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Ann Marie Gawel
Smith Fellow, Post-doctoral Researcher Research Interests: Conservation and ecology in Micronesia. Dr. Gawel is part of the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellows Program through the Society for Conservation Biology. She is pictured here with Palau conservation staff, biologists, and rangers, and snail enthusiasts visiting Palau from Guam. As part of Ann Marie's fellowship, she is focused on the conservation of Mariana Islands partulid land snails. https://conbio.org/mini-sites/smith-fellows/meet-the-fellows/2022-fellows/ann-marie-gawel https://anngawel.wixsite.com/website E-mail: agawel@esf.edu Morgan 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 |
