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David Bullis
Post-doctoral Researcher

Research Interests: Conservation of the Chittenango ovate amber snail; northeastern terrestrial invertebrate diversity and conservation; phylogeny, morphological diversification, biogeography, and conservation of western Pacific endodontoid land snails; fossil land snails in amber.

E-mail: dbullis@syr.edu


Jesse Czekanski-Moir

Ph.D. candidate, Conservation Biology

Research Interests: Adaptive radiations, patterns of diversity, macroecology, community ecology, phylogenetic systematics, morphological diversity and adaptation; evolution, ecology, biogeography, and conservation of Belau, Pacific and SE Asian ants and land snails

Website:
https://www.jessecm.org/
AntBlog: e.g. here and here

E-mail: jeczekan@syr.edu


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Joseph Makaure
Ph.D. candidate, Ecology

Research Interests: Freshwater fish ecology, phylogeography, conservation, and evolution, especially in Zimbabwe and southern Africa


E-mail: jmakaure@syr.edu





Teresa Rose Osborne
Ph.D. candidate, Ecology


Research Interests:
I study body size evolution in Pacific island land snails. I'm particularly interested in how phylogenetic history, abiotic pressures like microclimate and nutrient availability, and immigrant selection impact land snail body size. Comparing body sizes between snails of very different shapes has motivated me to develop new methods for measuring shell size. I am also interested in gastropod terrestrialization and land snail conservation. My undergraduate work at Pomona College (BA, Biology) examined estivation physiology and microhabitat use in southern California helminthoglypt land snails. Links to papers and presentations:
https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article-abstract/84/2/132/4904549
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmt2uGxT2bg&list=PL9WUK3OYqNoyX0k8_3zxa7wiOn-VlpOxV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgcc3LZO3s&index=2&list=PL9WUK3OYqNoyX0k8_3zxa7wiOn-VlpOxV
Supporting diversity: "Not All White Dudes Malacology"
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XUgSV0ZMkTD1UdMhbJwTnfpOeC2jGuEkXZtepqP648w/edit?usp=sharing
and
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BNevEqfkXMX631f8uFBO1HpEcEDlT6xr?usp=sharing
E-mail:trosborn@syr.edu



Brittany Leyda
Ph.D. student, Conservation Biology

Research Interests: Land snail conservation, ecology, and evolution. Terrestrial invertebrates.

E-mail:
baleyda@syr.edu


Emlyn Clark, M.S.
Laboratory Technician

Research Interests: Chittenango ovate amber snail conservation; Phylogenetics, biogeography and conservation of the Videna land snails of Palau. [M.S. in Conservation Biology, Rundell Lab]

E-mail:
emlyn.clark@gmail.com




Kiera Hyacinthe

B.S. in Environmental & Forest Biology

Research interests:
 

Invertebrate phylogenetics and microscopy



Jani Liu
B.S. in Environmental & Forest Biology

Research interests:
 

Land snail microscopy and adaptive significance of shell morphology








Ming Xiao

B.S. in Environmental & Forest Biology

Research interests:
 

Land snail microscopy and adaptive significance of shell morphology


Lab Alumni:
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Cody Gilbertson, M.S.
Current: Laboratory Technician, Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail Conservation


Research Interests: Endangered animals, especially invertebrates; captive breeding and conservation management of terrestrial invertebrates. Cody specializes in the conservation of the Chittenango ovate amber snail, New York State's most endangered land snail. This project was supported by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. [M.S. Conservation Biology, Rundell Lab]

USFWS Blog Post
E-mail:crgilber@syr.edu

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Logan Osterhoudt
M.P.S., Ecology


Research Interests: Herpetofauna ecology, evolution, and conservation

E-mail: ljosterh@syr.edu




Photo: E. Lehman 2002. La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

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Jessica Lynn Miller
M.P.S., Conservation Biology


Current Position: Big Cat Intern at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs, AR

Research Interests: Conservation strategies for endangered felids, especially sand cats and tigers.

Big Cat Blog

E-mail: jlmill14@syr.edu







Audrey Sellepack
B.S. in Environmental & Forest Biology

Research interests:
 

Palau land snail conservation and coral reef biology







Tim Gervascio

B.S. in Environmental & Forest Biology with Honors

Research Project:
 

Dating the Terrestrial Invasion of the Cyclophoroidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Using the Fossilized Birth-Death Model 















Alyssa Lau

B.S. in Environmental & Forest Biology


Current Position:
USGS Lake Ontario Biological Station Student Contractor

Research interests: 


Molecular evolution and molluscan terrestrialization

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Joshua Enck
B.S. in Environmental & Forest Biology with a Minor in Microscopy, with Honors

Current Position: Ph.D Student at SUNY Upstate


Research Interests: Evolutionary morphology & ecology of Adirondack meiofauna (interstitial microscopic aquatic invertebrates and unicellular eukaryotes)

E-mail: enckj@hotmail.com
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