Current Graduate Students
Stephen Levas, PhD candidate, Estwing Award Winner (best new grad student), Ford Foundation Minority Fellow. Dissertation topic: Coral bleaching physiology and seawater chemistry.
Verena Schoepf, PhD student. Dissertation topic: Repeat bleaching in Caribbean corals.
Branwen Williams, PhD 2009, NSERC Graduate Fellow. Dissertation title: Biogeochemistry of soft corals and black corals, and implication for paleoceanography in the western tropical Pacific. Currently a Postdoc at the University of Toronto
Ryan Moyer, PhD 2008 , OSU Presidential Fellow. Dissertation title: Carbon isotopes (d13C, D14C) and trace elements (Ba, Mn, Y) in small mountainous rivers and costal coral skeletons in Puerto Rico . Currently a Mendenhall Postdoctoral fellow at the USGS.
Abbey Chrystal, MS 2008Thesis title: Exploring linear extension and stable isotopes (d18O, d13C) as proxies for coral bleaching in Porites lobata. Currently a technician at Los Alamos National Lab (LANL).
Ruth Adler, MS 2008 Thesis title: The first late quaternary sedimnet record from the western Arctic ocean with a true millennial resolution: Hotrax core HLY0503-08JPC, Mendeleev Ridge. Currently a PhD student at Case Western University.
Kathryn Matthews, PhD 2007, Dissertation title: Cadmium in coral skeletons: Natural Variability and in situ calibration. Currently a William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellow in Washingont, DC.
Dr. Lisa Rodrigues, PhD 2005, Dissertation title: Physiology and Biogeochemistry of bleached and recovering corals from Hawaii. Currently an Assistant Professor at Villanova University.
Henry Wu, MES 2005, Capstone title: Stable isotope record from western Pacific corals. Currently a PhD candidate at SUNY-Albany.
Dr. Adam Hughes, PhD 2006, Postdoc 2006 - 2008, Project Involvement: Acquisition, allocation, and utilization of fixed carbon in bleached and recovering corals. Currently a Post Doctoral Research Assistant at the Scottish Association for Marine Science.
Past Graduate Students
Postdocs
Teresa Huey, BS (SENR), Senior Thesis Title: Effect of Land Use on the Age and Isotopic Composition of Dissolved and Particulate Carbon in Coshocton Watershed Streams.
Lindy Rauchenstein, BS (Biology), Senior Thesis Title: Stable Isotopic Composition of Lipids in Bleached and Healthy Corals.
Past Undergraduate Students
France Lugo, BS (OSU-SROP Intern), Project Title: Chlorophyll a and zooxanthellae concentrations in bleached and recovering Hawaiian corals.
Chris Paver, BS (Geology) , Senior Thesis Title: Temporal and spatial variability in seawater DIC stable carbon isotopes.
James Palardy, BA (Biology, Geology), Senior Thesis Title: The effect of temperature, depth, morphology, and polyp size on feeding in three species of Panamanian corals. Currently a PhD student at Brown University.
Chris Malachowski, BA (Biology, Env. Science), Senior Thesis Title: Effects of river discharge on coral reefs in Puerto Rico and the relationship to land use and cover. Currently a research technician at the University of Hawaii.
Lillian Bloch, BA (Biology, Env. Science), Senior Thesis Title: Developing a method for black carbon extraction from coral and application to an Australian coral core. Currently an MS student at Villanova University.
Work-Study students: Lindsay Swiacki, Haley Wolfgruber, Emily Young, Leigh Seeleman, Shayna Higa, Lauren Tang, Brad Hull, Li-Wei Hung, Teresa Huey.
Volunteer students: Patrick Bills, Rachel Michelli, Zachary Rosenbloom, Christine Andrews, Louis Boucher, Scott Himes, Pat Burns, Lei-Wei Hung, Julie Ditkof.
Yohei Matsui, MS, Research Associate: Laboratory Manager and Technician.
Teresa Huey, Work-study undergraduate student
Justin Baumann, Undergraduate volunteer
Jane Marino, Undergraduate volunteer
