Lab members

Postdocs:

Thomas E.X. Miller (PhD University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
Research interests: spatial spread of invasive insects

email: tmillerATbio.fsu.edu

Jessica Hines (PhD University of Maryland, College Park)
Research interests: nutrient cycling and decomposition effects on population dynamics of herbivorous insects

arriving March 2008

Technicians:

John Fort (BA Swarthmore College)
Research interests: Facilitation of Collaborative Management of Forest Resources.

email: jfort@bio.fsu.edu

Alex Forde (BA Carleton College)
Research interests: plant-insect interactions

Students:

Amanda Buchanan, graduate student (BA University of Oregon). Research interests: Joint effects of pollinators and herbivores on plant allocation strategies

David McNutt, graduate student (BA Indiana University). Research interests: evolution of plant resistance strategies
Tania Kim, graduate student (MS University of Florida). Research interests: effects of insect herbivores on plant communities
Josh Grinath , graduate student (BA Cornell University). Research interests: mutualism and.....
Katty Paulino , undergraduate independent study. Research: plant-mediated competiton between herbivores Meredith Robbins , undergraduate independent study. Research: Ant-cactus interactions
Ryan Eckert, undergraduate research assistant

Troy Simon, undergraduate research assistant

 

Former lab members (where are they now?):

Postdocs:

Kurt Anderson (PhD UC Santa Barbara). Assistant Research Biologist, UC Riverside. Research interests: quantitative and theoretical ecology

Stacey Halpern (PhD University of Minnesota). Assistant professor, Pacific University, OR. Research interests: Plant-insect interactions; evolution in response to environmental stress; influence of herbivores on invasive plants

 

Technicians:

David Honig (BA Grinnell College). English instructor somewhere in France, no doubt with excellent food

Joseph Simonis (BA University of Illinois). PhD student, Cornell University. Research interests: aquatic community ecology

Katherine McAlister (BA Swarthmore College). Teacher, SciCon school of science and conservation, Tulare Co, CA.

Robin Hopkins (BA Brown University). PhD student, Duke University. Research intersts: plant mating system evolution

 

Undergraduates

Anna Gutterman, BA Department of Biological Science Florida State. FSU school of Nursing.

Maria Sardi, undergraduate research assistant. Current position unknown

Nana Cudjoe, undergraduate independent study student.

Amber Lefstead. BA Department of Biological Science Florida State. Masters student, Conservation Biology program, Univeristy of Maryland

Brian Bielfelt. BA, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Professional birder (bird surveys, southern Arizonza and elsewhere)

Corinne Klein. BA, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis. Research technician, US Department of Agriculture

Emily Fairbanks. BA, Department of Psychology, Florida State University.

Amanda White. B.A., Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. FSU Med School and then?

Melanie Baker. PhD, North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology. UN FAO, Rome Italy

Natalie Hummel. PhD, University of California Davis, Department of Entomology. Rice Extension Entomologist, LA State University

Molly Puente. PhD, North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology. NIH Administrative Fellow

Toshihiko Yoshida. Graduate student, Michigan State University???