NOTE: YIBS supports graduate students in the departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Engineering and Geology & Geophysics, and in the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The amount of funding by YIBS in each area is equal. However, some students are supported partially by YIBS funds combined with other funding sources, depending on the discretion of the department.
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Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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| Cynthia Chang |
Assistant Professor Melinda Smith |
Ecosystem function in the tall grass prairie. |
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| Natasha Kelly |
Assistant Professor Suzanne Alonzo |
Honest male display, paternal care and female choice |
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| Andrea Hodgins-Davis |
Assistant ProfessorJeffrey Townsend |
Population genetic diversity in gene expression reaction norms among natural isolates of S. cerevisiae |
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| Richard Harrington |
Assistant ProfessorThomas Near |
Species delimitation and phylogeny using gene trees and the multi-s0ecies coalescent |
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| Erica Westerman |
Assistant ProfessorAntonia Monteiro |
The effect of female experience on mating patterns in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana |
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| Christen Bossu |
Assistant ProfessorThomas Near |
Linking population genetic patterns of hybridization to reproductive isolating mechanisms in darters. Systematics and reproductive isolation, population genetics, phylogeography. |
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Department of Geology & Geophysics
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| Adam Behike |
Professor Jacques Gauthier |
Phylogeny of Cretaceous marine lizards (mosasaurs): origin, diversification and extinction in the marine realm; Cretaceous biogeography and epicontinental sea geochemistry |
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| Rachel Racicot |
Professor Jacques Gauthier |
Phylogeny of (endangered) delphinoid whales, species diversity, disparity, ontogenetic and individual variation, and patterns of extinction |
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Environmental Engineering
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| Jui Shan (Shan) Yong |
Professor Menachem Elimenach |
Engineered osmosis for green production of power and low energy desalination. In these novel membrane-based processes, osmosis is cleverly exploited to tackle the global need for affordable clean water and inexpensive sustainable energy. |
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| Lindsay Soh |
Assistant Professor Julie Zimmerman |
Fate and transport of sucralose in the environment. Research will include assessing the concentrations of sucralose in wastewater, surface waters, and drinking water, as well as identifying by-products of any treatment processes. |
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School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
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| Catherine Fontana |
Assistant Professor Mark Bradford |
Advancing the understanding of the carbon cycle: Does climate history affect rates of microbially-mediated respiration? |
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| Mary Rogalski |
Professor David Skelly |
Using freshwater zooplankton metacommunities as barometers of long term ecological integrity |
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| Steven Brady |
Professor David Skelly |
Road induced dynamics in wetland dwelling amphibians |
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| Alder Keleman |
Professor Michael Dove |
Local Purchase and Local Diversity: Synergies for conserving agrobiodiveristy and alleviating hunger |
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| Sarah Osterhoudt |
Professor Michael Dove |
Uncertain Landscapes: Cyclones, Trade and Land-Use in Northeastern Madagascar |
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| Troy Hill |
Professor Shimone Anisfled |
Ecosystem State Change in Coastal Wetlands: Causes and Consequences |
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| Jeffrey Chow |
Professor Robert Mendelsohn |
Economic Analysis of Protective Benefits from Mangrove Forests in Vietnam |
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| Jennifer Miller |
Professor Oswald Schmidt |
Impacts of a changing climate on predator-prey relationships and human-wildlife conflict in northwestern India |
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| Ashley Keiser |
Assistant Professor Mark Bradford |
Exploring the soil microbial community: functional convergence in common environments and the consequences |
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| Curt DellaValle |
Associate Professor Michelle Bell |
Development of a Spatial Aeroallergen Model and the Association of Aeroallergen Concentrations on Asthma Symptoms |
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| Na Xu |
Professor James Saiers |
Effects of Land Use and Agricultural Management on Soil-Carbon Leaching and Lability |
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| YIBS GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT IN 2008/2009 |
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Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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| Jean Eric Rakotoarisoa |
Professor Jeffrey Powell |
Historical biogeography, phylogeography of Malagasy rodents, conservation biology, Niche modeling |
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| Erem Kazancioglu |
Assistant Professor Suzanne Alonzo |
Fish reproduction; alternative reproductive tactics; sex change; modeling techniques |
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| Sara Carlson |
Professor Michael Donoghue |
Evolution of plant development; systematics and evolution of fruiting structures in Dipsacaceae |
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| Jura Pintar |
Professor Gunter Wagner |
Mathematical and conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory; individuation of biological entities (especially organisms and characters); short-term vs. long-term evolution |
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| Natasha Kelly |
Assistant Professor Suzanne Alonzo |
Honest signaling, alternative male reproductive behaviours and life history strategies |
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| Cynthia Chang |
Assistant Professor Melinda Smith |
Community and ecosystem ecology, plant population biology, invasion biology |
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Department of Geology & Geophysics
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| Keith Laskowski |
Professor Mark Brandon |
Interaction between climate, glaciation, and uplift in tectonically active mountain belts, such as the Chilean Andes. |
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| Jakob Vinther |
Professor Derek Briggs |
Early animal evolution, specifically on the divergence of annelids and mollusks, using molecular biological methods on modern organisms and the fossil record to understand how these two distinct invertebrate groups diversified in a markedly changing biosphere. |
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Environmental Engineering
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| Anna S. Brady-Estevez |
Professor Menachem Elimenach |
Carbon nanotube based filter for removal of viral and bacterial pathogens from water |
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| Lindsay Soh |
Assistant Professor Julie Zimmerman |
Fate and transport of sucralose in the environment. Research will include assessing the concentrations of sucralose in wastewater, surface waters and drinking water, as well as identifying by-products of any treatment processes. |
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School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
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| Noel Aloysius |
Professor James Saiers |
Water and land resources planning and management and satellite remote sensing |
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| Dwi Astiani |
Professor Lisa Curren |
The effect of land use and global climate change on the ecology of peat swamp forests in West Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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| Jennifer Baka |
Professor Robert Bailis |
Jatropha and the social impacts of biofuels in developing countries |
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| Stephen Brady |
Professor David Skelly |
How local environmental variation generates genotypic mosaics within metapopulation structures |
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| Adrian Cerezo |
Professor Stephen Kellert |
Environmental Education |
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| Jeffrey Chow |
Professor Robert Mendelsohn |
Climate change impacts and potential amelioration and forest management in developing countries |
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| Heather Clark |
Professor Gaboury Benoit |
Anthropogenic perturbation of the chlorine biogeochemical cycle |
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| Dylan Craven |
Professor Graeme Berlyn |
The role played by plant physiological characteristics in modulating species composition of tropical secondary forests along environmental gradients |
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| Keita Ebisu |
Assistant Professor Michelle Bell |
Traffic exhaust dispersion modeling and the impacts of PM2.5 land use on health using ArcGIS and satellite imaging |
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| Maya Leonard-Cahn |
Professor Oswald Schmitz |
How patterns of species interactions relate to community structure, especially with regard to ecosystem stability, resistance and resilience |
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| Sarah Osterhoudt |
Professor Michael Dove |
Globalism, environmental anthropology and the vanilla bean trade in Madagascar |
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| Joo Young Park |
Professor Marian Chertow |
Industrial Ecology |
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| Sara Smiley Smith |
Professor John Wargo |
Environmental health and safety |
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| Yaniv Stopnitzky |
Professor Robert Mendelsohn |
Environmental resource and development economics |
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| Xin Zhang |
Professor Xuhui Lee |
Regional air pollution and climate change |
