Opportunities are available for M.S. students interested in researching the impacts of global change on temperate ecosystems. See the department website for more information.
Current students
Charlotte Buechi MS thesis "Impacts of forestry management and deer abundance on understory plant communities in Western New York oak forests"
Lydia Sweeney MS thesis "Using spatial analytics to model the distribution of floodplain forests and investigate their ecological condition in eastern New York"
Adam Graziano Summer undergraduate research projects "Mapping the presence of invasive plants in the Brockport natural area" and "Quantifying the allelopathic effects of Fallopia japonica on native plants"
Erica Mackey MS thesis "Mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) discovery and control in western NY."
Ray Marszalek MS thesis "The control and impacts of Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) on invertebrate communities in western New York"
Jeremy Brady MS thesis "Rush Oak Openings: the effects of fire on community composition and structure of an oak savanna."
Lab Alumni
Alexis Davis, MS '22 MS thesis "European dewberry (Rubus caesius) control and the genetic and phenetic differences across western NY populations"
Megan Aubertine, MS '22 MS thesis "An investigation into the success of slender false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) and its relationship with plant communities in New York State"
Scott Ward, MS '19 MS thesis "Investigating the ecology of native and non-native lianas in Central and Western New York."
Kira Broz, MS '19 MS thesis "The impacts of long-term overpopulation of white-tailed deer on plant community composition and function in deciduous forests."
Benjamin Hoy, BS '19 Honors thesis "Effects of litter and soil on growth of grassland species at Rush Oak Openings."
Ashlee Dow, BS '19 Independent study project "Effects of invasive bindweed on growth and reproduction of milkweed."
Christopher Plummer, BS '18. Independent study projects "Quantifying deer abundance in Monroe County woodlots" and "Effect of swallowwort on tree mycorrhizae."
Wyatt Jackson, BS '18 Honors thesis "The effects of pale swallowwort (Vincetoxicum rossicum) on forest moth communities."
Holly Jackson, BS '17 Honors thesis "Examining competitive interactions between native Asclepias syriaca and non-native Vincetoxicum rossicum in controlled and natural settings."
Megan Casler, BS '17. Honors thesis "Submerged aquatic vegetation in ponds of Monroe County."
Andrew Leonardi, MS '22 MS thesis "Exploring the effects of invasive slender false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) on forest ecosystem function"
Claire Hartl, MS '19 MS thesis "Vegetation, small mammals, and land-use interact to determine blacklegged tick abundance."
Brooke Wilkins, BS '23 Summer undergraduate research project "Land-use effects on invertebrate communities in Finger Lakes forests"
Hannah Schuler, BS '22 BS independent study "Quantifying plant-animal interactions on invasive mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) in western New York."
Samantha Dube, BS '19 Honors thesis "Invasive swallowwort and its effects on invasive earthworms."
Jenna Malagisi, BS '19 Independent study project "The impact of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid on soil stability in the Hemlock Lake watershed."
Kevin Berend, MS '18 MS thesis "Investigating the environmental constraints on a threatened ecosystem: Snowbed communities of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire."
Matthew Penberthy, BS '18 Honors thesis "Discerning differences in plant traits of the floral communities of Mt Washington, NH by incorporating intraspecific variability analysis."
Jessica Detoy, BS '17 Honors thesis "Investigating the allelopathic effects of pale swallowwort on the growth success of common milkweed and pale swallowwort."
McKenzie Wybron, BS '17 Independent study project "Using goats to control invasive plant species."