Graduate Students
Index
- Nicholas Adams
- Carly Apple
- Jennifer Costanza
- Linda D'Anna
- Scott Ensign
- Andrew George
- Liza Guzman
- Neville Handel
- Erich Hester
- David Luther
- Elizabeth Matthews
- Jasper McChesney
- Matthew McKown
- Brian Miller
- Jeffrey Muehlbauer
- Carla Norwood
- Mary O'Connor
- Megan Rua
- Katerina Savvas
- Rebecca Schwartz
- Elizabeth Selig
- Beth VanDusen
- Miranda Welsh
- Kristie Wendelberger
- Brooke Wheeler
- Jackie White
- Dahl Clark Winters
Ecology Graduates
Dissertations and Theses of Ecology Graduates.
Current Graduate Students
Nicholas Adams
- Degree sought: MS
- Advisors: Johnny Randall & Robert Peet
- Address: 417 Coker
- Email: nsadams@email.unc.edu
Research: Conservation and Management; My project focuses on determining a target community for the restoration of an
open woodland.
Carly Apple
- Degree sought: MA
- Advisor: Robbie Cox
- Address:
- Email: mca@email.unc.edu
Research: Human ecology; research and methods used specifically in local grassroots campaigns for environmental education and research.
Jennifer Costanza
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Aaron Moody & Peter White
- Address: 200 East Elliott Road (phone 962-3923)
- Email: costanza@unc.edu
Research: Plant species distribution patterns, especially with respect to landscape change as a result of fire or urban sprawl.
Linda D'Anna
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Seth Reice
- Address: CEP Albemarle Field Site (phone 252-726-6841)
- Email: ldanna@email.unc.edu
Research: Interaction of feral cats and native birds in coastal fringe ecosystems of North Carolina.
Scott Ensign
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Michael Piehler & Martin Doyle
- Address: 204 Miller Hall
- Email: ensign@email.unc.edu
Research: Ecology and biogeochemistry of tidal freshwater rivers.
Andrew George
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Robbie Cox
- Address: 212 Miller Hall
- Email: andrewg@email.unc.edu
Research: Conservation Management and Public Participation.
Liza Guzman
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Flora Lu
- Address: Alumni Hall
- Email: lguzman@email.unc.edu
Research: Conservation Management
Neville Handel
- Degree sought: MS
- Advisor: Aaron Moody
- Address: 213 Miller Hall
- Email: nhandel@email.unc.edu
Research: Habitat corridors as a tool for increasing landscape connectivity; climate change and species migrations; land-use policy and stakeholder participation.
Erich Hester
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Martin Doyle
- Address: 201 Miller Hall
- Email: ethester@email.unc.edu
Website: http://www.unc.edu/~ethester/
David Luther
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Haven Wiley
- Address: 316 Wilson hall
- Email: dluther@unc.edu
- Website: http://www.unc.edu/~dluther/
Research: Tropical avian behavior, acoustic communication, and interspecific competition.
Elizabeth Matthews
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Alan Weakley & Robert Peet
- Address: Coker 417
- Email: erm@email.unc.edu
Research: Disturbance regimes, stand dynamics, invasive species, and human disturbance of US Southeastern ecosystems.
Jasper McChesney
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Carole Crumley
- Address: 212 Miller Hall
- Email: jasper@primevalpress.com
Research: Historical ecology
Matthew McKown
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Haven Wiley
- Address: 316 Wilson Hall
- Email: mmckown@email.unc.edu
Research: Seabird behavior and conservation.
Brian Miller
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Paul Leslie
- Address: 105 CPC South, 843-4674
- Email: bwmiller@email.unc.edu
Research: Population environment interactions and human use of riparian ecosystems in Tanzania.
Jeffrey Muehlbauer
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Martin Doyle
- Address: 201 Miller Hall
- Email:jeffreym@email.unc.edu
Research: Ecology of rivers
Carla Norwood
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Flora Lu
- Address: 209 Alumni Hall
- Email: carla333@email.unc.edu
Research: Land use, conservation and community participation.
Mary O'Connor
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: John Bruno
- Address: 313 Chapman
- Email: mio@email.unc.edu
- Website: http://www.unc.edu/~mio
Research: Effects of climate change on the structure and functioning of marine habitats.
Megan Rua
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Charles Mitchell
- Address: 408 Miller Hall
- Email:megrua@email.unc.edu
Research: Invasion microbial ecology
Katerina Savvas
- Degree sought: MS
- Advisor: Larry Band
- Address: 201 Miller
- Email: savvas@email.unc.edu
Research: Effects of pollutants on fresh and saltwater ecosystems.
Rebecca Schwartz
- Degree sought: MS
- Advisor:Michael Piehler
- Address: 201 Miller
- Email:rebeccaz@email.unc.edu
Research: Effects of Pollutants on Aquatic Ecosystems
Elizabeth Selig
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: John Bruno
- Email: eselig@unc.edu
Research: The impact of stress and gradients in edaphic conditions on the structure of coastal and benthic communities.
Beth VanDusen
- Degree sought: MS
- Advisor: Pete Peterson
- Address: 214 Miller Hall
- Email:vandusen@email.unc.edu
Research: Coastal community ecology
Miranda Welsh
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Charles Mitchell
- Address: 409 Coker Hall
- Email:panda@email.unc.edu
Research: Community ecology; plant disease
Kristie Wendelberger
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Alan Weakley
- Address: 409 Coker Hall
- Email:kwendel@email.unc.edu
Research: Conservation; fire ecology
Brooke Wheeler
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Robert Peet
- Address: 409 Coker Hall (phone 2-6934)
- Email: bwheeler@unc.edu
- Website:
Research: Plant community ecology; variation in forest gap dynamics along soil nutrient gradients.
Jackie White
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Robert Peet
- Address: 409 Coker Hall
- Email:jackie.white@email.unc.edu
Research: Riparian plant communities; disturbance regimes; resilience
Dahl Clark Winters
- Degree sought: PhD
- Advisor: Aaron Moody
- Address: Saunders 320
- Email: wintersd@realizen.com
Research: Migration of species due to climate change.