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