Student Research
Pamela Fitzhugh
Subject: Pollinator choice based on nectar microbial ecology
Amber Towles
Subject: Plant survey effort at Bailey Mountain, based on Mars Hill University herbarium collections
Presented results at SLAM 2020 (MHU) and contributed to efforts to database the MHU herbarium.
Graduated from MHU in spring 2020.
Cayleigh Kolodzik
Subject: The effects of abiotic conditions on chemical defenses in leaves and flowers
Completed an honors contract project in spring 2020.
Andrew Disco
Subject: The effects of abiotic conditions on chemical defenses in leaves and flowers
Presented results at SLAM 2019 (MHU) and the 2019 Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting (Memphis, TN); co-author on a paper that's in-prep.
Graduated from MHU in May 2019; currently working as a research assistant and lab manager at the UNC School of Medicine
Coral Foster
Subject: The effects of abiotic conditions on extrafloral nectaries
Presented results at SLAM 2018 (MHU); co-author on a paper that's in-prep.
Graduated from MHU in December 2018; currently a Master's student with Dr. Jonathan Willis at Nicholls State University
Peter Maddaus
Subject: Variation in extrafloral nectaries across a latitudinal gradient
Presented results at UMD; co-author on a paper that's in-prep.
Graduated from U of M - Duluth; currently a lab analyst for 3M
Gina McClanahan
Subject: Variation in floral and leaf defenses across a latitudinal gradient
Presented results at UMD; co-author on a paper that's in-prep.
Previous Students
Jessica Le (University of Minnesota Duluth)
Erin Machacek (University of Minnesota Duluth)
Matthew Boyer (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Maria Servidone (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Jonathan Alfredo Lopez Colon (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Countless field assistants and lab techs! If you were one of them, drop me a line to let me know what you're up to!