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NSF REUs at Mountan Lake Biological Station

Cynthia Hassler, 1991,1992, research assistant, 1993,1994, NSF REU at Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster. 

Mara Sanchez, volunteer 1991-1992, REU student from NSF grant, UM, 1993-1995 and NSF REU, Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster. 

Bridget Byers, REU student from NSF grant, UM, 1994-1995.

Mary Meredith, NSF REU student from NSF grant, UM, 1995-1996.

Sadie Jernigan, Summer 1996, NSF REU student at Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster.

George Cheely, Amherst College, Summer 2002, NSF REU student at Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster.Attending Medical School at Univ. of  Pennsylvania.

Peter Stevens, Summer 2002, Lawrence University, NSF REU at Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster. In graduate school at Cornell Univ. 

Jeremy Ash 2002, McGill University, NSF REU at Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster. In  Ph.D. program at Univ. of Miami at Ohio.

Marjorie Westbrook 2002, University of Virginia, NSF REU student at Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster.   In Ph.D. program at U. of Calif. Berkeley.

Christopher Williams 2005, Frostburg State and University of Virginia, McNair Scholar and NSF REU student at Mountain Lake Biological Station,   University of   Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster. In Ph.D. program at Georgetown University  Fall 2006.

Alexandra Rhode 2005, University of Virginia, NSF REU student at Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster.

Ana Chuquin 2007, University of Maryland NSF-REU, co-mentored with C. Fenster.

Roseline Boateng 2007, University of Maryland NSF-REU, co-mentored with C. Fenster. 

Dean Castillo, 2008, Cornell University and NSF-REU at Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia, co-mentored with C. Fenster.

ABOUT ME

WELCOME! I am a Professor and Head of the Department of Natural Resource Management at South Dakota State University.

I am also Professor Emeritus at University of Maryland College Park in the Department of Biology. 

This is an Unofficial Website, which does not represent official views or opinions of any University that I have been affiliated with during my academic career.

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I am a population biologist by training, thus my lab focuses on both the ecological and genetic factors responsible for a population’s persistence or demise. In this context the major theme in my lab is on the ecology and evolution of reproductive systems in nature. Topics we investigate include plant mating system evolution, plant-pollinator interactions including both pollinators and herbivores, demography of populations, and the role inbreeding and phenotypic plasticity play in the evolution of plant populations.  Research conducted in my lab also directly relates to the need for baseline data that may be utilized to help form successful conservation and restoration management plans for threatened taxa. 

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