Jesse Czekanski-Moir
Ph.D. student, 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

AntBlog: e.g. here and here

E-mail: jesse.emrys@gmail.com



Rose Osborne
Ph.D. student, Ecology

Research Interests: Influences of phylogenetic history, microhabitat characteristics, and interspecific competition on body size evolution in Belau diplommatinid land snails; gastropod terrestrialization events and possible preadaptations to habitat transitions; land snail conservation; previous work on estivation physiology and microhabitat use in southern California helminthoglypt land snails

E-mail:trosborn@syr.edu


David Bullis
Ph.D. student, Ecology

Research Interests: Phylogeny, morphological diversification, biogeography, and conservation of western Pacific endodontoid land snails

E-mail: dbullis@syr.edu







LAB ALUMNI:

Cody Gilbertson
M.S., Conservation Biology

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.

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


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





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





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

Current Position: Laboratory Technician at SUNY Upstate

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

E-mail: enckj@hotmail.com