Emily is a freshwater ecologist with research interests in energy flow and food web interactions, stable isotope techniques, and water quality. Emily is especially interested in working across large spatial and temporal scales to understand broad ecological patterns. Emily holds masters and PhD degrees in ecology from the University of Kansas and conducted postdoctoral research in limnology at Bates College. Prior to ESF, Emily taught courses in biology and ecology at the University of Kansas, Washburn University, and Colby College. Emily also directs the ESF Cranberry Lake Biological Station (learn more here).

Jack is a first-year MS student interested in aquatic food web ecology, brook trout, and climate change in the Adirondacks. He is an ESF undergraduate alum from Rochester, NY who has had the pleasure of working on multiple aquatic species restoration projects across the Great Lakes region.

Abby is a first-year MS student interested in aquatic food web ecology, aquatic macro-invertebrate diversity, and water quality in the Adirondacks. She is a graduate of Binghamton University with majors in Biology and Environmental Science, where she also worked on monitoring host-parasitoid interaction changes of oak gall wasps across range expansions. Abby also has previous experience in monitoring aquatic invasive species in the Finger Lakes as part of SUNY ESF's Watercraft Inspection Steward Program. Outside of lab she enjoys cooking, reading, and art history.

Ben is a first-year MS student interested in aquatic food web and fish ecology, impacts of invasive species, and human dimensions of conservation. He received a bachelor’s degree from PennWest – California in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology and has gained experience in the field of aquatic science through positions in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Ohio. He hopes to one day work in a position with a balance of research and conservation education. Outside of research, he loves to fish, hike, camp, and golf.

Ben is co-advised with Dr. John Farrell as part of our New York Sea Grant-funded project.

Amka is a first-year Ph.D. student interested in aquatic food web ecology and the effects of freshwater plastic pollution on fish physiological process and community interactions. Amka holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Ecology from the National University of Mongolia. Amka also has previous experience in monitoring community ecology of fish and plastic pollution research in Mongolia and the western U.S. as part of an NSF-funded Ecological Riverine Synthesis project (MACRO). Previously, Amka worked as an ecologist and ornithologist for the Professional Biological Society of Mongolia and Oyu Tolgoi mining company.

Kendal is a junior in the Wildlife Science major at ESF with a background in forestry from The Ranger School. They are interested in biomonitoring using aquatic macroinvertebrates, freshwater wetland ecology, and forested stream ecology. They have worked on lotic and lentic monitoring projects at the Cranberry Lake Biological Station.

Matthew is a junior in the Aquatics and Fisheries Science major. His primary interest is in cold water fish species, with his favorite being the brook trout. So far at ESF, Matthew has been heavily involved with the American Fisheries Society and the Onondaga Lake Biomonitoring Project.