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Former post-docs and associates:
Dr. David Patrick, Paul Smiths College Dr. Elizabeth Harper, Paul Smiths College Dr. Courtney Conway, U. Arizona Dr. Michael Burger, Audubon New York Dr. Mitschka Hartley, Atlantic Coast Joint Venture/USFWS
Former Graduate students:
· Angela Sirois (MS) - Bog turtle biology and conservation (completed, 5/11); Currently: Stewardship Manager, Western Massachusetts Program, The Nature Conservancy · Kevin Shoemaker (MS, PhD) - Landscape genetics of bog turtles (completed, 5/11); Currently: joint post-doc Applied Biomathematics / SUNY Stony Book · Meredith Atwood (MS) - Pool restoration and amphibian production (completed, 5/11); Currently: Ph.D. candidate, Yale University. · Kristin Winchell (MS) - Aquatic turtle populations along urban-rural gradients (matriculated Columbia University 5/11); Currently: PhD candidate, University Massachusetts Boston. · Jason Townsend (PhD) - Mercury accumulation in soils, leaf litter, invertebrates, salamanders, and thrushes (completed, 5/11); Currently: post-doc Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. · Andrew Myers (MPS) - Bog turtle biology and conservation (completed, 8/11) · Sam Quinn (MS) - Hellbender status in eastern New York (completed, 1/10); Currently: Land manager, Sunnyside Farms, n. Virginia. · Angelena Ross (MS) - Spruce grouse conservation (completed, 1/08); Currently: New York Department of Environmental Conservation. · Viorel Popescu (MS) - Amphibian populations of the Adirondack region (completed, 5/07); Currently: Post-doc (UC Berkeley) · Nancy Karraker (PhD) - Importance of vernal pools to amphibian production (completed, 1/07); Currently: Faculty, University of Rhode Island · Hara Woltz (MS, Columbia U.) - Design of road crossing structures for amphibians and reptiles (completed, 5/06); Currently: PhD candidate, Columbia University · Joel Strong (MS) - Tortoises as seed dispersal agents in the northern Amazon region (co-advised with J. Fragoso, completed 12/05). · Nuria Bernal (MPS) - Habitat fragmentation and conservation of small mammal communities (completed 8/04); Currently: Associate Researcher - Colección Boliviana de Fauna, La Paz-Bolivia · Heather Jensen (MS) - Blanding's turtle ecology and conservation (completed 8/04); Currently: US Army Corps of Engineers · James Arrigoni Jr (MS) - Monitoring approaches for forest amphibians in Belize (completed 5/03); Currently: PhD candidate SUNY-ESF · Shawn Carter (PhD) - Faunal diversity in relation to forest structure in Adirondack forests (completed 5/03); Currently: US National Park Service, Capitol Region · David Steen (MS) - Population structure of freshwater turtles in relation to road density (completed 5/03); Currently: PhD Candidate, Auburn University · Jordan Wolf (MS) - Forest fragmentation, burying beetles, and decomposition processes (completed 5/03); Currently: High School Science Teacher, Queens, New York · Ilana Cantrell (MS) - Trends in land use and open space in New York State (completed 5/02); Currently: Land Use Planner, Onondaga County, New York · Greg Shriver (PhD) - Conservation of salt marsh birds along the New England coast (completed 5/02); Currently: Faculty, University of Delaware · Eriko Motegi (MS) - Allelic diversity in sugar maple in relation to stand disturbance history (completed 5/01); Currently: Instructor Corning Community College · Kris Whiteleather (MS) - Acid mine drainage and salamander communities (completed 5/01) |