Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies

2008-2009

OCEES GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWS 

            

ANGELA HORNER,  PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences

Advisor: Audrone Biknevicius

     Locomotion in tunnels: Effects of a physically constrained environment on the mechanics and energetics of an elongate, semi-fossorial mammal.

 

MELANIE SCHORI, PhD Candidate in Environmental & Plant Biology

Advisor Philip Cantino & Harvey Ballard, Jr.

     A systematic revision of Gomphandra

 

NATHAN SMUCKER, PhD Candidate in Environmental & Plant Biology

Advisor: Morgan Vis

     Characterizing natural and anthropogenec influences on stream algal community structure and function

 

ERIN RASMUSSEN, PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences

Advisor: Pat O’Connor

     The evolution of forelimb design and flight behavior in birds

 

DONELLE ROBINSON, PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences

Advisor: Molly Morris

     Variation in sex determination systems and their role in the evolution of male sexual ornaments

 

 

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