Below you will find a list of the people I have advised in the past, as well as those that are currently working with me.
Graduate Student Advising:
Doctorate of Philosophy, degree expected from Univ of Michigan:
Thomas Dietsch (Ivette Perfecto, co-chair), 2003
E-mail: Thomas Dietsch
Doctorate of Philosophy, degree conferred from Univ of Michigan:
Elsbeth M. “Misty” McPhee (Bobbi Low, co-chair), 2002
E-mail: Elspeth McPhee
Dissertation: Effects of captivity on behavior and morphology in the oldfield mouse Peromyscus polionotus subgriseus
Kimberly Hall, 2002
E-mail: Kimberley Hall
Dissertation: An Assessment of Habitat Quality of Heavily- and Less-browsed Michigan Forests for a Shrub-nesting Songbird
Michael Burger, 1998
E-mail: Michael Burger
Dissertation: Physiological Mechanisms Limiting the Northern Boundary of the Winter Range of the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Yonat Swimmer, 1997
E-mail: Yonat Swimmer
Dissertation: Physiological Consequences of Basking, Disease and Captivity in the Green Turtle, Chelania mydas
Master of Science degree expected:
Ryan DiGaudio, 2003
E-mail: Ryan DiGaudio
Master of Science degree conferred:
Tonya Haff, 2001
E-mail: Tonya Hoff
Robin Currey, 1999
E-mail: Robin Currey
Thesis: Pinus edulis in a low-production year: A spatially variable, asynchronous plant-food resource
Diana Stralberg, 1999
E-mail: Diana Stralberg
Thesis: A landscape-level analysis of unbanization influence and spatial structure in chaparral breeding birds of the Santa Monica Mountains, CA.
Myloc Nguyen, Jessica Hellman, Jason Weller, and Elizabeth Worzalla, Project: Site Conservation Plan for the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona
Craig Fee, Andrew Hayes, and Cheryl Nenn, 1999
Practicum (co-chair with Jim Diana): Management of the Columbian Spotted Frog and Lahontan Cutthroat Trout in Central and Northeastern Nevada: A Study of Multi-species Conservation on Federally Managed Public Lands
Deavor Armstrong, 1998
Thesis: Effects of urban land use on avian marsh communities in southern Michigan
Bridget Fahey, 1997
E-mail: Bridget Fahey
Thesis: Adaptations of scavengers and the effect of food predictability on growth
Ashley Mattoon, 1996
E-mail: Ashley Mattoon
Thesis: Differential response to temperature by gray treefog (Hyla chrysascelis) larvae: A study of geographic variation
Jennifer Parody, 1996
Thesis: Avian assemblages in Northern Michigan: A long-term perspective
Linda D’Antonio, 1995
Thesis: Metabolic rates and mass loss of wintering Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinals): A geographic comparison
Thomas Dietsch, 1995
E-mail: Thomas Dietsch
Thesis: Life history characteristics and the landscape ecology of breeding birds in Michigan forests
Michael Burger, 1994
E-mail: Michael Burger
Thesis: Linking daily-energy requirements and differential winter distributions of male and female American Kestrels (Falco sparverius)
Betsy Daub, 1993
E-mail: Betsy Daub
Thesis: Effects on marsh area and characteristics on avian diversity and nesting success
Yonat Swimmer, 1993
E-mail: Yonat Swimmer
Thesis: Comparisons of in situ and relocated Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) nests at Projecto Tamar, Brazil
Terry Tompkins, 1993
Project: The Upper Tittabawasse River wetlands: Impacts on regional hydrology, water quality and biodiversity
Laura Ziemer, 1991
Thesis: Habitat specificity and dispersal ability of Circium pitcheri, a threatened endemic
Steve Latta, 1988
E-mail: Steve Latta
Thesis: Parental Investment and Brood Reduction in the Blue-footed Booby
Post-Doctoral Fellow Advising:
Dr. Judsen Bruzgal 2007- Present
Email: Judsen Bruzgul
Dr. Dena Pedynowski, 2003 – 2007
Institute for International Studies
Center for Environmental Science and Policy
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
Dr. Jeff T. Price, 1999 – 2001
Director of Climate Change Impact Studies
American Bird Conservancy
Boulder, CO 80301
E-mail: Jeff Price
Dr. J. Russell Butler, 1997 – 2000
Department of Biology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
E-mail: J. Russell Butler
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrussb/
Dr. Mike Burger, 1998 – 1999
Director of Bird Conservation
New York Audubon Society
Ithaca NY 14850
E-mail: Mike Burger
Dr. Lisa Sorenson, 1996 – 1998
Adjuct Assistant Professor
CAS Biology Department
Boston University
Boston MA 02215
E-mail: Lisa Sorenson
Dr. E. Jean Brennan, 1996-1997
Dr. Russell Burke, 1995 – 1996
Associate Professor
Hafstra University
Hempstead NY 11549
E-mail: Russell Burke
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Russell_L_Burke/
Dr. Thomas Jones, 1992 – 1994
Professor and Chair
Biology Department
Phoenix AZ 85017
E-mail: Thomas Jones
http://www.grand-canyon.edu/COS/jones/
