Graduate and undergraduate research students &
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Post doctoral researchers
Jason Jannot. Ph.D. Purdue University, Indiana. Mechanisms and fitness consequences of life history variation in insects. Jason is also working with the CRUI coPIs Doug Whitman, Dave Borst, and Olcay Akman
Paul Leisnham. Ph.D. University of Otago, New Zealand. Ecology of invasion by Aedes albopictus and mechanisms of coexistence among competing mosquitoes.
Current graduate students and their research
Kavitha Damal, Ph.D. student (co-advised by
Sabine Loew) Dispersal phylogeography of Aedes aegypti in
South Florida
Ebony Murrell, Ph.D. student.
Processes driving succession in animal communities of water-filled containers
Esther Dubrovsky M.S. Student. Ecology of invasive container
dwelling mosquitoes
Ascogregarina barretti
Undergraduate research students and their research
Mickayla Bennett, Do body size and morphology affect a grasshopper's
ability to process tough leaves?
Daniel Haeflinger, Interpopulation variation in the intensity of
sexual selection for male body size.
Dori Pitynski, Differences between populations in grasshopper immune
responses
Some recent Post docs and graduate students who have moved on
John Hatle, Postdoctoral researcher working with me, David
Borst, and Doug Whitman on reproductive tactics of
lubber grasshoppers. Now Assistant Professor of
Biology at University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
Banugopan Kesavaraju , Ph.D.
2007. Now post doctoral researcher in Ecology at Rutgers University
Ebony Murrell, MS 2007.
Now PhD. student at Illinois State University (see above)
Donald Yee, Ph.D.
2006. Post Doctoral researcher at University of Calgary
Mary Lee,
M.S. 2004. Now in veterinary school at University of Illinois.
Katie
Costanzo, M.S. 2004. Now a Ph.D. student in Biology at
University of Buffalo
Brianna Waters Aliabadi, M.S. 2000. Entering PhD program in Ecology,
Washington State University, Vancouver
Matthew Daugherty, M.S. 2000. Ph.D.
2007,
Biology at University of California, Berkeley;
now post doctoral researcher at Berkeley
Barry Alto, M.S. 2000. Ph.D. 2006 in Entomology, University of Florida.
Now a Post Doc at Yale
Stephen Van Rhein, M.S. 1999. Now working for the State of Missouri
Department of Conservation
Scott Hegrenes, Ph.D. 1999. Now
Co-Director, Environmental Science Program, Assistant
Professor of Biology, & Director of Discovery Program, Carthage College, Kenosha WI
Marc Gravel, M.S. 1997, now employed by State Farm
Insurance Co.
Andrea Aspbury, M.S. 1997, Ph.D. in Biology at
University of Nebraska 2002, now a Research Associate at Southwest
Texas State,
Michael Nannini, M.S. 1996, Ph.D. 2001, Biology, Brigham Young
University, Post doc with EPA,
Now Assistant Director, Sam Parr Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey
Lisa Turek, M.S. 1997 now on the job market
Pascale Leonard, Technician 1992-1993, Ph.D. 2002, Biology, University of New Mexico;
Now a scientist with New Mexico Department of Health
Tony Frankino, M.S. 1993, Ph.D. 2000, Biology, Indiana
University, Post Doc at University of North Carolina;
Post Doc
in The Netherlands; Post Doc at Princeton; Now Assistant Professor at University
of Houston
Laura Hechtel, Ph.D. 1993, now Math & Science Teacher at
Rivermont Collegiate Upper School, Bettendorf, Iowa.
Some recent undergraduate research students who have moved on
Eileen Bader, Now an MS students at Miami University
Jessica Brinton, Now Field Organizer for Environment California
Eric Stone, Now an MS student in Anthropology at Iowa State University
Lindsey Kling, Now a Nursing student at Illinois State university
Linsey Sala, Now an MS student in Biology at San Diego State University
Amanda Solliday, Now an MS student in Agronomy at Cornell
Carlos Villanueva, Entered Seminary school at Immaculate Heart of Mary
Seminary
Rachel Homeny, Now in Veterinary School, Ohio State University
Danielle Tomevi, Now in Medical School, University of Illinois
Sarah Hohm, Technician in Biology at Washington University
Kim Mormann, Entering graduate school
in Biology in Fall 2006
Eshani Gunawardene, Now in veterinary school at Arizona
Jessica Davis, M.S. (2003) in Health Sciences
at Illinois State University; now on the job market
Ebony (Tillman) Murrell, Now PhD Student in my lab (see above)
Jennifer Olson, Now a MS student in Biology at Ohio State University
Crystal Jones, Now a MS student in Conservation at SUNY Albany
Lindsay Luker, Now an Optometry Student
Michael Crowley, Now teaching high school biology
Rachel deFreese, now an M.S. student in Wildlife, Auburn Univeristy
Brian Stannis, now at Abbott Laboratories in their
Hospital Products Division.
Virginia Flanagin, at Max Planck Institute of
Neurobiology
Leah Harting, now in Physician's Assistant School, Midwestern
University, Downer's Grove, Illinois
Barry Flanary, M.S. (2001) Biological Sciences, Illinois
State University;
PhD (2005) Molecular Biology, University of Florida
Christopher Grill, Ph.D. (1998) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Kentucky; Post Doc at University of Hawaii
Gregory Moehrlin, Taught high school biology in the Chicago area;
Entered Medical School at University of Illinois.
Steven Haase, DVM from University of Illinois
Jeneen Morrill, DVM (2002) from University of Illinois
Kelly Fabish, DVM (2002) from University of Illinois