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Lab Alumni- Past lab members

Dr. Clark Rushing  PhD 2014.

'Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Dispersial in Migratory Birds"

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Clark is now a post-doctoral researcher at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center with the US Geological Survey

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Dr. Kevin Barry   PhD 2013.

"Competitive responses of native plant species to neighbor presence, identity and phenology across two growing seasons"

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Kevin is now an Teaching Assistant Professor, West Virginia University

Dr. Abby Kula  PhD 2012.

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"Qualifying context dependent outcomes of the interaction between Silene stellata (caryophyllaceae) and its pollinating seed predator, Hadena ectypa (noctuidae)"

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Currently an Assistant professor at Mount Saint Mary's University, Maryland

Dr. Richard Reynolds PhD 2008.

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"The role of pollinators as selective agents in the evolution of pollination syndromes among three eastern Northern American sister taxa of Silene"

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NIH postdoc in Statistical Genetics at University Birmingham

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Richard received a NIH 5 year Career Grant in 2011

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Currently a faculty member in the Dept . of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Univ. of Alabama Birmingham

Dr. Scott Ruhren  MS 1994.   Senior Director of Conservation, Audubon Society of Rhode Island

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Dr. Ruhren (PhD Rutgers Univ, NJ) 

Alyssa Stewart  PhD Spring 2016. 

"Old World bat foraging specialization: ecological and evolutionary implications over space and time"

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Alyssa is now an Assistant Professor at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Contact: A4lyssa@gmail.com

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Juannan Zhou  PhD Spring 2017.

"Genetic structure of a pollinating seed predator and its specialized host plant, Silene stellata"

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Juannan is now a Post Doc with David McCandlish, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory


Juannan's research was highlighted at the Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting in Portland Oregon
 

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Contact: ohioplayers@gmail.com

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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