Purchase College Research Students
2019. Alex Youre-Moses. You are what you eat and where you live: how territory size and diet relate to mercury concentrations in riparian songbirds.
2019. Batya Nightingale. Metagenomics reveals trophic transfer of Hg in songbirds in Acadia National Park.
2019. William Yates. Bird’s reliance on bird feeders during the winter at Purchase College
2019. Matthew Garafalo. Phenological trends of insect diversity and abundance in Acadia National Park: a methods study
2019. Leo Frampton. Variations in aquatic insect emergence and biomass compared between four different sites in Acadia National Park.
2018. Rachel Parker. Measuring avian biodiversity along a gradient of urbanization at Purchase College
2018. Jennifer Rosborough. Determining habitat preferences of wintering raptors using roadside surveys
2018. Griffith Keating. Nitrogen fixing trees influence recruited biodiversity in regenerating neo-tropical rainforest
2019. Batya Nightingale. Metagenomics reveals trophic transfer of Hg in songbirds in Acadia National Park.
2019. William Yates. Bird’s reliance on bird feeders during the winter at Purchase College
2019. Matthew Garafalo. Phenological trends of insect diversity and abundance in Acadia National Park: a methods study
2019. Leo Frampton. Variations in aquatic insect emergence and biomass compared between four different sites in Acadia National Park.
2018. Rachel Parker. Measuring avian biodiversity along a gradient of urbanization at Purchase College
2018. Jennifer Rosborough. Determining habitat preferences of wintering raptors using roadside surveys
2018. Griffith Keating. Nitrogen fixing trees influence recruited biodiversity in regenerating neo-tropical rainforest
Oregon State Research Students
Katie Low, graduated 2016, OSU Honors Thesis: "Songbird feathers as indicators of mercury exposure: patterns across feather tracts and correlations to other tissues"
Danielle Ramsden, graduated 2016. OSU Senior Research: "Mercury and molt: no strong Hg trend across songbird primary feathers"
Colleen Emery, graduated 2014. Research: "Unfeathering mercury exposure in songbirds: are feathers really informative indicator tissues?"
Danielle Ramsden, graduated 2016. OSU Senior Research: "Mercury and molt: no strong Hg trend across songbird primary feathers"
Colleen Emery, graduated 2014. Research: "Unfeathering mercury exposure in songbirds: are feathers really informative indicator tissues?"
Undergraduate Interns
My entire dissertation would not be possible without the help of undergraduate interns and volunteers. They suffer through the early mornings, long lab days and endless data entry to help this project. Now that I'm reaching the end of my PhD, I'm not longer looking for undergrad interns, but feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
2014 interns (see the blog for some of their stories)
Michael Brawner (Integrative Biology), Melanie Ripley (FW intern), Noelle Moen (FW intern), Danielle Ramsden (FW intern)
2013 interns
Colleen Emery (Natural Resources student research), Jim Randolph (FW intern), Mason Wagner (FW intern), Amanda Van de Roovaart (FW intern), Jessica Greer (FW volunteer), Amy Davenport (volunteer), Danielle Aguilar (FW volunteer), Emily Love (FW volunteer)
2014 interns (see the blog for some of their stories)
Michael Brawner (Integrative Biology), Melanie Ripley (FW intern), Noelle Moen (FW intern), Danielle Ramsden (FW intern)
2013 interns
Colleen Emery (Natural Resources student research), Jim Randolph (FW intern), Mason Wagner (FW intern), Amanda Van de Roovaart (FW intern), Jessica Greer (FW volunteer), Amy Davenport (volunteer), Danielle Aguilar (FW volunteer), Emily Love (FW volunteer)