Graduate Students | Department of Environmental Conservation

Name	Project	Advisor
Akresh, Michael	Prairie warbler nest reproductive success & habitat selection	David King
Allyn, Andrew	Distribution & abundance of the Kittlitz’s murrelet in Alaska	Curtice Griffin
Amulike, Bridget	Gray crowned crane ecology conservation in Tanzania	Curtice Griffin/ Todd Fuller
Anderson, Carolyn	Soil carbon cycling in dynamic floodplain systems	Marco Keiluweit
	Water, Wetlands, and Watershed	Paul Barten
	Floodplains of the Connecticut River	Christian Marks/ Keith Nislow
	Behavior of shear connectors in wood-concrete composite beams	Peggi Clouston
	Migratory birds in a tropical agro-ecosystem: assessing the influence of patch and landscape factors on habitat quality	David King
	Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Nitrogen and Phosphorus in New England Watersheds	Timothy Randhir
	Land conservation guidelines, for both landowners and local organizations	Paige Warren
Bauder, Javan	Eastern Indigo Snake Population Viability and Connectivity	Kevin McGarigal
	Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds	Allison Roy
	The impact and economics of establishing oaks in urban environment	Rick Harper
	Bird habitat and conservation in New England vegetable farms	Dave King
	Forestry	Brian Kane
	The use of non-lead ammunition for hunting on National Wildlife Refuges	Stephen DeStefano
Casselberry, Grace	Shark movement ecology in a Caribbean marine protected area	Andy Danylchuk
	Ecology of freshwater fish in anthropogenically altered hydrologic regimes	Allison Roy
	Resilience building in New England coastal watersheds	Tim Randhir
	Modeling uncertainty in hydrologic extremes using Machine learning techniques	Tim Randhir
	Responses of native plant and soil microbial communities to garlic mustard eradication methods.	Kristina Stinson
	Bear demography and habitat use in Massachusetts	Stephen DeStefano/ Rob Deblinger
	Environmental risk governance, water resources, and collaborative policy	Anita Milman
	Wood-concrete composites using low-value wood	Peggi Clouston
	Effectiveness of acoustic telemetry in determining spatial movement patterns of permit and great barracuda in tropical reef flats	Andy Danylchuk
	Assessing the Impact of Introduced and Native Predators on Populations of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in its Invasive and Native Range	Joseph Elkinton
Cruz Diaz , Juan Carlo s	Conservation of jaguars and their prey on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica	Todd Fuller/ Eduardo Carrillo
	Brook trout and climate change	Keith Nislow
	Population dynamics and biological control of invasive forest insects	Joseph Elkinton
Devarajan, Kadambari	Multi-species hierarchical models: developing a better understanding of study design and model performance	Chris Sutherland / Simone Tenan (Museo delle Scienze, Italy)
Devine, Matt	Factors influencing freshwater productivity of alewife and efficacy of survey methodology for estimating freshwater populations across systems.	Adrian Jordaan/ Allison Roy
Dias, Beatriz	Understanding temporal and spatial dynamics of marine ecosystems.	Adrian Jordaan
Dowling, Zara	Bat movements in the Gulf of Maine, relative to wind energy development	Betsy Dumont/ Paul Sievert
Drake, Joseph	Connectivity, fragmentation, and dispersal	Chris Sutherland
	Occupation and distribution of the American marten (Martes americana) in the northeastern United States	Chris Sutherland
Duclos, Timothy	High-elevation Spruce-fir Birds: Vulnerability to Climate Change and Prospects for Conservation within the Northern Forest	David King
		Paige Warren
	Wildlife	Curtice Griffin
Falconi Lopez, Nereyda	Develop distribution models and analyze the effects of the changing landscape on spectacled bear’s habitats	John Organ
	Energy performance and buildings	Ajla Aksamija
		Andy Danylchuk
Fleming, Jilian	Evaluating methods for monitoring red-backed salamanders	Chris Sutherland
Galindo, Luisa	Evaluation of the sustainability of the Colombian Orinoco’s Basin	Timothy Randhir
Garcia Arredondo, Mariela	Understanding how plant development and root weathering induces priming mechanisms that impact mineral-organic associations, which mobilize iron and carbon in the process.	Marco Keiluweit
	Precision Apple Disease Management	Daniel Cooley
	Water, Wetlands, and Watershed	Timothy Randhir
		Ajla Aksamija
Godoy-Hernandez, Heriberto		Frank Mangan
Golden, Nigel	Predicting how climate change will impact the ecology of arctic-adapted species.	Toni Lynn Morelli
Goodale, Morgan Wing	Impacts of offshore wind development on wildlife	Anita Milman
	Wetland Assessment in Massachusetts	Tim Randhir
Griffin, Lucas	Juvenile green turtle movements and habitat use in Puerto Rico	Andy Danylchuk
Guckian, Meaghan	Early Career Climate Communication and Networking	Ezra Markowitz
Guo, Lian	Ecophysiology, effects of realistic stressors on fish	Adrian Jordaan
	Fisheries Conservation	Andy Danylchuk
Hancock, Laura	Source-sink dynamics of garlic mustard in a novel habitat	Kristina Stinson
	Natural-Ecological & Socio-Political Factors Influencing Urban Forest Management in Massachusetts	David Bloniarz/ Stephen DeStefano
Harris, Merecedes	Variation in garlic mustard secondary chemistry concentration among populations	Kristina Stinson
	Breeding season home ranges of piping plovers in MA and RI	Curtice Griffin
		Stephen DeStefano
Jaslanek, Walter	Developing a GIS based Decision Support Framework for Siting Offshore Wind Turbines	Charles Schweik
	Building Construction & Technology	Peggi Clouston
	Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds	Wesley Autio
	Computational Modeling of Laminated Bamboo Dowel Connections	Peggi Clouston
	Avian nest predation and fledgling survival in suburban forests	Paige Warren/ David King
Kuras, Evan	Urban environmental education and biodiversity experiences	Charles Schweik/ Paige Warren
	Root influences on carbon inputs and release in seasonal wetlands	Marco Keiluweit
Lama, Tanya	Using genomic data and novel analytical tools to understand metapopulation dynamics and enhance the management of extant Canada lynx populations	Steve DeStefano/ John Organ
LeFlore, Eric	Lion ecology and conservation in Botswana	Andrew Stein/ Todd Fuller
	Brook Trout Genetics	Baoshan Xing
Long, Michael	Spatial ecology of horseshoe crabs in Wellfleet Bay on Cape Cod, Massachusetts	Adrian Jordaan/ Theodore Castro-Santos
	Road/Stream Crossing assessment	Deb Picking
	Wildlife	Lyle Craker
Mamba, Hlelolwenkhosi	Human and climate change influences on white (Cerathotherium simum) and black (Diceros bicornis) rhino populations in southern Africa	Todd Fuller
Massey, Blake	Movement Models of Bald Eagles in Maine	Curtice Griffin/ Kevin McGarigal
McClellan, Katherine	Elasmobranch electroreceptive sensitivity and behavior associated with offshore renewable energy developments.	Andy Danylchuk
Moheb, Zalmai	Drivers of snow leopard-human conflict in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan	Todd Fuller
Montalvo, Victor	Conservation of jaguars and their prey in the dry forests of northwestern Costa Rica	Todd Fuller
Norvanchig, Javzansuren	Integrated modeling of watershed systems	Timothy Randhir
Novak, Ashleigh	Movement ecology of yellowtail snapper in a Caribbean MPA	Adrian Jordaan
	Architecture, Building Science, and Construction; linking research, education, and practice in the pursuit of optimum building performance.	Peggi Clouston
	The Socioecology of Chimney Swift Nest in Springfield, MA	Susannah Lerman
Padilla, Benjamin	The ecology of urbanizing landscapes, specifically the eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), and the impact of citizen science in urban areas	Chris Sutherland
	Water, Wetlands, and Watershed	Timothy Randhir
	Assessing ecosystem services of urban watersheds in low and moderate income neighborhoods of Hamden County, Massachusetts	Timothy Randhir
	Investigating the potential of predictive modelling and automated building facade elements to attain thermal comfort in passively conditioned buildings for 15 different climate types	Ajla Aksamija
Quinonez Camarillo, Ana	Systems assessment of the Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) in the Lake Yojoa watershed of Honduras	Todd Fuller/ Timothy Randhir
	Instream flow assessment	Allison Roy
	Examining the ecological role of Norway spruce plantations in regards to avian biodiversity	David King / Stephen DeStefano
	Employing geospatial analysis and game theory to understand changes in land use, water diversion and storage, and conflict in the Indus River Basin	Timothy Randhir
	Environmental narratives in the Southwestern United States	Tim Randhir
Ruebesam, Jessica	Migratory songbird movements within the Connecticut River Watershed	David King
Ryan, Kendra	Impacts of offshore wind energy on marine mammals	Adrian Jordaan/ Andy Danylchuk
Sabogal Aguilar, Javier	Multi scale analysis of renewable energy	Timothy Randhir
Saenz-Bolaños, Carolina	Factors affecting the distribution of jaguars and their prey in the humid northeast forests of Costa Rica	Todd Fuller
	Medicinal Plants, Indigenous Communities and Climate Change at the Southern Andean and Rainforest of Perú	Lyle Craker
	Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds	Baoshan Xing
	Potential impacts of climate change on predator-prey community dynamics in north-central New England.	Toni Lyn Morelli/ Keith Nislow
	Migratory movements of songbirds in the Gulf of Maine: predicting and minimizing risk from offshore wind development	David King
	Human interactions with renewable energy projects and emerging technologies	Ezra Markowitz
	Eastern whip-poor-will habitat associations in Fort Drum, NY	David King
Starr, Jared	Learning from success: An analysis of factors influencing municipal recycling rates in Massachusetts	Craig Nicolson
Straley, Katherine	Urban ecology, animal behavior, ornithology, conservation biology	Paige Warren
	Automated bird song recorders as an alternative method for monitoring forest song birds	Curtice Griffin / David King
Sutherland, Hollie	Citizen Science and the use of camera traps to inform wildlife conservation in Massachusetts	Todd Fuller/ Stephen DeStefano
	Building Systems	Ben Weil
		Luna Xiao
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Winiarski, Kristopher	A climate dependent metapopulation model of Marbled Salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) in Western Massachusetts.	Curtice Griffin
Yakola, Keenan	Climate change effects on tern chicks in the Gulf of Maine	Michelle Staudinger/ Adrian Jordaan
	Impacts of small dams and dam removal on temperature and dissolved oxygen concentrations in Massachusetts streams	Allison Roy
Zarama-Alvarado, Stephanye	Adaptive governance, collaborative policy and water conflicts	Timothy Randhir
		Allen Barker
	Intergenerational Land Transfer of Family Forest Owners	Paul Catanzaro

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