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Current Biology Graduate Students

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Meridith Kintzing
Email: mkint001@odu.edu
Research interests: Coral reef ecology
Advisor: Dr. Mark Butler


Braeden Miller
E-mail:  bmill034@odu.edu
Research interests: Entomology 
                            Flying hymenopterans
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Waller

 

 

Carmony Hartwig
E-mail:  chartwig@odu.edu
Research interests:
Advisor:  Dr. Roland Cooper

  Charlotte Grizzard
E-mail:  cgrizzar@odu.edu
Research interests: Benthic/epiphytic diatoms and snail feeding behavior
Advisor: Dr. Harold G. Marshall
   
Shelley Sullivan
Email: sesulliv@odu.edu
Research interests: Oyster reef trophic dynamics/invasive species ecology
Advisor: Dr. Dan Dauer
  Eoin Whelan
E-mail:  ewhel001@odu.edu
Research interests:
Advisor: Dr. Chris Osgood
  Fang Li
E-mail:  flixx002@odu.edu
Research interests:
Advisor: Dr. James Swanson
 

Jay Bolin
E-mail:  jbolin@odu.edu
Research interests: Parasitic plants
                                     Systematics
                                     Fire Ecology
Advisor: Dr. Lytton J. Musselman

  Julie Ray
E-mail:  la.mica@yahoo.com
Research interests: Ecology of tropical snakes
Advisor: Dr. Alan Savitzky
 

Justin Shafer
E-mail:  jshafer@odu.edu
Research interests: Barrier island ecology
Advisor: Dr. Frank Day

  Khalid Al-Arid
E-mail: kalarid@odu.edu
Research interests: Isoetes spore morphology and development
Advisor:  Dr. Lytton J. Musselman
  Lara Orensky
E-mail: lorensky@odu.edu
Research interests: Biogeographical relationships of estuarine species 
                                     hermit crab commensals
                                     polychaete biology and taxonomy
Advisor:  Dr. Daniel Dauer
  Liang Yu
E-mail:  lyuxx002@odu.edu
Research interests:
Advisor:
  Lory Scott
E-mail:  lscot021@odu.edu
Research interests: Cuttlefish and sea turtle locomotion and kinematics
Advisor: Dr. Ian Bartol


Marc Milne
E-mail: mmiln001@odu.edu
Research interests: Arachnology
                                     Interactions between spiders & carnivorous plants
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Waller

  Matt Semcheski
E-mail:  msemches@odu.edu
Research interests: Benthic microalgae, molecular systematics of fish
Advisor:  Dr. Harold G. Marshall
  Michelle Tisdale
E-mail:  mtisd003@odu.edu
Research interests:
Advisor: Dr. Alex Greenwood

Mohammad Al Zein
E-mail:  malzein@odu.edu
Research interests: Systematics
                                     Ecology and biogeography of Michauxia (Campanulaceae)
                                     Ethnobotany
Advisor: Dr. Lytton J. Musselman

 

Rachel Schroeder
E-mail:  rschroed@odu.edu
Research interests: Plant ecology
                                     Technologies to study root biomass
                                     Effects of elevated CO2 on plant roots
Advisor: Dr. Frank Day

  Shab Mohammadi
E-mail:  shab.mohammadi@gmail.com
Research interests: Herpetology
                                     Evolution
                                     Diet specialization and the endocrine system of snakes
Advisor:  Dr. Alan Savitzky
  Shannon Hensley
E-mail:  shens003@odu.edu
Research interests: molecular and microbiology
                                     the role of Defensin in 2 tick species
                                     tick ability to transmit Borrelia burgdorferi to a host
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Hynes
  Staci Blecha
E-mail: 
Research interests: Barrier island ecology
Advisor: Dr. Frank Day
 

Suman Neupane
E-mail: sneup003@odu.edu
Research interests: Systematics of Hedyotis L. (Rubiaceae)
                                     Biogeography 
                                     Evolution
Advisor: Dr. Timothy Motley

  Sushil Paudyal
E-mail: spaud001@odu.edu
Research interests: Plant Systematics
                                     Ethnobotany 
Advisor: Dr. Timothy Motley
  Todd Egerton
E-mail:  tegerton@odu.edu
Research interests: Biodiversity and Phytoplankton Ecology
Advisor:  Dr. Harold G. Marshall
   
Nate Bowman
Email: NBowman@odu.edu
Research interests: Phytoplankton ecology, Back Bay, VA
Advisor: Dr. Harold G. Marshall

  Tony Matthews
E-mail:  rmatt005@odu.edu
Research interests:
Advisor: Dr. Lytton J. Musselman
  Troy Savage
E-mail:  tsava001@odu.edu
Research interests: Plant biology
                                     Molecular systematics
                                     Orchids and ecology
Advisors: Dr. Motley and Dr. Musselman

Matt Muller
E-mail: mmull021@odu.edu
Research interests: Odonate biodiversity; phytoplankton taxonomy
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Waller

 

Jessie Swingle
Email: jswin007@odu.edu
Research Interests: drug resistance in malarial protozoa
Advisor: Dr. Roland Cooper

   
Dorthy Yordt
Email: dyord001@odu.edu
Research interests:
Advisor: Dr. Chris Osgood

 
Raquel Judy
Email: rjudy001@odu.edu
Research interests: immunology/autoimmunity
Advisor: Dr. Emilia Oleszak

   
Heidi Etter
Email: hette001@odu.edu
Research interests: seal behavior
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Waller

   
Robyn Nadolny
Email: rnado002@odu.edu
Research interests: small mammal ecology/ herpetology
Advisor: Dr. Robert Rose

   
Stephen Rice
Email: srice010@odu.edu
Research interests: mammals/zoology
Advisor: Dr. Robert Rose

   
Jana Eggleston
Email: jegg001@odu.edu
Research interests: spatial amd temporal changes of small mammals in wetland habitats
Advisor: Dr. Robert Rose

   
Mark Prinz
Email: mprinz@odu.edu
Research: behavioral ecology / invasive species
Advisor: Dr. Dan Dauer

   
Chris Wilkins
Email: ccole050@odu.edu
Research interests: cellular biochemistry/ embryonic development
Advisor: Dr. James Swanson

   
Rachel Wigton
Email: rachelwigton@gmail.com
Research interests: cephalopod physiology/ biomechanics
Advisor: Dr. Ian Bartol

   
Kimberly Wieber
Email: kweib001@odu.edu
Research interests: fish systematics
Advisor: Dr. Kent Carpenter

   
Brian Stockwell
Email: bstoc006@odu.edu
Research interests: reef fish ecology/connectivity
Advisor: Dr. Kent Carpenter

   
Noble Egekure
Email: negek001@odu.edu
Research interests: tick reproduction
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Sonenshine

 

 
Amanda Ackiss
Email: aacki002@odu.edu
Research interests: population genetics of Indo-Pacific fishes
Advisor: Dr. Kent Carpenter

 

 
Andrew Hines
Email: ahine015@odu.edu
Research interests: population genetics of Indo-Pacific fishes
Advisor: Dr. Kent Carpenter

   
Jonnell Sanciangco
Email: jsanc005@odu.edu
Research interests: marine biology and conservation; GIS and GIS applications
Advisor: Dr. Kent Carpenter

 

 
Millicent Sanciangco
Email: msanc004@odu.edu
Research interests: applied phylogenetics; molecular systematics of fishes; marine biogeography; fish morphology; bioinformatics

 
 

Xiang Yu
E-mail:  xyuxx002@odu.edu
Research interests:
Advisor: