Student Research 

Broadly I am interested in natural history of our native wildlife and what factors have historically and currently influences their populations. A few of my recent projects involving undergraduate students at Allegheny include: 

• Microbial sequencing of the gut microbiome of the river otter (with Libby Babock, Lorenzo Tovanche, and Dr. Jenn Houtz)

• Understanding patterns in mammal diversity on French Creek Valley Conservancy properties in Northwestern Pennsylvania

• Instream habitat improvement and monitoring in the French Creek Watershed  (with Mark Kirk and Casey Bradshaw-Wilson)

•  Evaluating the thermal integrity of streams in Northwestern Pennsylvania based on water temperature and fish community data (with Mark Kirk and Casey Bradshaw-Wilson)

•  Determination of terrestrial salamander diversity relative to edge and sampling type (with Casey-Bradshaw-Wilson)

• Bat community composition at Presque Isle State Park with the Regional Science Consortium