Then and Now
Our Team Members
Yesim Buyukates, Ph.D., 1998-2003
is a Professor in the Marine Sciences and Technology Department at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey.
http://comu.academia.edu/YesimBuyukates
Justin Murdoch, M.S., 2000-02
is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Tennessee Tech University.
https://sites.tntech.edu/jnmurdock/
Elizabeth Fejes (now Hebert), M.S., 2000-03
is working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as an administrator supporting high-performance computing researchers.
Reagen Errera, M.S., 2003-05
is an Instructor at the School of Renewable Natural Resources at Louisiana State University.
http://www.rnr.lsu.edu/people/faculty.htm
George Gable, M.S., 2004-07
is a Research Biologist in the Instream Uses Program at the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality and serves as a Senate Bill 2 Coordinator and Representative.
Carrie Miller (now DeBoer), M.S., 2004-07
is a Lecturer in the Zoology Department at Oklahoma University.
Leslie Schwierzke (now Wade), Research Technician 2005-08
is working in marine resources outreach in Puerto Rico.
Hsiu-Ping Li (Erin), Ph.D. student, 2004-09, who then finished her Ph.D. with Peter Santschi
with the addition of new family members, Erin is currently a stay-at-home mom and is pursuing to be an elementary or secondary teacher
Natalie Hewitt, M.S., 2008-11
is working in environmental quality and landfill management.
Natanya Hayden, M.S., 2009-11 is a Senior Wildlife Biologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Mike Neisch, M.S., 2010-14
George Umphres (Sparky), M.S., 2010-12 is a Hydrologic Technician with US Geological Survey.
Veronica Lundgren, Postdoc, 2012-13
is a Research Scientist at Linnaeus University, Sweden
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Veronica_Lundgren
Stephen Davis, M.S., 2012-14
is an Ecologist with the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Texas
And my current lab members!
Rika Muhl, Ph.D. candidate, 2011-present
Adriana Méndez-Jiménez,
Ph.D., 2013-present
Francis Withrow, M.S., 2013-present
Tymon Bloomer, M.S., 2013-present
Sierra Cagle, Ph.D., 2014-present

Joydeb Bhattacharyya, Postdoc, 2015-present
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ktyl12kAAAAJ&hl=en