School of
Integrative Biology
SIB Directory
Graduate Students
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Achury Morales, Rafael |
Graduate Student Entomology Ant ecology and invasive species (advisor: Andy Suarez) |
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Anderson, Nicholas |
Graduate Student Entomology Insect community responses to conservation and restoration and native bee ecology (advisor: Alexandra Harmon-Threatt) |
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Antonson, Nicholas |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Behavioral ecology, avian brood parasitism, coevolution, and the effect of parental care on brood parasites (advisor: Mark Hauber) |
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Baena, Nathalie
baena2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Entomology Systematics of Tridactyloidea (advisor: Sam Heads) |
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Banan, Darshi
banan2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Andrew Leakey) |
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Behrens, Colby |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Examining genetic mechanisms influencing behavior in three-spined stickleback fish (Advisor: Alison Bell) |
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Bensky, Miles |
Graduate Student PEEC Populations and individual level differences in cognitive performance using threespined stickleback as a model. How individual levels of behavior relate to differences in learning and elucidating the ecological and evolutionary factors driving these differences (advisor: Alison Bell) |
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Beuchat, Gabriel |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (Li-Qing Chen, Advisor) |
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Burroughs, Charles
cburrou2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Elizabeth Ainsworth) |
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Bush, Daniel |
Graduate Student Entomology Navel orangeworm's relationship with Aspergillus mold (advisor: May Berenbaum) |
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Capel, Samantha |
Graduate Student Animal Biology (Advisor: Ken Paige) |
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Chen, Yaping
ychen410@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Feng Sheng Hu) |
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Choquette, Nicole
choqutt2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Elizabeth Ainsworth and Lane Rayburn) |
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Clem, C. Scott |
Graduate Student Entomology Interested in tracing native pollinator communities through time using museum specimens and historical data. During master's work at Auburn University, conducted research dealing with community ecology, plant-insect interactions, and insect taxonomy (advisor: Alex Harmon-Threatt) |
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Cox, Maria |
Graduate Student PEEC Paleogenomic analysis of immune change and function, as well as molecular identification of pathogens; particularly, how genes associated with immune function change through time, especially in populations undergoing long term stress (advisor: Ripan Malhi) |
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Curtis, Amanda
amandac3@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC (advisor: Eric Larson) |
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Dai, Qihong |
Graduate Student PEEC Fish ecology and biology; modeling (advisor: Cory Suski) |
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Dana, Catherine |
Graduate Student Entomology Cicada conservation and natural history (advisor: Sam Heads) |
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Darcy, Hannah |
Graduate Student Animal Biology (advisor: Phil Anderson) |
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De Becker, Elsa |
Graduate Student Plant Biology |
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de Flamingh, Alida
deflami2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC I use an integrative approach that combines spatial and genetic data through landscape genetics to study African elephant populations throughout southern Africa. My main research focus is conservation genetics, and in studies that employ ancient DNA analysis (advisor: Alfred Roca) |
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De Moya, Robert |
Graduate Student Entomology, INHS Examining the coevolution patterns between parasitic bird lice and their hosts (advisor: Kevin Johnson) |
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Dean, Charles |
Graduate Student Entomology Resolving the developmental physiology and genetics underlying bumble bee color patterns (advisor: Sydney Cameron) |
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DeLucia, Nicholas
ndeluc2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Carl Bernacchi) |
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Demkovich, Mark |
Graduate Student Entomology Navel Orangeworm Detoxification Systems (advisor: May Berenbaum) |
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Doucet Beaupré, Alice |
Graduate Student PEEC Computational phylogenetics and the development of novel stochastic phylodynamics models and tools for the study of microbial innovations, diversification, cladogenesis, and ecology (advisor: James O'Dwyer) |
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Drager, Kim |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Nest architecture of soil dwelling ants (both ancient and modern) and how nest structure varies between ant species and geological environments (advisor: Andrew Suarez) |
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Edwards, Joseph |
Graduate Student PEEC Perturbations of a forest nitrogen economy and its associated microbial community by invasive Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) (advisors: Anthony Yannarell and Wendy Yang) |
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Egenriether, Sada |
Graduate Student PEEC Microbial nitrogen transformations in agricultural soils (advisors: Angela Kent and Wendy Yang) |
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Favela, Alonso
favela3@illinois.edu |
Graduate student PEEC Microbial community composition and ecosystem function selected by plant host in the rhizosphere. (advisor: Angela Kent) |
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Ford, Alexandra |
Graduate Student PEEC Studying development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the fear response of tame and aggressive fox kits through the Fox Domestication Project in Russia (advisor: Anna Kukekova) |
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Gibson, Joshua |
Graduate Student Entomology Evolution of trap-jaw mechanism in ants (advisors: Gene Robinson and Andy Suarez) |
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Giers, Sarah |
Graduate Student Entomology Evolution and olfaction in Rhagoletis pomonella (advisors: Stewart Berlocher and Hugh Robertson) |
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Grispo, Michael |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Fitness of organisms from aquatic to terrestrial (fish lenses) (advisor: Chris Cheng) |
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Halsey, Samniqueka (Sam)
shals3@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Research focuses on understanding the ecology of Lyme disease in regards to the black-legged tick and wildlife hosts and how they relate to spread of both the tick and pathogen (advisor: James R. Miller) |
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Haselhorst, Derek |
Graduate Student PEEC Ecological role of pollen productivity in tropical forest communities as it relates to long-term variability in climate, community structure, and reproductive output (advisor: Surangi Punyasena) |
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Heerah, Sachin |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Amy Marshall-Colon) |
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Hsieh, Edward |
Graduate Student Entomology The properties of phytochemicals in honeybee honey and general honeybee behavior (advisor: May Berenbaum) |
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Hutchinson, Sarah |
Grad Student Plant Biology (advisor: Stephen Long) |
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Johnson, Todd
tdjohns2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Entomology Host-location and host-range in forest insects; surveying the parsitoid communities that attack common species of cerambycids in Illinois (advisor: Lawrence Hanks) |
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Jones, Beryl
bmjones2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Social insect behavior and the mechanisms underlying social evolution, specifically the mechanisms by which division of labor has evolved in bees (advisor: Gene Robinson) |
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Jones, Cody |
Graduate Student Animal Biology (advisor: Ken Paige) |
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Jones, Jennifer |
Graduate Student PEEC Nutrient concentrations and other environmental characteristics influence wood decay rate and communities of wood decomposing fungi and bacteria (advisors: Katy Heath and James Dalling) |
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Josek, Tanya |
Graduate Student Entomology Bioinspiration and ticks (advisor: Marianne Alleyne) |
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Juma, Elijah |
Graduate Student Entomology Understanding the ecology and behaviour of malaria and arboviral mosquitoes (advisor: Juma Muturi) |
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Kannan, Kavya |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Amy Marshall-Colon) |
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Krichels, Alexander
krichel2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Affects of seasonal ponding on greenhouse gas emissions from upland soils (advisor: Wendy Yang) |
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Lawson, Shelby |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Behavioral ecology, breeding strategies, mate choice, vocal communication/perception in birds (advisor: Mark Hauber) |
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Lira Viana, Jessica
liravia2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: James Dalling) |
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Long, Kira
kira2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Investigating the supposedly stable hybrid zone of two manakin species in Panama; examining the effects of sexual and natural selection on hybrids and parental species (advisor: Jeff Brawn) |
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Low, Kelsey
kmlow2@illinois.edu |
Graduate student PEEC Emergence of Ranavirus in endangered populations of amphibians and reptile (advisors: Chris Phillips and Matthew Allender) |
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Luro, Alec |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Behavioral & cognitive ecology, evolution, avian brood parasitism and species recognition in birds (advisor: Mark Hauber) |
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Mayfield-Jones, Dustin
dustinm2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Andrew Leakey) |
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McDaniel, Lauren |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Behavior, sexual selection, and speciation in killifish (advisor Becky Fuller) |
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McLean, Shay Akil |
Graduate Student PEEC Evolutionary anthropological genetics (advisor: Charles Roseman) |
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Montag, William |
Graduate Student Entomology Conservation of soil and litter dwelling insects, especially beetles (advisor: May Berenbaum) |
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Montes, Christopher M
cmontes3@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology Examining Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.] and Maize (Zea mays L.) physiological responses to elevated ozone concentrations and genetically mapping ozone response (advisor: Elizabeth Ainsworth)) |
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Moran, Rachel
rmoran9@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Reinforcement, sexual selection and speciation in darters (advisor: Becky Fuller) |
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Morris, Brendan
bomorri2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Entomology Historical biogeography and systematics of Carribean treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) (advisor: Christopher Dietrich) |
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Napier, Joseph
jnapier2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Feng Sheng Hu) |
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Newman, Evan |
Graduate Student Entomology Distribution patterns of Plecoptera (Stoneflies) of the midwest (advisor: Ed DeWalt) |
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Nguyen, Julie |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Ray Ming) |
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Nishikawa, Elise
nishika2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Understanding how and why neotropical resident birds respond to environmental variation and climate change (advisor: Jeffrey Brawn) |
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Njoroge, Teresia |
Graduate Student Entomology Role of insects P450s in insecticides resistance (advisors: May Berenbaum and Mary Schuler) |
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Owings, Amanda
aowings2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Migration routes of Native American people using population genetics (advisor: Ripan Malhi) |
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Parker, Allison |
Graduate Student Entomology Effects of competition in the larval environment on the capacity of adult mosquitoes to vector diseases (advisors: Brian Allan and Juma Muturi) |
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Paul, Rachel |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Andrew Leakey) |
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Paul, Robert |
Graduate Student Plant Biology Modeling terrestrial biogeochemistry of different land uses in the Midwest; quantifying ecosystem services of multi-use landscapes; resolving environmental impacts of second-generation bioenergy agriculture (advisor: Evan DeLucia) |
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Pearlstein, Daniel |
Graduate Student Entomology Chemical ecology of eusocial insects, especially honeybees (advisor: May Berenbaum) |
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Pelech, Elena
pelech@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Carl Bernacchi) |
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Perez, Sierra |
Graduate Student PEEC Plant-soil feedbacks in montane neotropical forests (advisor: James Dalling) |
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Perrin-Stowe, Tolulope
tperri2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC African Elephant mitogenomes and phylogeography (advisor: Al Roca) |
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Prada Cordero, Cecilia
cprada@illinois.edu |
Grad Student Plant Biology (advisor: James Dalling) |
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Price, Gabriel
gjprice2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Implications of plant-soil feedback on community composition and how species invasion can shape these interactions (advisor: Anthony Yannarell) |
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Quebedeaux, Jennifer
quebede2@illinois.edu |
Grad Student Plant Biology (advisor: Andrew Leakey) |
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Raudabaugh, Daniel
raudaba2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Andrew Miller) |
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Rayamajhi, Niraj |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Population genomics of natural populations and computational biology (advisor: Julian Catchen) |
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Reiter, Kristen |
Graduate Student Entomology Functions of micro- and nanoscale structures of insects and the application of these functions (advisor: M. Alleyne) |
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Ricks, Kevin |
Graduate Student PEEC Microbial community and evolutionary ecology, evolution of symbiosis (advisor: Anthony Yannarell) |
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Riley, Alex |
Graduate Student Plant Biology |
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Rios Acosta, Lorena |
Grad Student Plant Biology (advisor: Andrew Leakey) |
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Rivera, Michael |
Graduate Student PEEC Ecological and evolutionary drivers of morphological variation in social insect workers (advisor: Andy Suarez) |
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Rivera-Colón, Angel |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Genomics, genome evolution (advisor: Julian Catchen) |
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Romero Valero, Ingrid
romerov2@illinois.edu |
Grad Student Plant Biology (advisor: Surangi Punyasena) |
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Ruzi, Selina |
Graduate Student PEEC Invasion ecology and plant-insect interactions. Determining if non-myrmecochorous plants engage in ant-mediated seed dispersal and what chemical cues promote this seed-ant dispersal interaction (advisor: Andy Suarez) |
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Scharf, Hannah |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Behavioral ecology, social and mating systems, avian brood parasitism (advisor: Mark Hauber) |
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Schwing, Cameron |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Effects of manipulating larval mosquito habitat on development and fitness (advisor: Carla Cáceres) |
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Scott, Bradley |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Early evolution of vertebrates, specifically the changes in feeding and locomotion associated with the transition from jawless to jawed vertebrates. I seek to understand these changes using paleontology, functional morphology, and biomechanics (advisor: Phil Anderson) |
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Seyfried, Georgia
gss3@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Wendy Yang) |
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Shrivastava, Stuti |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Amy Marshall-Colon) |
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Skinner, Rachel |
Graduate Student Entomology Taxonomy, phylogenetics, and biogeography of treehoppers in Membracidae (advisor: Chris Dietrich) |
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Solorzano-Lowell, Kathryn |
Graduate Student PEEC (advisor: Anthony Yannarell) |
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South, Eric |
Graduate Student Entomology Stonefly taxonomy and systematics (advisor: Ed DeWalt) |
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Stewart, Tara |
Graduate Student PEEC Ecological immunology of Daphnia dentifera (advisor: Carla Cáceres) |
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Strailey, Katherine |
Graduate Student PEEC Ecology, physiology, and conservation of freshwater fishes (advisors: Cory Suski and Piotr Cienciala) |
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Strickland, Lynette |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Genetic and developmental mechanisms of color variation in Cassidine beetles, it's ecological significance and how color polymorphisms are maintained in populations (advisor: Carla Caceres) |
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Stuart, Sarai |
Graduate Student PEEC Evolution of social life and mechanisms that underpin behaviors in the colony environment (advisor: Gene Robinson) |
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Sutton, Nicholas |
Graduate student PEEC Modeling decision-making processes during predator-prey encounters, with a focus on optimal escape strategies in ungulates (advisor: James O'Dwyer) |
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Swanson, Daniel |
Graduate Student Entomology Systematics of assassin bugs (advisors: Steven J. Taylor and Sam W. Heads) |
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Tetlie, Jonathan |
Graduate Student Entomology The lingering impact of agricultural practices on habitat restoration efforts of prairies and their effect on native bee communities (advisor: Alexandra Harmon-Threatt) |
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Thomas, M. Jared |
Graduate Student Entomology Paleoentomology with emphasis on Tetrigidae (pygmy grasshoppers) (advisor: Sam Heads) |
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Torres, Jacob |
Graduate Student Entomology Native bee ecology, urban ecology, bee/pollinator health, and insect microbiomes (advisor: Adam Dolezal) |
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Virrueta Herrera, Stephany |
Graduate Student PEEC Ornithology and phylogentics, specifically the evolutionary patterns between birds and their parasitic feather lice (advisor: Kevin Johnson). |
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Wedow, Jessica
wedow2@illinois.edu |
Grad Student Plant Biology (advisor: Elizabeth Ainsworth) |
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White, Dalon |
Graduate Student PEEC The intersection and application of physiology and ecology to climate change within aquatic ecosystems (advisor: David Wahl) |
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Wilson, Loralee |
Graduate Student Animal Biology (advisor: Chris Cheng) |
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Wolz, Kevin
wolz1@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student PEEC Biogeochemical consequences of an agricultural transition from row-crops to agroforestry (advisor: Evan DeLucia) |
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Wszalek, Andrew |
Graduate Student Animal Biology (advisor: Ken Paige) |
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Xin, Yinghui
xin7@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Ray Ming) |
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Yoon, Veronica |
Graduate Student Animal Biology Evolutionary biology and physiology of the most derived species of Antarctic fishes (Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae) through the analysis of genetic data (advisor: Chris Cheng) |
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Yu, Li'Ang
liangy2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Ray Ming) |
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Zerpa Catanho, Dessiree
dpz2@illinois.edu |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Ray Ming) |
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Zhang, Chen |
Graduate Student Plant Biology |
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Zhang, Xiaodan |
Graduate Student Plant Biology |
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Zhu, Fan |
Graduate Student Plant Biology (advisor: Ray Ming) |