Contact Information
1816 S. Oak St., MC-652
Champaign, IL 61820
Research Areas
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Research Scientist, Conservation Biology, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Recent Publications
Acevedo, M., Salywon, A. M., Blackwell, S. A., Hodgson, W. C., Hughes, Z. S., Davis, M. A., & Schuett, G. W. (2026). The potential for seed rescue and secondary dispersal in rattlesnakes. Royal Society Open Science, 13(1), Article 251226. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251226
Iacaruso, N. J., Reves, O. P., Merkelz, S. J., Waldrep, C. L., & Davis, M. A. (2026). A systematic review evaluating the performance of eDNA methods relative to conventional methods for biodiversity monitoring. Ecography, 2026(5), Article e07952. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.07952
Iacaruso, N. J., Myers, J. T., Seider, M. J., & Davis, M. A. (2026). Environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring fish biodiversity in remote lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 46(1), 84-100. https://doi.org/10.1093/najfmt/vqaf106
Reves, O. P., Davis, M. A., & Larson, E. R. (2026). Rainfall has contrasting effects on aquatic and terrestrial environmental DNA recovered from streams. Ecological Applications, 36(1), Article e70169. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70169
Butler, S. E., Iacaruso, N. J., Davis, M. A., Woiak, Z., & Parkos, J. J. (2025). Assessing the efficacy of a quantitative PCR screening procedure for detecting and quantifying the magnitude of invasive carp reproductive events. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 45(5), 851-866. https://doi.org/10.1093/najfmt/vqaf066