Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Research Associates
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Post-Doctoral Research Associates |
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Joseph
Parkos |
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Post-doc
2008-present: Effect of landscape patterns on fish movement in the Everglades.
Ph.D. University of Illinois |
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Amanda
Banet |
Post-doc
2009-2011: Phenomenological models for evaluating restoration options. Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside. Current: Post-doc, Univ of British Columbia |
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Eric
Sokol |
Post-doc
2009-2011: Effects of canals on community ecology of adjacent wetlands,
macroinvertebrates. Ph.D. Virginia Tech University. Current: Post-doc, Virginia Tech University |
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J.
Matt Hoch |
Post-doc
2009-2012: Effects of canals on community ecology of adjacent wetlands, fish.
Ph.D. Stony Brook University. Current:
Assistant Professor, Nova
Southeastern University |
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Brooke
Sargeant |
Post-doc
2006-2008: Tracing carbon flow and food web structure at the landscape scale in
the Everglades by use of stable isotopes. Ph.D. Georgetown University.
Current: Law School, University of Washington. |
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Tish
Robertson |
Post-doc
2004-2007: Monitoring fish and macroinvertebrates for the Comprehensive
Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). Ph.D. Rutgers, Newark. Current:
Scientist, Virginia Department of Environmental Protection |
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Doug
Creer |
Post-doc
2003-2005: Population genetics of Everglades fish. Ph.D. Washington
University, St. Louis. Current: Assistant Professor, Concord
University, West Virginia |
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Nathan
Dorn |
Post-doc
2003-2005: Crayfish and aquatic foodwebs in the Everglades. Ph.D. Michigan
State Univ. Current: Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University. |
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Jennifer
Rehage |
Post-doc
2003- 2004: The effects of canals on fish communities in the
Everglades. PhD. University of Kentucky. Current: Assistant Professor,
Florida International University. |
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Post-doc
1999-2002: Population genetics of Everglades aquatic animals. Current:
Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University |
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Carl
Ruetz |
Post-doc
2002-2003: Size-structured analysis of population dynamics of Everglades fishes.
Current: Associate Research Scientist, Annis Water Resources Institute |
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Post-doc
1997-2000: Size-structured predator-prey interactions and large predatory
fishes in the Everglades. Current: Director, Great Rivers Laboratory,
Illinois Natural History Survey |
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Post-doc
1997-1999: Population genetics of Everglades aquatic animals. Current:
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Western Carolina University. |
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Post-doc
1997-1999: Ecology of Everglades aquatic macroinvertebrates. Current: Asst.
Prof., Western Carolina University |
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Post-doc
1995-97: Ecology of Everglades aquatic macroinvertebrates. Current: Assoc.
Prof., Clarion University |
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Jessica
Sanchez |
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Ph.D.
candidate |
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John
Gatto |
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Ph.D.
candidate |
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Mike
Bush |
Ph.D.
candidate: Fish responses to flow and canal modification in the DECOMP
Physical Model |
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Elizabeth
Harrison |
Ph.D.
candidate: Evaluating invasion biology of Mayan cichlids in South Florida. |
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Clifton
Ruehl |
Ph.D.
awarded 2010: Factors controlling snail density in an oligotrophic
sub-tropical wetland. Current: Assistant Professor, Columbus State University |
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Shawn
Liston |
Ph.D.
awarded 2004: Dissertation title, Defining the role of floating periphyton
mats in shaping food-web dynamics in the Florida Everglades. EPA-STAR
Fellowship awardee. Current: Assistant Research Scientist, Audubon
Society, Tavernier Research Center |
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William
Loftus |
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Ph.D.
awarded 2000: Dissertation title, "Bioaccumulation of Hg in Everglade
food webs." Current: Research Scientist, USGS, retired (!) |
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Tom
Turner |
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Ph.D.
awarded 1997: Dissertation title, "A comparative study of life history
and gene flow in darters (Pisces: Percidae). Current: Professor and Director
of the Museum of the Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque |
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Michael
Schirripa |
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Ph.D.
awarded 1997: Dissertation title, "Evaluation of growth rate estimation
from fish otoliths using a striped bass bioenergetics model." Current:
Stock Assessment Scientist, NOAA-NMFS, Miami, FL |
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Ann Hijuelos |
M.S. awarded 2012. Spatial and temporal patterns in the
distribution, behavior, and activity of fishes in canals of the
Everglades. Current: Research Associate, The Water Institute of
the Gulf, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
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Robin Abbey-Lee |
M.S.
awarded 2012. Relative Role of
Dispersal Dynamics and Competition in Niche Breadth. Current: Ph.D. Candidate, International Max
Planck Research School for Organismal Biology. |
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Raul Uregelles |
M.
S. awarded 2009. Dragonfly assemblage structure in freshwater wetlands of the
Florida Everglades. Current: Biological Scientist, National Park Service. |
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Adam Obaza |
M.
S. awarded 2009: Estimating speed of dispersal in small wetland fishes.
Current: Scientist, Ocean Associates, Long Beach, CA |
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David Green |
M.S. awarded 2008. Fish community structure in the
Everglades oligohaline zone revealed by delta13C and delta15N stable isotope
analyses.Current: Lecturer, Florida Gulf Coast University |
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Chuck Goss |
M.S. awarded 2006: Fish colonization of temporary wetlands
in the context of the Everglades landscape. Current: Ph.D. candidate,
Ohio State University |
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Shawna Baker |
M.S. awarded 2004: Effects of hydroperiod on life-history
parameters of Lucania goodei (Fundulidae) in the Florida Everglades.
Current: Texas Department of Fish and Wildlife. |
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Jade Williams |
M.S. awarded, 2004: Effect of productivity and hydroperiod
on food-chain length in the Everglades. EPA-STAR Fellowship awardee; Current:
Biologist, Environmental Consulting Firm |
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Lawrence Lopez |
M.S. awarded 2004: Seed predation and seedling herbivory
by rodents and leaf-cutter ants on land-bridge islands. Current:
Biologist, Florida International University |
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Timothy Konnert |
M.S. awarded 2002, The effects of hydroperiod on the life
history parameters of Poecilia latipinna and Heterandria formosa
(Poeciliidae) in the Florida Everglades. Current: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Washington D.C. |
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Kyoko Nakamura |
M.S. awarded 2001: Thesis title: "Isolation and
characterization of nuclear microsatellite markers in the sailfin molly, Poecilia
latipinna." Current: technician in molecular laboratory, USDA |
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Robert Kobza |
M.S. awarded 2001: Thesis title: "Refuge use and
colonization by fishes in a karst landscape." Current: Biological
Scientist, SFWMD |
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Xavier Pagan |
M. S. awarded 2000: Thesis title: "Ecology of
centrarchid nest predation in relation to hydrology." Current:
Biological Scientist, FL Dept of Transportation |
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Pamela Geddes |
M.S. awarded 1999: Thesis title: "Omnivory and
periphyton mats: uncoupling and quantifying consumer effects in the Florida
Everglades." Current: Assistant Professor, Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago |
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Adrian Jelenzsky |
M.S. awarded 1999: Thesis title: "Life history
variation in the eastern mosquitofish from nutrient gradients in the Florida
Everglades." Current: Junior High School Teacher |
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Ryan Taylor |
M.S. awarded 1999: Thesis title: "The effects of
competition and age-structured predation in an Everglades fish
community." Current: PhD Univerersity of Louisiana, Lafayette,
Assistant Professor, Salisbury University, MD |
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Kenn eth Howard |
M.S. awarded 1995: Thesis title, "Seasonal dynamics
of fishes in artifical culvert pools in the C-111 basin, Dade County,
Florida." Current: Environmental Analyst, Loxahatchee River Water
Management District, FL |
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Dana Neff |
M.S. awarded 1994: Thesis title, "Fat storage
fluctuations as a function of seasonality and reproduction in sailfin
mollies, Poecilia latipinna (Pisces: Poecilidae), in southern
Florida." Current: High School Teacher |
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Andrea Dinep |
M.S. awarded 1991: Univ. of MS, thesis title,
"Variation among populations in the pattern of multiple paternity in
sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna." Current: Homemaker. |
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