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OEB Alumni
2023
![Henry Patrick Roberts](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/patrick_roberts.jpg?itok=vi0Z2JD2&c=a8d9f412c223556f44bef46534d31b77)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Landscape ecology and conservation of freshwater turtles in the eastern United States
Advisor: David King
![OEB PhD sstudent, Jessica Norstog](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/img_1567_0.jpg?itok=KFQDXRiy&c=adcfa52337c5135e384dd2543a12afe2)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Osmoregulation and appetite regulation in a basal vertebrate, the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
Advisor: Stephen D. McCormick
![OEB PhD student, Luis Aguirre](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/img_1581.jpg?itok=DpflQmO2&c=2cfa799a62735f82c0a619198b25e3c2)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Contextual effects on pollination: assessing the effects of herbivory and diversity on plant-pollinator interactions
Advisor: Lynn Adler
![OEB PhD Candidate, Meghna Marjadi](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/marjadiprofile.jpg?itok=xOUdbXyG&c=4216a51ecc7b194709dda7120c9030fa)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: River herring conservation in freshwater: Investigating fish reproductive success and the educational value of citizen monitoring programs
Advisor: Allison H. Roy
2022
![OEB student, Alison Fowler](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/pasiecnik2020.jpg?itok=tML1q4_m&c=bdddb6fe886a1e324a789f6c3bf4690c)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The effect of pollen diet on pathogen infection, immunity, and gut bacteria in bees
Advisor: Lynn Adler
![OEB, PhD Candidate, Cory Elowe](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/img_3427.jpg?itok=lYhSkfc0&c=fb5e21903ab61204afda453719ee21fd)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Beyond the fat: protein metabolism and muscle function as part of the migratory syndrome of songbirds
Advisor: Alexander R. Gerson
![OEB PhD candidate Elsa Cousins](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/img_20160809_170117.jpg?itok=yKKybH19&c=3373ff130c3e9570863668a8826d39a2)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Ecology and phytochemistry of the non-native plant Thlaspi arvense (Brassicaceae) in subalpine meadows of Colorado
Advisor: Kristina Stinson
![OEB PhD graduate student, Michel Griego](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/gerson_lab_-_1_5.jpg?itok=R7VKgeZO&c=e81af24b642f6facd6bd768dec2b9b9b)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Flexible phenotypes, energetics, and whole-animal performance of migratory songbirds
Advisor: Alexander R. Gerson
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PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Constraints of the imagination: how phenotypes are shaped through genetics, development, and the environment
Advisor: R. Craig Albertson
2021
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PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The spatial distribution of invasive plant presence, abundance, and impact
Advisor: Bethany A. Bradley
![Profile](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/fall2020_final_sq.jpg?itok=9MPSm-_L&c=0f0ed8dce87da38e6f1dd640097f6708)
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Statistical improvements for ecological learning about spatial processes
![photo of Joseph C. Drake](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/drake_joshua_-_oeb17.jpeg?itok=KqNGhdOa&c=c8c83db07cf4af6455761ab2068ebde7)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: On spatiotemporal connectivity dynamics: perspectives from a naturally fragmented metapopulation
![photo of joshua moyer](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/moyer_joshua_-_oeb17.jpeg?itok=ZY_Tch-Y&c=c5d386b518e9cbe9e2be6a165d45f293)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Investigations of the form and function of feeding by modern neoselachians
Advisor: Duncan J. Irschick
![photo of Kadambari Devarajan](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/devarajan_kadambari_-_oeb17.jpeg?itok=l1PhiIV1&c=d83d28b13bfdb89996505b39b9c05604)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Monitoring mammals at multiple scales: case studies from carnivore communities
Advisor: Toni Lyn Morelli
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PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Thermal ecophysiology of juvenile anadromous river herring
Advisor: Adrian Jordaan, Stephen D. McCormick
![OEB PhD candidate, Mariamar Gutierrez, with a nano-tagged Northern Waterthrush](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/dsc_0794.jpg?itok=qIxMkg_P&c=618b8d46ab4d58b4e8dc5a31c46cd395)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Drivers and direct impacts of lean mass dynamics on the stopover ecology and migratory pace of Nearctic–Neotropical songbirds in spring
Advisor: Alexander R. Gerson
2020
![Ciaran Shaughnessy](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/ciaran_shaughnessy.jpg?itok=e7ECkvLU&c=ef65995f20e2b633408c80b42d098930)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Physiology of a basal vertebrate, the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus): osmoregulation and corticosteroid action
Advisor: Stephen D. McCormick
2019
2018
![Hannah J. Broadley Headshot](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/_K1C9630.jpg?itok=wiZlBJQn&c=77c1542cf79c3378f33bcca1895ed518)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Impact of native natural enemies on populations of the invasive winter moth (Operophtera brumata L) in the northeast United States
Advisor: Joseph S. Elkinton
2017
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PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The role of phenotypic integration in mammalian tooth function and jaw morphological diversity
![](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/AnneS.cropped.jpg?itok=AdgGMshA&c=0c79e977dae19fd62085d4069bc80fed)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Metapopulation structure, habitat selection, and spatial ecology of the timber rattlesnake
Advisor: Paul R Sievert
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Investigating the effect of mortality factors on emerald ash borer biological control
Advisor: Joseph S. Elkinton
2016
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The consequences of speed: studies of cavitation during the mantis shrimp strike and the control of rapid deceleration during toad landing
Advisor: Gary B. Gillis
2015
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MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Density-dependent survival in the larval stage of an invasive insect: dispersal vs. predation
Advisor: Joseph S. Elkinton
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PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: A tale of lost tails: a cost-benefit analysis of the variation in an extreme antipredator trait
Advisor: Duncan J. Irschick
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Estimation problems in complex field studies with deep interactions: time-to-event models for environmental responses in vital rates
Advisor: Benjamin Letcher
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Evolvability of the skull: a study of genetic basis and integration in the teleost craniofacial skeleton
Advisor: R. Craig Albertson
2014
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Volatile profiles and resistance to herbivory in eastern hemlock
Advisor: Joseph S. Elkinton
![Lexi Brown](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/Brown.jpg?itok=1VXMwSSU&c=d1362d31fb1dde561f4e9614bdf56484)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: How yellow is your belly? Honesty and carotenoids in a pigmented female fish
Advisor: Ethan D. Clotfelter
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MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: The effects of suburbanization on nest ectoparasites and nest defense behaviors in the Wood Thrush
Advisor: Paige S. Warren
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PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Turning up the heat on the little things that run the world: evaluating the impacts of climate change on ant biodiversity in the temperate forest communities of the Northeastern United States
![Photo of Thomas Eiting](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/Eiting.jpg?itok=6VtQ3Vxz&c=12a8810072c91cd32801e25290125283)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Functional and comparative morphology of the nasal cavity in phyllostomid bats
2013
![Photo of Alexander (Sasha) Tulchinsky](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/Tuchinsky.jpg?itok=iBhLjIbJ)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Evolution of hybrid incompatibilities in gene regulatory networks
Advisor: Adam H. Porter
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Regional comparison of overwintering mortality, fecundity and virulence in the hemlock woolly adelgid
Advisor: Joseph S. Elkinton
![Photo of Dana Moseley](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/Moseley.jpg?itok=ltVEhZ7F&c=12a8810072c91cd32801e25290125283)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Vocal performance in songbirds: territorial defense and the development of male song and female mating preferences
Advisor: Jeffrey E. Podos
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Patterns of volatile resin secondary metabolism of eastern hemlock and interactions with its exotic herbivores
Advisor: Joseph S. Elkinton
![Photo of Justin Henningsen](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/Henningsen.jpg?itok=KPRT8b7A)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Performance and signaling in the green anole lizard
Advisor: Duncan J. Irschick
![Photo of Kim Vitale](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/ogden_km.gif?itok=rOhcK95D)
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Habitat use and seasonal movement patterns of four-toed salamanders (Hemidactylium scutatum) in Massachusetts
Advisor: Paul R Sievert
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Diet, feeding behaviour, and the evolution of thumb morphology in phyllostomid bats
![Photo of Rachel Bolus](https://gpls.cns.umass.edu/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_images/public/portrait-images/rachel.jpg?itok=HY9upf4C)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Birdsong as a source of social information for migrating
common yellowthroats
Advisor: Bruce Byers
2012
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Distribution of large mammal assemblages in Thailand with a focus on dhole (Cuon alpinus) conservation
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Population dynamics, chick diet, and foraging behavior of the razorbill (Alca torda) at Matinicus Rock, Maine
Advisor: Paul R Sievert
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: The effects of environmental temperature on locomotor performance and growth patterns in spotted salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum
Advisor: Duncan J. Irschick
2011
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Studies of the population dynamics of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Discovery and evolution of cryptic species among North American pine-feeding Chionaspis scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
Advisor: Benjamin Normark
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Mutualisms in trophic cascades: The effects of parasites of bumblebees on pollination
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The conservation value of residential landscapes for native bird communities: The patterns, processes and management implications
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Genome reduction in a marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus
2010
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The role of dawn song in tree swallows and its place in the diversity of oscine song learning
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: New species of Moropus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriodea) in the Batesland Formation, Great Plains Area of North America
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Spatial variation and tradeoffs in species interactions
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: A heterochronic explanation for the behaviorally polymorphic genus Canis: a study of the development of behavioral differences in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and wolves (Canis lupus lupus)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Spatial ecology of eastern box turtles (Terrapene c. carolina) in Central Massachusetts
Advisor: Paul R Sievert
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Movin' & groovin' salamanders: conservation implications of large scales and quirky sex
Advisor: Paige S. Warren
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The evolution of cranial morphology, feeding performance and behavior in Neotropical leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
2009
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Functional consequences of acute temperature stress in the Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis
Advisor: Duncan J. Irschick
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: A phylogenetic analysis of armored scale insects, based upon nuclear, mitochondrial, and endosymbiont gene sequences
Advisor: Benjamin Letcher
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Distribution and diversity of planktonic ciliates in the Choreotrichia and Oligotrichia: patterns and driving forces
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Ciliate biodiversity and phylogenetic reconstruction assessed by multiple molecular markers
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Spatial ecology, population structure, and conservation of the Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, in Central New England
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Functional and comparative morphology of the pectoral fins among benthic "scorpaeniform" fishes
Advisor: Cristina Cox Fernandes
2008
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Phenotypic plasticity, functional morphology and ecomorphology of two terrestrial ectotherms
Advisor: Duncan J. Irschick
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The ecology and development of alternative vocal learning programs in birds
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Dietary ecology and community paleoecology of Early Tertiary mammals
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Imperfectly redundant signals: color, song, and mate choice in Chestnut-sided Warblers (Dendroica pensylvanica)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: A phylogenetic and functional approach to the study of the evolution of body shape in lizards (Squamata)
2007
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Diversity and movement patterns of passerine birds near an urban center on Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands
Advisor: Jeffrey E. Podos
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Endocrine control and disruption of physiological and behavioral smolt development in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Wild mammals harbor bacteria with a diversity of novel and known antibiotic resistance genes: a resistance gene reservoir in the wild?
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Investigating endosymbionts of scale insects from the family Diaspididae
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Impacts of episodic acid and aluminum exposure on the physiology of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolt development
Advisor: Stephen D. McCormick
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Behavioral ecology of Darwin's finches: song and mating patters in a bimodal population of the medium ground finches (Geospiza fortis)
Advisor: Jeffrey E. Podos
2006
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: The population ecology of the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) in Eastern Massachusetts
2005
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Morphology and development of the axial and appendicular systems in fishes
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The behavioral ecology of jumping spiders (Phidippus sp.): laboratory and field studies of mating behavior and space use
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Interspecific communication in mixed-species bird flocks of a Sri Lankan rainforest
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: New interpretations of the skull of a primitive bony fish: Erpetoichthys calabaricus (Actinopterygii: Cladistia)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Factors influencing survival and reproduction of Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) at their northern distributional limit
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The ecological study of the maritime ringlet butterfly (Coenonympha nipisiquit McDunnough) in Daly Point, Bathurst, New Brunswick
Advisor: Adam H. Porter
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Biomechanics of the skin during swimming in the American eel, Anguilla rostrata
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Pathogenicity and virulence of Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu, Soper and Hajek (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), a fungal pathogen of gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Song learning and syntax patterns in the American Robin, and the soil characteristics of Bank Swallow nest sites
2004
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Evolution and development of the skull morphology of canids: an investigation of morphological integration and heterochrony
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Impact of habitat disturbance, including ecotourism activities, on breeding behavior and success of the pitta-like ground roller, Atelornis pittoides, an endangered bird species in the Eastern rainforest of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Setting conservation priorities at the local scale: the threatened pitch pine-scrub oak communities of Southeastern Massachusetts
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The biology, ecology and cytogenetics of the genus Axarus (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Connecticut River
2003
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Contribution of eye retraction to swallowing performance in the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Hierarchical, multi-scale analysis of species environment relationships
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Ontogeny of escape swimming performance in the spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum
2002
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: A contribution to the comparative osteology and phylogenetic systematics of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Variation in trout growth and survival within and among seasons, species, and cohorts
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Swimming performance of upstream migrant fishes: New methods, new perspectives
2001
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Ecology and status of the bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii) in New England
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Patterns and processes of speciation in desmognathine salamanders
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Functional morphology and evolution of the feeding apparatus of blind snakes
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Visual factors guiding mate choice in a group of Lake Malawi cichlids
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Mitochondrial adaptive change and a CAPr-correlated polymorphism in toxin-selected Brachionus plicatilis rotifers
1999
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: The functional implications of a cartilaginous skeleton
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Isolation and cultivation of spore-forming filamentous bacteria from Porcellio scaber
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: The influence of material effects on the dispersal, growth, and population dynamics of gypsy moths (Lymantria dispar, l.)
Advisor: Joseph S. Elkinton
PhD
Dissertation/Thesis title: Amitochondriate protists: trichomonad symbionts of dry-wood-eating termites
1998
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Ultrastructure and description of Cryptotermes cavifrons eukaryotic symbionts: Snyderella sp., Stephanonympha sp. and Caduceia sp.
1995
MS
Dissertation/Thesis title: Phenology, conservation, and behavioral ecology of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in Western Massachusetts