Gaylord Donnelley Environmental
Postdoctoral Fellows
and Postdoctoral Associates
July 1997 - June 1999: |
Joseph Kiesecker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Nature Conservancy |
Sponsor: Professor David Skelly,
School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies
Research: Disease Ecology –
investigating the influence of
fungal pathogens on the distribution
of larval amphibians and dynamics of
their communities.
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July 1999 - June 2001: |
Douglas
Gollin, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Williams College
Economics Department
Williamstown, MA 01267 |
Sponsor: Professor Robert
Evenson, Economic Growth Center
Research: Examined the impact
of international agricultural
research on the sustainable
production of crops; studied
management of materials in
agricultural gene banks.
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July 1999 - June 2001: |
Ofer
Ovadia, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department of Life Sciences
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Israel
|
Sponsor: Oswald Schmitz, Oastler Professor of
Population & Community Ecology and
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies; Professor,
Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
Research: Testing the effect
of state dependent decision making
of individual herbivores on food web
dynamics.
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July
2000 - June 2002: |
Claudio
Ciofi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Biology &
Genetics
University of Florence
Via Romana 17, 50125
Florence, Italy |
Sponsors: Dr. Gisella Caccone,
ECOSAVE Conservation Genetics
Laboratory and Lecturer, Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology; and Jeffrey
Powell, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary
Biology
Research: Developed a number
of research projects on the genetics
and ecology of island reptiles, and
established long-term collaboration
with both US and foreign
Institutions aimed at the management
and conservation of endangered
species. |
September
2000 - August 2002: |
Campbell
Webb, Ph.D.
Senior
Research Scientist
Arnold Arboretum
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
Sponsors: Mark Ashton, Professor of
Silviculture and Forest Ecology,
Director of School Forests; and Michael Donoghue,
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology
& Evolutionary Biology
Research:
Comparative Phylogenetic Structure
of Rain Forest Tree Communities |
July
2001- June 2003: |
Luciano Beheregaray, Ph.D.
Senior
Lecturer
Macquaire University
Sydney, Australia
Head of MELMU and MEGMAR
Associate Editor, Conservation
Genetics |
Sponsor: Dr. Gisella Caccone, Director, ECOSAVE
Conservation Genetics Laboratory;
Lecturer, Ecology & Evolutionary
Biology
Research:
Evolution and Conservation of Giant
Galápagos Tortoises; Patterns of
Diversification in Amazonian Fishes
|
July
2001- June 2003: |
Jeremy
Redman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Environmental
Engineering
CA
State University at Long Beach
1250
Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, California 90840 |
Sponsor: Menachem
Elimelech, Roberto C. Goizueta Prof of Chemical
Engineering; Chairman, Chemical Engineering &
Director of the Environmental Engineering
Program; Professor, School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies
Research:
Bacterial Transport in Aquatic
Systems; Interpreting Microbial
Deposition Patterns
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August 2002 - July 2004: |
Jenney Hall, Ph.D.
Instructor of Oceanography
Glendale Community College
1500 North Verdugo Road
Glendale, California 91208 |
Sponsor: Professor Karl K. Turekian, Sterling Professor of Geology
& Geophysics
Research:
Paleoceanographic and climate change
reconstruction over various time
scales.
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January 2003 - December 2004: |
Klaus Meiners, Ph.D.
Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems
Cooperative Research Center
Private Bag 80
Hobart, Tas 7001 Australia |
Sponsor:
Professor John Wettlaufer, Geology &
Geophysics
Research:
The ecology of frozen oceans -
controls on primary production in
sympagic communities
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October 2002 - September 2004: |
Susanna Remold, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY |
Sponsor:
Professor Paul Turner, Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology
Research:
Environmental heterogeneity and the
evolutions of genetic architecture
in viruses; career consequences of
expertise with mammalian pathogens.
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August 2003 - July 2005: |
Amy Russell, Ph.D.
Research
Associate
University of Arizona
Arizona Research Laboratory
Division of Biotechnology |
Sponsor:
Professor Anne Yoder, Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology
Research: Evolutionary history and
biogeography of chameleons in a megadiversity hotspot.
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August
2003
- July
2005: |
Benjamin Twining, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208 |
Sponsor:
Professor Gaboury Benoit, School of
Forestry & Environmental Studies
Research:
Use of a combination of
synchrotron-based x-ray fluorescence
microscopy, AAS/and/or ICP-MS, and
voltammetric techniques to study the
factors controlling the accumulation
of metals by estuarine biota.
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October 2003 - September 2005: |
Stephen Meyers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Paleoclimatology, Sedimentary
Geochemistry, Stratigraphy and
Geostatistics
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Sponsor:
Professor Mark Pagani, Geology &
Geophysics
Research:
Quantifying Holocene climate
response to the North Atlantic
oscillation; the origin and
stability of centennial-millennial
scale cyclicity in quaternary.
|
August 2004 - July 2006: |
Gregory Dietl,
Ph.D.
Director
of Collections at the Paleontological Research Institute
Adjunct Professor, Department of
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca,
NY |
Sponsor:
Professor Derek Briggs, Department
of Geology & Geophysics
Research:
Circumstances under which evolution
occurs with particular interest in
arms races between species in
evolution.
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July 2004
- June
2006: |
Craig Layman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Marine Science Program
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida International University |
Sponsor:
Professor David Post, Department of
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Research:
To address (1) does ecosystem size
affect food chain length in
Caribbean estuaries, and if so (2)
which measure(s) of ecosystem size
(e.g. water volume of estuaries,
catchment surface area, amount of
tidal flow, or “resource “shed” –
the total area from which an
ecosystem derives resources) is most
useful in accounting for differences
in FCL.
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June 2005 - May 2007: |
Helen Nguyen,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
205
North Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801-2352
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Sponsor:
Professor Menachem Elimelech,
Environmental Engineering
Research:
Adsorption of genetic materials to
soil minerals: implications for
horizontal gene transfer in the
environment.
|
September 2005
- July
2006;
July 2007 - August 2008: |
Margaret Evans,
Ph.D. |
Sponsors: Michael Donoghue,
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and
Stephen Stearns, Edward P. Bass
Professor of
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Research:
Research in basic and applied plant
evolutionary ecology, particularly
in the fields of life history
evolution, demography and population
modeling.
|
September 2005
- August
2007: |
Tracy Langkilde, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Pennsylvania State University
417
Mueller Laboratory
University University Park, PA |
Sponsor:
Professor David Skelly, School of
Forestry & Environmental Studies
and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Research:
Incorporating evolutionary theory
into biodiversity conservation: how
rapidly and effectively can native
communities evolve to minimize the
impact of invasive species?
|
September 2006
- August 2008: |
Barry Alto, Ph.D. |
Sponsor:
Paul Turner, Associate Professor of
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Research:
Biostatistics and the ecology and
evolution of arthropod-borne RNA
viruses.
|
January 2007
- December
2008: |
Dror Hawlena,
Ph.D. |
Sponsors:Oswald
Schmitz, Oastler Professor of
Population & Community Ecology and
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies; Professor,
Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
Research: The
way disease agents and predators
interact to alter the behavior of
the species of host/prey that they
share.
|
September 2006
- August 2008: |
David Zinniker, Ph.D. |
Sponsor:
Mark Pagani, Associate Professor of Geology & Geophysics
Research:
Research interests lie at the broad
intersection of the earth and life
sciences, and have included work in
organic geochemistry,
micropaleontology, sedimentary
geology, basin analysis, and
petroleum systems. A growing
focus of his research is molecular
organic proxies that address past
and present plant, algal, and
microbial physiology and ecology;
chemical and physical
oceanography/limnology; hydrology;
and climate.
|
| October 1, 2007 - September 30,
2010 |
Katy Prudic, Ph.D. |
Sponsor:
Antonia Monteiro,
Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary
Biology
Research:
Butterfly wing patterns are
wonderfully diverse. How and
why did this group of insects
acquire such a spectacular array of
designs? What is the utility
of such designs? A common wing
pattern in butterflies have these
eyespots by examining their signal
efficacy in the field and the
laboratory. Much is know about
how these eyespots are
produced on the developing wings;
however, very little is know
regarding why butterflies
have eyespots and how they function
in nature. Understanding the
signal function of eyespots will
give us a deeper understanding of
wing coloration, signaling and
biodiversity in butterflies.
Dr. Prudic will test two hypotheses
explaining the function of border
eyespots in butterflies: 1) eyespots
function as an anti-predator
defense, or 2) eyespots function in
butterfly mate recognition and
choice.
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| October 1, 2007 - September 30,
2009 |
Austin Hendy, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: Derek E.G. Briggs, Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Geology &
Geophysics
Research: Dr.
Hendy's doctoral research has sought
to investigate consequences of
variations in large-scale
environmental transitions (e.g.
tectonic, climatic and sea level
change) on the structure and
diversity of past marine ecosystems.
Detecting such patterns in the
fossil record, and accurately
determining the processes
responsible for them, is not only
significant to evolutionary biology,
but also of potential importance to
the wider community.
Fundamental to the correct
interpretation of paleobiological
patterns is the quality of taxonomic
information derived from the fossil
record. Evolutionary
biologists should be concerned about
how faithfully the fossil record
represents the original
biodiversity, including the nature
of species and genera identified by
paleontologists, and how fossil
preservation (taphonomy) influences
taxonomic procedures.
|
September 1, 2008 -
August 31, 2010 |
Matthew Brandley, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: Tom
Near, Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary
Biology
Research: Developmental
Processes of morphological diversity
and their evolutionary response to
climate change |
October 1, 2008 -
September 30, 2009 |
Michael Dodd, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: William
Mitch, Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental
Engineering
Research: The influence of
solar irradiation-generated halogen
radicals on processing of marine
dissolved organic matter:
implications for oceanic photic zone
depth and organic carbon
bioavailability
|
August 1, 2008 -
July 31, 2010 |
Christopher Gilbert, Ph.D. |
Sponsors: Andrew Hill,
Clayton Stephenson Class of 1954
Professor of Anthropology; Curator
and Head of Anthropology Division,
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural
History, and Eric Sargis, Associate
Professor of Anthropology
Research: Paleoenvironments and the
biodiversity, biogeography and
phylogenetic history of African
cercopithecoid monkeys
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| September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2011 |
Longrich, Nicholas, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: Jacques Gauthier, Professor in the Department of Geology & Geophysics
Research:
Dinosaur diversity trends in the late Cretaceous of Western North America: Understanding the influence of global climate change and sea levels |
| August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2011 |
Gloria-Soria, Andrea, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: Leo Buss, Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Research: Characterization of the allelic variation on the allorecognition complex of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus |
| July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011 |
Walsh, Matthew, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: David Post, Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Research: The link between environmental heterogeneity and evolutionary change in coastal lake ecosystems |
YIBS Postdoctoral Associates
August 2002 -
July 2004 |
Linda Puth, Ph.D.
WildMetro
Scientific Consultant
P.O. Box 4220, Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163 |
Professor David Skelly
School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies
Putting the parts together: A
holistic treatment of invasion |
August 1,
2008 -
July 31, 2010 |
Alexander Jih-Pai Lin, Ph.D. |
Sponsor:
Derek Briggs, William Beinecke Professor of
Geology & Geophysics
Research: The uniqueness of
Cambrian paleoecology and closure of the
Cambrian taphonomic window |
March 16,
2009 -
March 15, 2011 |
Chad Vecitis, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: Menachem
Elimelech, Roberto C. Goizueta Prof of Chem
Engr; Chairman, Chemical Engineering &
Director of the Environmental Engineering
Program; Professor, School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies
Research: anti-microbial
activity of single-walled carbon nanotubes,
with investigations into membrane stress
mediated toxicity
|
| July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011 |
Clark, Christopher, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: Rick Prum, William Coe Robinson Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB), Chair of EEB; Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History; Professor at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Research: The mechanics and diversity of feather-generated sounds in birds |
| July 20, 2009 - July 19, 2011 |
Wilson, Henry, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: James Saiers, Professor of Hydrology and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and Professor of Chemical Engineering
Research: Determining the role played by hydrological events in mediating dissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics and related in-stream processes |
| August 10, 2009 - August 9, 2011 |
Larese-Casanova, Philip, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: Ruth Blake, Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics
Research: Improving bioremediation of groundwater contamination using
δ 18O stable Isotope signatures |
| March 2010 - February 2012 |
Li-Qing, Jiang, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: Peter Raymond, Associate Professor in the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Research: The impact of seasonal hypoxia on carbon dioxide in large estuarine systems – a case study of the Long Island Sound. |
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