u00a0Experimental Tests of the Determinants of Food Chain Length. 11 October 1999.<\/p>\n
Program Coordinator, Center for Urban Restoration Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brusnwick, NJ<\/p>\n
11) Dr. Jill McGrady-Steed – Ph.D. Dissertation:\u00a0Causes and Consequences of Diversity in Experimental Aquatic Microcosms. 19 December 1997.<\/p>\n
Ecological Consultant, Great Ecology Inc., San Diego<\/p>\n
12) Dr. Jeremy W. Fox – Ph.D. Dissertation: Causes and Consequences of Community Structure in Experimental Aquatic Microcosms. 5 April 2000.<\/p>\n
Professor, Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta<\/p>\n
13) Dr. Marlene\u00a0B. Cole – (Co-Advisor: R. Lathrop). Ph.D. Dissertation: Effects of the Spatial Configuration of Habitats on Species Distributions and Population Dynamics in Unaltered and Ditched Salt Marshes. 17 October 2001.<\/p>\n
Senior Ecologist, AGEISS Inc., Evergreen, CO<\/p>\n
Environmental Protection Specialist, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service<\/p>\n
14) Dr. Lin Jiang – Ph.D. Dissertation: “Studies of the Extrinsic and Intrinsic Regulation of Population Dynamics and Community Structure.” 23 April 2003.<\/p>\n
Professor, Department of Biology, GA Tech University, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n
15) Dr. Jennifer E. Price- Ph.D. Dissertation: “Intraguild Predation And The Formation Of Alternate Community States.” 7 May 2004.<\/p>\n
Ecological Consultant, UVA<\/p>\n
16) Dr. P. Timon McPhearson – Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Complexity of Cooperation in Ecological Communities” 18 June 2004.<\/p>\n
Associate Professor of Urban Ecology & Director of the Urban Systems Lab, The New School, NYC, NY<\/p>\n
17) Dr. Zachary Long – Ph.D. Dissertation: “Mechanistic approaches to understanding complex ecological systems.” 20 September 2004.<\/p>\n
Professor, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC<\/p>\n
18) Dr. Jennifer Adams Krumins – Ph.D. Dissertation: 22 August 2007. \u201cThe Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity in Multitrophic Communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Professor, Montclair State University, NJ; Pinelands Preservation Alliance<\/p>\n
19) Dr. Aabir Banerji – Ph.D. Dissertation: 5 May 2011. \u201cDynamics and adaptive significance of the inducible trophic polymorphism of Tetrahymena vorax.\u201d<\/p>\n
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Visiting Scientist, Rutgers<\/p>\n
Postdoctoral Associate, EPA, Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n
July 1, 2020, Scientist, US EPA, Duluth MN.<\/p>\n
20) Dr. Maria Stanko- Ph.D. Dissertation: 16 September 2011. \u201cStructure and dynamics of a highly-invaded plant-pollinator network\u201d.<\/p>\n
Instructor and Laboratory Coordinator, Department of Biology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.<\/p>\n
21) Dr. Holly B. Vuong – Ph.D. Dissertation: 21 September 2012. “Ecological Correlates of Genetic Diversity in Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Bacterium.”<\/p>\n
Previous: Postdoctoral Associate, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, Postdoctoral Associate University of Georgia,<\/p>\n
Australian National University – 2 positions:<\/p>\n
National Environmental Science Program’s Threatened Species Recovery Hub in the Fenner School of Environment & Society Knowledge and Engagement Officer –\u00a0 Sep 2018-2019<\/p>\n
Humanitarian Health Research Initiative in the Research School of Population Health Senior Research Project Officer – Jan 2019 – 2021<\/p>\n
Jul 2021 – May 2022: Office of the Chief Scientist Science Policy Fellow\/Senior Policy Advisor for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications<\/p>\n
June 2022 – Present: Government Engagement Senior Advisor, CSIRO<\/p>\n
22) Dr. Jean Deo. Ph.D. Dissertation 15 September 2014.\u201dMixed Species Nesting associations in a Northeastern Deciduous Forest\u201d<\/p>\n
Postdoctoral Associate, Hofstra University, NY. Biology Advisor, Brandeis University.<\/p>\n
23) Dr. Cara Faillace – Ph.D. 29 March 2017. \u201cInvasions and Diversity: Mechanisms, Microbes, and Multiple Scales.\u201d<\/p>\n
Postdoctoral Associate, CNRS, Moulis, France. Jan. 1 2018 -April 2021. Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburg, May 2021 – 2024. USDA Forest Service, 2024-Present.<\/p>\n
Research Aquatic Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Rhinelander WI, 2024-present<\/p>\n
24) Dr. Nicholas Lorusso – Ph.D. 4 May 2018. \u201cConsequences of an Inducible Defense: the Ecological and Evolutionary Repercussions of Temporary Colony Formation in Chlamydomonas reinhardti<\/em>i\u201d.<\/p>\n Lecturer II, Kean University. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Texas at Dallas. July 2021 – 2025. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnessota 2025-present.<\/p>\n 25) Dr. Samantha Schwab – Ph.D. 5 June 2018; Co-advisor: Nina Fefferman. \u201cBeing Smarter Than the Bugs: the Role of (Meta)population Dynamics in the Control of Invasive Mosquitoes and the Pathogens They Transmit.\u201d<\/p>\n Science Instructor, Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset, NJ.<\/p>\n 26) Dr. Rachel Paseka – Ph.D. 28 June 2018; \u201cLinking host-parasite interactions and ecosystem processes with energy and elements\u201d.<\/p>\n Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Minnesota. Beginning Sept. 1 2018. (with Eric Seabloom and Elizabeth Borer). AAAS Fellow, USDA, Sept. 1 2020- 2023. NASA 2023-present.<\/p>\n 27) Dr. Rita Grunberg – Ph.D. 30 August 2019; \u201cThe effects of space and energy on parasite communities\u201d.<\/p>\n Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Starting Sept. 15 2019. (Charles Mitchell)<\/p>\n Statistician\/ Data Analyst, Duke University 2024-Present<\/p>\n 28) Dr. Ariel Kruger \u2013 Ph.D. 3 September 2019. \u201cAmphibian microbial and morphological defenses against natural enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n Part time lecturer, Rutgers University. June 1 2020, Office of Development, .Yale University. Grant Support Staff, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 29) Dr. Paul B. Walberg – Ph.D. 3 December 2019. Co-advisor: Henry John-Alder. “Community disassembly during extreme high temperature events: effects of warming rate, interspecific competition, and physical disturbance.”<\/p>\n Part Time Lecturer, Rutgers University, 2025<\/p>\n 30) Dr. Paulina Arancibia – Ph.D. 9 September 2021. “The effects of network topology on metapopulation and metacommunity dynamics.”<\/p>\n Postdoctoral Associate, University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland, from October 1, 2021-present.<\/p>\n 31) Dr. Seth Bromagen – Ph.D. 25 July 2022. “Parasites and protists: the dynamics of species with facultative sexual reproduction”<\/p>\n Assistant Professor, Kentucky Wesleyan University August 2022 – present.<\/p>\n 32) Dr. Tianqi Huang -Ph.D. 20 December 2024. “The effect of urbanization and anthropogenic disturbance on a widespread snake species, Dekay\u2019s brown snake (Storeria dekayi<\/em>). Co-advisor Dr. Sara Ruane.<\/p>\n Research Associate, Field Museum, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Patricia M. Harris, Ph.D., Duke University. May 1995-August 1997. Dr. Owen L. Petchey, Ph.D., Imperial College, London. November 1997-September 2000. Dr. Jill McGrady-Steed, Ph.D., Rutgers University. January 1998-July 1999. Dr. M. Henry H. Stevens, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. August 1999-June 2001. Dr. Jon Norberg, Ph.D., Stockholm University. August 1999-September 2000. Dr. Christina M. K. Kaunzinger, Ph.D., Rutgers University. September 2000-December 2003. Dr. Christopher Steiner, Ph.D., Michigan State University. January 2002-December 2003. VISITORS<\/p>\n Dr. Florence Hulot, Universit\u00e9 Paris-Sud XI<\/p>\n Dr. Tadashi Fukami, Stanford University<\/p>\n Dr. Ingo Fetzer, Stockholm University<\/p>\n Dr. Sarah Lee, University of North Carolina<\/p>\n Dr. Evan Preisser, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nAssistant Professor, SUNY-Brockport<\/p>\n
\nRoyal Society Postdoc, University of Sheffield, UK. Professor, University of Zurich.<\/p>\n
\nEcological Consultant, Great Eastern, San Diego, CA<\/p>\n
\nAssociate Professor, Department of Botany, Miami University of Ohio<\/p>\n
\nProfessor, Stockholm University, Sweden<\/p>\n
\nProgram Administrator, CURE, Rutgers University<\/p>\n
\nAssociate Professor, Wayne State University.<\/p>\n