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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Dovciak |
Undergraduate Study: Universidad de Buenos Aires (Biology) Personal Statement
I majored in Zoology in Argentina, and earned an MSc for working towards the conservation of native ecosystems in productive landscapes. My practice as an environmental consultant took me on extended tours through the wild side of some of the most important natural landscapes of Argentina: the Patagonian deserts, the Andes mountains, the Iberá wetlands, and the subtropical forests in Misiones. Graduate Research Topic
My current research takes place across the Finger Lakes and the Adirondack Mountains in New York State, and aims to understand the role and importance of ants in the dispersal of forest wildflowers and in the recovery of the herbaceous layer in secondary forests.
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): McGee |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Farrell |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Frair |
Undergraduate Study: Brown University (Biology: Ecology & E) Previous Graduate Study: University of New South Wales (Conservation Biology) Favorite Quote
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
- Albert Einstein
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Underwood |
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Degree Sought: MPS
Advisor(s): Schummer |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Frair |
Previous Graduate Study: Universidade Federal de Minas (Ecology ) Graduate Research Topic
Effects of forest loss and fragmentation on felids in Brazil. Collaboration with Brazilian institutions, including CENAP/ ICMBio (National Research Center for Carnivore Conservation/ Chico Mendes for the Conservation of Biodiversity), Guarulhos Zoo, and São Paulo City Hall.
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Entomology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Teale |
Undergraduate Study: Utica College (Biology)
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Environmental Physiology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Green and Boyer |
Undergraduate Study: Suny Farmingdale (Horticultural Techno) Previous Graduate Study: New York Institute of Technolo (Environmental Techno) Graduate Research Topic
Nitrogen regulation in Microcystis sp.
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Green |
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EFB Plant Science & Biotechnology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Powell |
Graduate Research Topic
Characterization and utilization of biotechnologies in American Chestnut (Castanea dentata). Undergraduate Study:
University of North Dakota (Biology)
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Downs |
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Entomology Degree Sought: MPS
Advisor(s): Teale |
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ESC Environmental Monitoring Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Underwood |
Graduate Research Topic
My current research, and dissertation topic, is focused on the influence of climate induced snow cover variability and its corresponding impact on behavioral ecology and trophic interactions of snowshoe hare and fisher.
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Chemical Ecology Degree Sought: MPS
Advisor(s): Newman |
Graduate Research Topic
My research regards the effectiveness of therapeutic horticulture with military veterans in Central New York. Primarily, whether or not such programs can improve the mood of a patient in the hospital, and can we predict which populations would benefit from such a program. Favorite Quote
“How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?” - Dr. Seuss
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Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Newman |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Farrell |
Undergraduate Study: Cornell University (Biological Sciences) Graduate Research Topic
I am investigating the intersection of invasive species and disease ecology through the interrelationship of the round goby and viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River.
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Farrell |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Leopold |
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Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Horton |
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Frair |
Undergraduate Study: Michigan State University Previous Graduate Study: University of Missouri Columbia* Personal Statement
My research interests are mainly population and quantitative ecology. For my Master's research, I studied behavior and demography of greater white-fronted geese in North America and western Europe. Graduate Research Topic
Demography of fisher populations in northern New York. I am interested in spatial and temporal trends of abundance and vital rates.
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 Jesse Czekanski Moir
Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Rundell |
google scholar profile
Web Link Personal Statement
Well howdy there! I study the causes and correlates of species diversity, especially as they pertain to ants and land snails in Palau. Check out the links for more info! Graduate Research Topic
Conservation Biology; community ecology; evolutionary biology; biogeography; some dabbling in simulations of evolution Home Page
Web Link follow me on twitter or don't
Web Link Palau field course blog
Web Link sometimes I help this ant blog
Web Link I fell into a soil pit once
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Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Weir |
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Degree Sought: MPS
Advisor(s): Fernando |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Schulz |
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Environmental Interpretation Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Weir and Turner |
Home Page
Web Link Previous Graduate Study
Syracuse University: MFA Video
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Environmental Physiology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Green |
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Plant Science & Biotechnology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Fernando |
Undergraduate Study: CUNY Queens College (Biology) Graduate Research Topic
Genetic diversity of beach grass (Ammophila breviligulata) around Lake Ontario. Favorite Quote
"The commonest way in which we deceive either ourselves or others about understanding is by assuming something as familiar, and accepting it on that account; with all its pros and cons, such knowing never gets anywhere, and it knows not why." - G.W.F. Hegel
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Entomology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Teale |
Undergraduate Study: Cornell University Graduate Research Topic
The identification and analysis of chemical attractants for the management of Philornis downsi, an invasive parasitic fly species in the Galapagos Islands.
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Cohen |
Undergraduate Study: Connecticut College (Biology ) Graduate Research Topic
Effects of human-caused disturbance on Snowy Plover behavior, habitat selection, and reproductive success in the Florida Panhandle.
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Razavi |
Undergraduate Study: Cornell University Graduate Research Topic
Effects of anthropogenic mercury pollution and land use change on avian health and diversity
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Razavi |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Leopold |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Leopold |
Undergraduate Study: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Environmental Biolog) Graduate Research Topic
Assessing impacts of removing European buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica, in neighborhood parks in the City of Syracuse
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Cohen |
Previous Graduate Study: Indiana University of Pennsylv Links
Web Link Graduate Research Topic
Assessing the effects of forest management activities on songbird communities in Pennsylvania
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Schummer |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Downs |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Gibbs |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Leydet and Turner |
Undergraduate Study: University of Florida (Wildlife Ecology and) Graduate Research Topic
I am currently developing a research project that aims to investigate population dynamics and abundance of American Robins on a rural to urban gradient. I plan to conduct research on the ecology of these birds, looking at their distribution on a broad to local scale and gain insight into their role in wildlife diseases such as Lyme disease. With this research, we will hopefully expand the knowledge of birds as part of the pathogen-vector-host cycle in the distribution and dispersal of ticks. Favorite Quote
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."
- Aldo Leopold
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Schummer |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Underwood |
Undergraduate Study: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Wildlife Science) Graduate Research Topic
Integrating winter track counts with conventional distance sampling to estimate white-tailed deer density in urban areas.
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Schummer |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Powell |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Drew |
Undergraduate Study: Villanova University (Environmental Science) Graduate Research Topic
My research will examine changes in fish community compositions in the Oswego River watershed from 1927 to the present, and which environmental factors may have driven these changes.
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Fernando |
Graduate Research Topic
Conservation genetic study of the endangered ferns
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Limburg |
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Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Limburg |
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EFB Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): McGee |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Whipps |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Whipps |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Parry |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Kimmerer |
Undergraduate Study: St Lawrence University (Biology) Links
Web Link Graduate Research Topic
Understory forest ecology in post-agricultural secondary forests in central New York.
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Plant Science & Biotechnology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Newman |
Graduate Research Topic
Phytoremediation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl compounds using wetland and phreatophytic plants.
Development of novel non-invasive detection methods to identify environmental contaminants.
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Cohen |
Undergraduate Study: University of Arizona (Ecology ) Previous Graduate Study: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Fish and Wildlife Bi)
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Graduate Research Topic
My dissertation research focuses on two tidal marsh sparrow species, saltmarsh sparrows and seaside sparrows within New York City, NY. I am studying the processes by which individuals and populations of tidal marsh sparrows adjust to a changing environment with hopes of using the information gained to impact tidal marsh restoration design.
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Cohen |
Undergraduate Study: SUNY College of Environmental (Conservation Biology) LinkedIn
Web Link Graduate Research Topic
Studying the winter foraging ecology of birds and mammals on staghorn sumac in Central New York and the Finger Lakes. Office
Illick 301
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Schummer |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Schummer |
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Drew |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Farrell |
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Farrell |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant |
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EFB Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Leopold |
Graduate Research Topic
Marginal plant species for use on green roofs and the effects of species composition on green roof functioning for stormwater reduction Undergraduate Study
University of Pittsburgh (Ecology and Evolution, Linguistics) Social Media
@mslissecologist on Instagram and Twitter
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Diemont |
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Degree Sought: MPS
Advisor(s): Powell and Kimmerer |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Powell |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Stewart and Rundell |
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Entomology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Parry |
Undergraduate Study: University of Chicago (Biology) Previous Graduate Study: University of Virginia (Environmental Science) Links
Home page Graduate Research Topic
Understanding Compsilura concinnata densities, distribution drivers, and their effects on native moths in Northeastern forests. Favorite Quote
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias, and who can you count on to kowtow to Reality like it's the only game in town? Scientists." - Stephen T. Colbert
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Stewart |
Undergraduate Study: Albion College (Biology) Previous Graduate Study: Arkansas State University of St Univ (Biology )
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Diemont |
Personal Statement
In addition to research, classwork, and teaching here at SUNY-ESF, I am also a professional wedding photographer traveling to photograph people in love. Through photographs, I found my love for people, and that love for people has been incorporated into my love for science, so I am fascinated by the intersection of human culture and ecological community. Particularly, I hope to show that humans can not only be a force for environmental good, but that we have a responsibility to do so. It would be an honor if you stopped by my corner of the web: www.garrettmaynard.com Graduate Research Topic
I am developing a project relating to the urban restoration of locally relevant food species (such as Morus rubra, the red mulberry) in Syracuse city parks. The project's focal points are the effects of European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and multiple planting strategies on the efficacy of this restoration. This will provide meaningful insights and guidance for the growing urban food forest movement, city planners, and ecological restorationists alike. Undergraduate Study
Roberts Wesleyan College (Biology with Environmental Science). My undergraduate honors capstone project focused on restoring native pollinator habitat on campus while also performing a three-season pollinator population assessment in multiple campus areas.
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Parker and Rundell |
Undergraduate Study: University of Missouri Columbia* Graduate Research Topic
My research will focus on how science and policy interactions affect the management and protection of endangered species.
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Entomology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Parker |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Downs |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Limburg and Razavi |
Undergraduate Study: Guilan University Previous Graduate Study: Guilan University Graduate Research Topic
The goal of my research is to determine the effects of lifetime hypoxia exposure on trophic transfer of methylmercury using fish otoliths and eye lenses chemistry
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Fierke and Drake |
Undergraduate Study: Suny Binghamton Personal Statement
I am currently a Ph.D student in the Fierke lab working on the long term biocontol of the emerald ash borer. As introduced parasitoids are established across New York State we must assess their ecological impacts over time. My current projects include assessing the distribution of biocontrol agents across the urban gradient, and constructing EAB lifetables in aftermath forests. Graduate Research Topic
Emerald ash borer and associated parasitoids
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Plant Science & Biotechnology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Powell |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Limburg |
Undergraduate Study: SUNY-ESF (EFB) Previous Graduate Study: SUNY-ESF (Fisheries Sci )
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Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Horton |
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Plant Science & Biotechnology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Powell |
Graduate Research Topic
Regulatory Biotechnology, focusing on the federal review process for genetically engineered plants to be distributed or used for restoration. Home Page
Web Link
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MPS
Advisor(s): Powell |
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Rundell |
Undergraduate Study: Pomona College (Biology) Graduate Research Topic
I study body size evolution in Pacific island land snails. I'm particularly interested in how phylogenetic history, abiotic pressures like microclimate and nutrient availability, and immigrant selection impact land snail body size. Comparing body sizes between snails of very different shapes has motivated me to develop new methods for measuring shell size. I am also interested in gastropod terrestrialization and land snail conservation. My undergraduate work at Pomona College (BA, Biology) examined estivation physiology and microhabitat use in southern California helminthoglypt land snails. I am a co-originator of the Not White Dudes Malacology Reading List (NWDMRL). Lab Website
Web Link Terrestrialization Talk
Web Link Estivation Speed Talk
Web Link NWD Malacology Reading List
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Ringler and Schulz |
Undergraduate Study: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Graduate Research Topic
I'm interested in examining the effects of the invasive macroalga Nitellopsis obtusa (starry stonewort) on the epiphytic community of New York lakes. This aquatic invasive species has recently been spreading in New York and across the Great Lakes Region in the US and Canada. It often forms dense monocultures by outcompeting and displacing native macrophyte species. Previous research has primarily focused on the distribution of starry stonewort, but little has explored its potential ecological impacts.
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EFB Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Leopold |
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Plant Science & Biotechnology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Powell |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Gibbs |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Gibbs |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Frair and Parker |
Undergraduate Study: Humboldt State University (Wildlife Management) Graduate Research Topic
Strengthening the Public Trust: Management Effectiveness of State Fish and Wildlife Agencies Favorite Quote
"Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic. Changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective." (Rachel Carson, Silent Spring)
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Fernando and Leopold |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Farrell |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): McNulty and McGee |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): McNulty |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Frair |
Undergraduate Study: ( ) Personal Statement
From Iquitos, the capital of the biggest "state" of Peru, which is part of the Amazon rainforest and contains one of the highest levels of biodiversity in South America. I'm a Fulbright and Concytec grantee Master's student in Environmental & Forest Biology. My background includes wildlife monitoring (using invasive and non-invasive sampling methods for terrestrial and aquatic mammals, primates, alligators, birds, and bats) in the tropical rainforests of Peru and part of the Andes Amazon region. My focus is on wildlife conservation, particularly mammal research. I also have experience in field work in extreme conditions with indigenous communities and rural citizens as part of different projects launched in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. My research interests center on wild cats and their prey, understanding their inter- and intraspecific interactions, and human-wildlife conflicts. Favorite Quote
“YOU cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around YOU. What YOU do makes a difference, and YOU have to decide what kind of difference YOU want to make.” Jane Goodall (:
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MPS
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Frair |
Undergraduate Study: University of Arizona (Renewable Natural Re) Personal Website
Web Link Personal Statement
Though originally from Munich, Germany, I was raised in the American Southwest in Tucson, Arizona. My research interests primarily center on human-wildlife conflict, large carnivore ecology, endangered species conservation, and international work. For my undergraduate research, I studied small mammal movement in relation to disturbance ecology. In my spare time I enjoy reading, learning new languages, and spending time outdoors.
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Degree Sought: MPS
Advisor(s): Farrell |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Kimmerer |
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Parry |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Leopold |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Ringler |
Undergraduate Study: Graduate Research Topic
Effects of structure composition on epifaunal communities and the subsequent changes in fish diets within a recovering urban lake.
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Entomology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Parry |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Parry |
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Dovciak |
Undergraduate Study: University of Vermont (Biology) Previous Graduate Study: University of Michigan Ann Arbor* (Natural Resources an) Graduate Research Topic
Effects of tree species responses to global environmental changes and biotic controls on tree species distributions in the northeastern United States.
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Entomology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Leopold |
Graduate Research Topic
Rare plant ecology and conservation: my dissertation focuses on the conservation of federally-listed Houghton's goldenrod (Oligoneuron houghtonii). I am also working with Dr. Sara Scanga (Utica College) to monitor population trends of globally rare Trollius laxus in upstate NY. Twitter
@Justine_Weber
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Chemical Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Razavi |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant |
Undergraduate Study: Oberlin College (Biology) Previous Graduate Study: University of Hawaii at Manoa Links
nathanielwehr.weebly.com Graduate Research Topic
Space-use patterns of grey wolves in relation to other large mammals in Isle Royale National Park and northeastern Minnesota Twitter
@WildNateure
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Conservation Biology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant and Dovciak |
Undergraduate Study: Colby College Links
My Photography: https://www.instagram.com/mr.zarfos/
Personal Statement
At ESF I study the relationships between acid rain, beech bark disease, and plant and bird community composition in Adirondack hardwood forests. I am enrolled in the MA of international relations program at Syracuse University, where I focus on international security. My volunteering efforts are dedicated to improving land conservation in my home town of Deep River CT. I enjoy producing nature and landscape photography in my free time.
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Ecology Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Green |
Graduate Research Topic
Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool to improve monitoring efforts for rare, invasive, and difficult to detect organisms in a variety of habitats. Current projects focus on river otter and muskellunge.
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Ecology Degree Sought: MS
Advisor(s): Horton |
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Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Degree Sought: PHD
Advisor(s): Belant |
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Current Students
Mariano Arias
Melanie Berger
Lilian Bonjorne de Almeida
Madison Burnham
Sarah Caltabiano
Erik Carlson
Shawn Cleveland
Anna Conklyn
Stephanie Cunningham
Tiffany Deater
Adam Doniger
Danielle Dryer
Maureen Durkin
Sarah Dzielski
Jacob Erle
Cameron Fiss
Kurt Gielow
Madison Hand
Kate Henderson
Namjoo Heo
Meredith Kane
Amalia Kenyon
Alison Kocek
Samuel Krebs
Toby Liss
Rea Manderino
Garrett Maynard
Laine McCall
Hadis Miraly
Timothy Morris
Andrew Newhouse
Teresa Rose Osborne
Carrick Palmer
Manoon Pliosungnoen
Daisy de Fatima Sanchez Mosqueda
Sandy Slovikosky
Jordon Tourville
Justine Weber
Nathaniel Wehr
Michael Whalen
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