Research
We explore how urbanization, contamination, invasion, and restoration affect ecosystems
Project Themes:
Algal virus ecology across urban and wilderness aquatic ecosystems
Contaminants, ecological effects, and restoration in urban habitats
Understory invertebrate and plant ecology in urban and wilderness terrestrial ecosystems
Researchers
Jane Madden
Moss as Bioindicators of Urban Air Quality
BS Biology Seattle University '24
Emma Froemke
Forest Soil Nutrient Ecology
BS Biology Seattle University '23
Andy Fusaro
Phycodnavirus phylogenetic diversity in Cascadian lakes
BS Biology Seattle University '21, Lab Tech
Diana DiMarco
Microplastics in marine habitats, algal virus ecology, shark migratory behavior
BS Marine & Conservation Biology Seattle University '20, USGS Biologist
Koryna Boudinot
Urban bird behavior, microplastics in marine habitats
BA Biology Seattle University '20, National Park Service Cape Cod National Seashore
Theresa Rackson
Understory plant diversity on urban trails
BS Marine & Conservation Biology Seattle University '19, Language Teacher
Lisa Ishimoto
Jellyfish community in urban marine habitats
BS Biology Seattle University '19, MSN candidate Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Karena Thé
Protists as bioindicators for oil in stormwater runoff
BS Marine & Conservation Biology Seattle University '18, Lab Tech
Abi Wells
Connections among viruses, algae, and water quality in Cascadian lakes
BS Biology Seattle University '16, Molecular Biologist Tech
Gabrielle Lout
Impacts of warming oceans and rising CO2 on coral
BS Marine & Conservation Biology Seattle University '14, PhD Arizona State University, Social Responsibility Program Manager
Trevor Youngquist
Effects of plants on pesticides in sediments
BS Electrical Engineering Seattle University '15, MS Antioch, Therapist
John Berude
Fates and impacts of pyrethroid pesticides
BS Cell & Molecular Biology Seattle University '13, UC Berkeley Grad Student
Signe Poquette
Effects of pyrethroids on aquatic invertebrates
BS Biology Seattle University '13, ND Bastyr University, Naturopathic Physician
Carolyn Huynh
Urban creeks comparison on impacts of runoff
BA Biology Seattle University '12, MSc SUNY ESF, Senior Scientist Integral Consulting
Ann Frost Brown
Impacts of pesticides on urban aquatic ecosystems
BS Biology Seattle University '11, PhD Florida State University, Associate Professor in Exercise Science & Health University of Idaho
Lindsey Youngquist
Pesticide and interactions with water quality
BS Biology Seattle University '11, MD UC San Diego School of Medicine, Family Physician, AIMH Fellow
Michael Van Nuland
Litter invertebrate communities across an urbanization gradient
BS Biology Seattle University '11, PhD University of Tennessee, Postdoc Stanford University, Lead Data Scientist Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)
John Vincent
Edge effects on canopy trees in urban forests
BS Biology Seattle University '09, PhD University of Minnesota, PM Manager Microsoft
Logan Lauren
Invasive slug impacts on native understory plants
BS Biology Seattle University '08, MS University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Water Quality Analyst
SUCCOTASH logo creator
Anna Vanha
Effects of shore restoration on water quality
BS Biology Seattle University '07, United States Marine Corps
Research Enabler
W. Lindsay Whitlow
Professor Biology Department Seattle University
PhD University of Michigan, BS Biology Duke University