Associate Professor

Director, Graduate Program in Env Studies

School of Life Sciences and Sustainability

Virginia Commonwealth University

Instructor

School of Life Sciences and Sustainability

Virginia Commonwealth University

Director of Student Engagement

Rice Rivers Center

Virginia Commonwealth University

Pete is a PhD student studying incubation behavior and phenology in Prothonotary Warblers

MS Student

Abby is an undergraduate student assessing caterpillar biomass (bird food!) on focal trees when surrounded by varying amounts of nonnative invasive vegetation.

Jasmine is an undergraduate student interested in how nest box temperature influences occupancy and nestling growth rate in Prothonotary Warblers.

Maggie is working on a project assess whether smartphone characteristics influence the performance of the Cornell Merlin app

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Sam's thesis research was titled "Substrate preference and foraging behavior of two declining warblers in Appalachian shrublands"

She is a coastal Biologist with Alabama Audubon

Samantha's dissertation was titled Quantifying insect emergence in tidal freshwaters and the importance of aquatic prey in wetland-dependent songbird diet

She is a Biologist at Dominion Energy

Adele's dissertation was on Population Demography of a Neotropical Migratory Songbird in the Face of a Changing Climate.

She is an Asst Prof in residence at UNLV

Baron developed multi-scale occupancy models for Vermivora species (Golden-winged and Blue-winged warblers) in southwest Virginia using a custom land cover classification that accurately represents shrubs.

He is a GIS analyst with Virginia Outdoors Foundation

Elsa's thesis assessed predictors of female aggression in Prothonotary Warblers. 

She is a wildlife biologist with Colorado State University

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Hannah's thesis assessed predictors of private landowner intentions to manage for high elevation shrubland habitat in Virginia. 

She is a Senior Consultant - Climate Change at ERM

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Abby's thesis assessed sex-specific parental care behaviors and home range size  in red-headed woodpeckers in a dynamic managed landscape at Fort AP Hill, VA. She also used GPS tags to track fine scale movements during the breeding season. 
Abby is a data analyst with the USFWS.

Ben's thesis assessed habitat quality and occupancy dynamics of red-headed woodpecker in a landscape with a complex mosaic of potential habitats created by timber harvests and prescribed fire management at Fort AP Hill.  Ben is President and Ex Dir at Berkshire Bird Observatory​

Liz created an accurate landcover classification that includes shrub cover (something that has not been available) that can be used to assess habitat use and occupancy dynamics in Golden-winged Warblers. 

Liz is currently teaching Biology​

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Jessie's thesis assessed variation in feather stable Hydrogen isotopes in the wetland-associated Prothonotary Warbler and assessed the degree of migratory connectivity in this species. Jessie is a Research Scientist at Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

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Matt’s thesis used molecular and bioinformatics tools to understand population genetic structure and migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler.  He was co-advised by Rodney Dyer and Cathy Viverette.

Matt is now a biologist with USDA-APHIS​

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Jenna's thesis assessed how spatial and temporal variation in food availability overlap with PROW breeding and influence nestling growth rate. Since graduating, Jenna worked as a Peace Corp volunteer in Senegal and a research associate at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Jenna is a Natural Resource Specialist IV, Texas Soil and Water Conservation.

Nik's thesis assessed the lateral transport of the algal toxin microcystin into the riparian food web. He specifically assessed mayflies, tetragnatha spiders, and PROW of varying age. Nik was co-advised by Paul Bukaveckas. Nik is a Conservation Science Program Manager at National Parks Conservation Association.

Dan's thesis assessed the role of conspecific attraction in this low density population of Golden-winged Warblers. Dan is an Assistant Professor of Env Studies at VCU and primary collaborator in the lab.​

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Anna's thesis assessed the occurrence and consequences of conspecific brood parasitism in the PROW.  Anna was co-advised by Rodney Dyer. Anna earned her PhD from Auburn University and is an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University and the Iowa Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit.