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Biological Sciences
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Year |
Advisor |
| Barto, Kathryn |
2002 (PhD Awarded 2008) |
Don Cipollini |
| Research Interests: I am studying the effects of compounds produced by the invasive plant Garlic Mustard on symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi associated with the roots of other plants |
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| Bourne, Michael |
2009 |
Yvonne Vadeboncoeur |
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| Devlin, Shawn |
2005 |
Yvonne Vadeboncoeur |
| Research Interests: I am interested in Carbon cycling in lakes, in particular, the role of Benthic Algal contributions to whole lake food webs, the role of bacteria in regulating benthic productivity and how the microbial loop integrates terrestrial Carbon sources and, in lake production in food webs. |
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| Duell, David |
2002 |
James Amon |
| Research Interests: I am interested in anaerobic degradation of chlorinated ethenes in wetlands. |
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| Ferguson, Chad |
2002 (PhD Awarded 2009) |
Dan Krane |
| Research Interests: My research centers on levels of genetic diversity in populations of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) and how these data may be predictive of the long-term sustainability of studied populations. | | |
| Heath, Jeremy |
2007 |
John Stireman |
| Research Interests: I am studying the adaptive radiation of a group of gall midges, Asteromyia spp. (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera) on their goldenrod host plants. Complex interactions between these midges, host-plant defenses, parasitoid wasps, and a mutualistic fungus instrumental in gall formation may be spurring rapid evolutionary diversification. Understanding the ecology and evolution of this system will provide insight into the process of speciation and may aid in the sustainable control of invasive plants and agricultural pests. | | |
| Kelly, Brianne |
2009 |
Yvonne Vadeboncoeur |
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| Lavretsky, Philip |
2009 |
Jeff Peters |
| Research Interests: I am interested in population genetics and evolutionary ecology. My research focuses on the Mallard Complex composed of 13 extant mallard-like species found around the world. The group impeccably illustrates radiating speciation with increasing concern of genetic extinction by introgressive hybridization. |
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| Lieurance, Deah |
2008 |
Don Cipollini |
| Research Interests: My research interests include invasive plant biology, plant ecophysiology, plant allometry, and the biocontrol of alien exotic plants. | | |
| Milks, James |
2004 |
James Runkle |
| Research Interests: I am interested in the processes involved in reforestation and impacts of reforestation on local ecosystem processes. I am also interested in general forest dynamics and the population and community ecology of mammals. | | |
| Moreno, Mauricio |
2007 |
Thomas Rooney |
| Research Interests: I am interested in finding if there is a potential influence of white-tailed deer in the infection of roots of the genus Carex (Cyperaceae family) by AM fung. |
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| Tumburu, Laxminath |
2005 |
Michele Wheatly |
| Research Interests: Crustacean Physiology. Specifically, calcium ion regulation in crustaceans in response to environmental changes. |
Department of Chemistry
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Year |
Advisor |
| Bose, Sweta |
2002 (PhD Awarded 2008) |
Steve Higgins |
| Research Interests: Mineral growth and dissolution kinetics in real time under constant chemical conditions. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) enables the observation of mineral surface features to the nanoscale level. I am studying one of the important naturally occurring mineral systems – the sulfate system. A project has been done on the dissolution of Celestite (SrSO4) and at present I have focused on studying another sulfate mineral – Barite (BaSO4). The aim is to study the growth processes and kinetics of the mineral in presence of an impurity- (CrO42-) which if present in the natural systems could be of real concern. |
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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Year |
Advisor |
| Chatterjee, Sumantra |
2004 |
Doyle Watts |
| Research Interests: Measuring evapotranspiration on a regional scale-a cost-effective approach | | |
| Clayton, Angie |
2009 |
Songlin Cheng |
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| Edward Council, III |
2002 |
Dennis Darby, Old Dominion College and Steven Higgins (co-director) |
| Research Interests: My research centers on paleoclimatic interpretations based on the provenance of ice rafted detritus in Arctic Ocean sediments. It is hoped this data will support Pleistocene stratigraphic correlation in areas where other technique are ineffective. | | |
| Custer, Kevin |
2006 |
Allen Burton |
| Research Interests: My research is looking at the effects of Nickel spiked sediments in situ on benthic communities, indigenous aquatic insects, and selected USEPA surrogate organisms. Nickel flux and sediment chemistries will also be examined to look at fate and effects of Nickel over time in situ. These compartments will help determine the toxicity and bioavailability of Nickel to these selected groups organisms. |
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| Kirandeep Dhami |
2007 |
Abinash Agrawal |
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| Guin, Arijit |
2002 (PhD Awarded 2009) |
Robert Ritzi |
| Research Interests: The goal of my research is to quantify the three-dimensional interconnectivity of highly permeable open-framework gravel zones within braided river deposits using percolation theory. | | |
| Kapo, Katherine |
2004 (PhD Awarded 2009) |
Allen Burton |
| Research Interests: Watershed ecology and the development and use of various GIS spatial analysis techniques in quantitative environmental risk assessments. | | |
| Powell, Christina |
2005 |
Abinash Agrawal |
| Research Interests: My research interests are in pollution control. My background is in atmospheric sciences but I am hoping to do research in groundwater. | | |
| Qin, Ke |
2009 |
Abinash Agrawal/Robert Ritzi |
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| Ramanathan, Ramya |
2003 (PhD Awarded 2009) |
Robert Ritzi |
| Research Interests: My research interests include modeling reactive solute tranport using stochastic as well numerical approaches. Currently, I am using geometric and geostatistical approaches linking stratal architecture to plume spreading. |
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| Sarah Tritschler |
2007 |
Abinash Agrawal |
| Research Interests: My research interests include studying the biogeochemistry of constructed wetlands for the purpose of groundwater contamination remediation. |
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Department of Phamacology and Toxicology
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Year |
Advisor |
| Salisbury, Richard |
2004 |
Courtney Sulentic |
| Research Interests: Using molecular tools to understand and define environmentally mediated immune suppression |
Department of Physics
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