Grad Student |
Topic of Study |
Advisor |
| Brian Burkel |
Cellular mechanisms of wound healing |
Bement |
| Emily Vaughan |
-- |
Justin Schleede
Genetics
Ph.D. student |
-- |
Andrei
S. Avanesov
Genetics
Ph.D. student |
Hedgehog signaling and compartmentalization during wing disc
development in the wing of Drosophila. |
Blair |
| David
Olson |
Molecular analysis of cell signaling mutations in the wing
of Drosophila. |
Jun
Chen
Genetics Ph.D.
student |
The role of cv-2 and cv-d mutants in BMP signaling in the
formation of the crossveins of Drosophila. |
| Dennis Lorenz |
|
Bleiweiss |
| Genevieve
Kozak |
How social behavior contributes to the evolution of reproductive
isolation and speciation |
Boughman |
| Alycia Reynolds Lackey |
Ecological causes of hybridization between two endangered
species |
| Amy
Kamarainen |
Long-term dynamics of phosphorus recycling in the Madison-area
lakes |
Carpenter |
| Reinette
Biggs |
Ecological economics of adaptive ecosystem management |
Nick
Preston
Limnology and
Marine Science Ph.D. candidate |
Processing of terrigenous organic carbon in freshwater ecosystems |
Matthew
Van de Bogert
Limnology
and Marine Science Ph.D. candidate |
Modeling of hydrologic, organic carbon and phosphorus linkages
in lake-dominated landscapes |
| Owen Langman |
Signal processing for automated acquisition of limnological
data |
| Eric Caldera |
|
Currie |
| Don
Barrette |
Fish community structure in storm water retention ponds |
Dodson |
| Carolina
Penalva-Arana |
Sensory biology of the sentinel species Daphnia |
| Sarah
Foltz |
-- |
| Noah Druckenbrod |
|
Epstein |
Nina
Hasen  |
Neural mechanisms underlying the onset of maternal behaviors. |
Gammie |
| Kimberly
D’Anna |
Role of peptides related to CRF and the arousal peptide, hypocretin,
in maternal behaviors, including maternal aggression. |
| Grace
Lee |
What are the neural signals that control whether a female
acts maternally or not |
Molly
(Wagner) Nyholm
Molly's
Homepage |
Understanding how the midbrain, including the optic tectum,
is formed in the zebrafish embryos |
Grinblat |
Nicholas
Sanek
Genetics Training
Program |
Role of zic genes during formation of the forebrain, the anterior-most
derivative of the neural tube |
| Erica Andersen |
axon guidance of sensory neurons |
Halloran |
Namrata Asuri
|
axon guidance of sensory neurons |
| Jeremiah
Paulus |
Axon guidance defects in mutant embryos lacking laminin, as
well as characterizing other mutant lines obtained from our
mutagenesis screen. |
Ryan
King
CMB |
Molecular regulation of cell rearrangement in C. elegans |
Hardin |
Tim Loveless
Molecular Biocsciences PhD student |
|
| Stephanie
Maiden |
Genetic analysis of cell migration in C. elegans |
Allison
Lynch
Genetics
PhD student |
Genetic analysis of ?-catenin in C. elegans |
| Ed
Emmons |
Factors that govern the structure of lake communities in northern
Wisconsin. |
Ives |
Kate
Forbes
Kate's Homepage |
How does variability and spatial pattern in host density affect
the spread of wildlife diseases? |
| Matt
Helmus |
How habitat modification in lakes affects benthic invertebrate
communities through both top-down (predation) and bottom-up
(resources) processes. |
| Jocelyn
Behm |
Breakdown of genetic isolation between a pelagic and a limnetic
species of stickleback in Enos Lake, British Columbia, Canada |
| Tucker
Gilman |
Investigating possible PhD project ideas and has started a
separate project on white-tailed deer population modeling and
management with Prof. Nancy Matthews. |
| Teresa Leon |
|
Jeanne |
| Sai Suryanarayanan |
|
| Benjamin Taylor |
|
| Carol Fassbinder-Orth |
|
Karasov |
Jeff Watters
Limnology
and Marine Sciences PhD student |
-- |
Kitchell |
Olaf Jensen
Limnology
and Marine Sciences PhD student |
-- |
Brian Weidel
Limnology
and Marine Sciences PhD student |
-- |
Justin Fox
Limnology
and Marine Sciences MS student |
-- |
Molli MacDonald
Water
Resources Mgmt. MS student |
-- |
| Greg
Gelembiuk |
Evolutionary genetics and speciation of invasive species,
particularly the copepod Eurytemora affinis, and the
bivalves Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis.
Mapping salinity tolerance and reproductive isolation onto the
genome of the freshwater invading copepods. |
Lee |
| Suzanne
Peyer |
Functional morphology, biomechanics, and habitat utilization
of zebra and quagga mussels. |
| Marijan
Posavi |
Evolutionary genomics and targets of selection during freshwater
invasions by the copepod Eurytemora affinis. Exploring
genome-wide signatures of natural selection. |
| Davorka Gulisija |
Theoretical population genetics of soft selective sweeps
arising from balanced polymorphisms. |
| Nicole
Rafferty |
Effects of habitat fragmentation and other forms of disturbance
on primate-plant mutualisms.
Primates as pollinators and seed dispersers and the potential
interdependence of primate persistence and tropical forest regeneration |
Lambert |
| Leanne Vique Miranda |
|
Lindroth |
| Christopher Habeck |
|
| Matthew Fuxjager |
|
Marler |
| Sue Vang |
|
Porter |
| Lucas
Moyer-Horner |
Mountain biogeography, paleocology, and animal landscape
modeling. |
| Jeremiah
Yahn |
Ecology, energetics and nesting behavior of rare and endangered
turtles in the Amazon basin |
| Angela Dassow |
|
| Julia Haviland |
|
| Sarah
Jane Alger |
How the brain regulates the motivation to sing in male songbirds,
and how the brain regulates female preferences for attractive
compared to unattractive males, using European starlings and
zebra finches |
Riters |
| Sarah
Ann Heimovics |
Identify and compare brain regions active when males are singing
sexually motivated song versus song expressed outside of a breeding
context |
| Benjamin
Pawlisch |
Using site specific injections (into the medial preoptic nucleus)
of dopamine receptor agonists to examine the role of dopamine
receptors in sexually motivated male birdsong |
| Stephen Bowman |
|
| Sofia Refetoff Zahed |
Hormones and behavior in non-human primates |
Snowdon |
| Anita Ginther |
Hormones and behavior in non-human primates |
| Anneke Lisberg |
|
Noah
Lottig
Limnology and Marine Sciences
- PhD candidate |
Biogeochemical signatures of wetland streams |
Stanley |
Steven
Powers
Limnology and
Marine Science -MS candidate |
Ecosystem Effects of Dam Removal: the Role of Nutrients and
Sediment |
| Matthew Fuller |
Beaver impoundments as flow discontinuities of stream networks |
| Mike
Tilkens |
Assessing the effects of early hominid morphology on their
locomotor energetics. |
Steudel |
| Lisa
Powers |
Lisa is investigating pendular interactions between the forelimb
and hindlimb in human walking with applications to fossil hominins. |
| India
Viola |
Working on cloning Ascaris neuropeptide gene-encoding
transcripts and performing in-situ hybridization |
Stretton |
| Christopher Konop |
Antibodies against Ascaris neuropeptides |
Jessica Jarecki
Neuroscience Training Program |
Mass spectrometry and gene arrays of Ascaris neuropeptides |
| Sarie Van Belle |
|
Strier |
| Jacob Griffin |
|
Turner |
| Martin
Simard |
Reciprocal interactions between fire and mountain pine beetles
in the Yellowstone landscape |
| Tim
Kuhman |
Invasive plant distributions in Southern Appalachian landscapes |
Katrina Butkas
Ph.D
Student, Limnology and Marine Sciences |
Benthic productivity in lake ecosystems. |
Vander
Zanden |
Stephanie
Schmidt
Ph.D Student,
Limnology and Marine Sciences |
Long-term food web changes and management of Great Lakes. |
| Chris
Solomon |
Benthic pelagic linkages and ecosystem processes in lakes. |
Matt
Diebel
Ph.D Student,
Limnology and Marine Sciences |
Riparian buffers and modeling fish distributions at the regional
level. |
David
Gilroy
Ph.D Student,
Limnology and Marine Sciences |
Ecology and conservation of Hucho taimen in Mongolia |
