2025
| Student | Thesis title and PI | Position after graduation |
|---|---|---|
 Christopher Carnevale |
Investigations of Bacterivory and Microplastics in the Southern Ocean. PI: Robert W. Sanders |
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2024
| Student | Thesis title and PI | Position after graduation |
|---|---|---|
 Eli (Chia-Mei) Chang, Ph.D. |
Influence of abiotic environmental factors on Physiological responses and mixotrophy in Freshwater and marine chrysophytes. PI: Robert W. Sanders |
Postdoctoral Researcher at National Taiwan Ocean University |
 Mary R. Cortese, Ph.D. |
Range shifts and altered community interactions in the Eastern Pacific kelp forest ecosystem. PI: Brent J. Sewall |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |
 Konrad R. Dabrowski, Ph.D. |
Reward and drug induced molecular neuroadaptations - the role of circular RNAs and m6A RNA modification. PIs: Anna Moore & Stephanie Sillivan |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
 Samuel M. Owens, M.Sc. |
Multi-scale modeling of the Spotted Lanternfly Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) reveals enduring risk to viticulture and regional range expansion by 2055. PI: Matthew R. Helmus |
Adjunct Instructor at Temple University |
 Payton M. Phillips, Ph.D. |
Understanding the influence of anthropogenic habitat modification on urban mammals: Case studies of Caribbean lizards and North American mammals. PI: Jocelyn E. Behm |
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Georgia, Athens |
 Alyssa M. Pivirotto, Ph.D. |
Dynamics of natural selection on human genomic variants. PI: Jody Hey |
Data Science Instructional Support Coordinator and Lecturer at Bryn Mawr College |
 April L. M Stabbins, Ph.D. |
Quantifying the sphere of influence: ecology and trophic dynamics of methane seep communities along the Pacific Costa Rica Margin. PI: Erik E. Cordes |
Assistant Professor of Research at Temple University |
 Katherine A. Stevensons, M.Sc. |
Interactive effects of predation and assembly time on tropical but not temperate marine invasions. PI: Brent J. Sewall |
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 Amanda E. Wilson, Ph.D. |
Selective forces shaping duplicate gene evolution: insights from stochastic modeling and patterns of retention. PI: David A. Liberles |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Columbia University's Medical Center |
2023
| Student | Thesis title and PI | Position after graduation |
|---|---|---|
 Melissa J. Betters, Ph.D. |
Biodiversity and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Gastropod Mollusks from the Pacific Costa Rica Margin. PI: Erik E. Cordes |
Visiting Assistant Professor at Bryn Mawr College |
 Mark L. Berns, Ph.D. |
Functional analysis of residues on Profilin 1 that are modulated by Wnt signaling. PI: Raymond Habas |
Senior Scientist at Pharmaron |
 Ryan P. Gasbarro, Ph.D. |
Climate change effects on cold-water coral reefs and their associated communities. PI: Erik E. Cordes |
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California, Santa Cruz |
 Samuel L. Junod, Ph.D. |
Exploring Nuclear Pore Complexes: Unraveling Structural and Functional Insights through Super-Resolution Microscopy. PI: Weidong Yang |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Temple University |
 Alexander G. Lucaci, Ph.D. |
The role of complex evolutionary dynamics in molecular sequence analysis. PI: Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine |
 Francisco McGee, Ph.D. |
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics: Insights and Explorations in the Protein Sequence-Structure-Function Continuum. PI: Vincenzo Carnevale |
Senior Data Scientist at MilliporeSigma |
 Molly M. Schools, Ph.D. |
Evolution, systematics, biogeography, and conservation of Neotropical forest lizards. PI: S. Blair Hedges |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Omaha Zoo |
 Sudip Sharma, Ph.D. |
Big Data Phylogenomics: Methods and Applications. PI: Sudhir Kumar |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Temple University |
 Timothy M. Swartz, Ph.D. |
An integrative investigation of urban animals and the ecosystem services they provide in cities. PI: Jocelyn E. Behm |
Assistant Professor at Wittenberg University |
 Mark Tingey, Ph.D. |
The Application of Single-Point Edge-Excitation sub- Diffraction Microscopy for the Study of Macromolecular Transport. PI: Weidong Yang |
Assistant Professor of Research at Temple University |
 Andrew Van Kuren, Ph.D. |
Phagotrophic phytoplagellates across Ecosystems: Their functional role in the Southern Ocean and Mid-Atlantic vernal pools. PI: Robert W. Sanders |
Assistant Professor of Instruction at Holy Family University |
 Mark J. Walker, Ph.D. |
Resource competition and soft selection in Sabatia angularis. PI: Rachel Spigler |
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 Jordan Zehr, Ph.D. |
Patterns of natural selection associated with tropism shifts in animal coronavirus genomes. PI: Sergei L. Kosakovsky Ponds |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Cornell University |
2022
| Student | Thesis title and PI | Position after graduation |
|---|---|---|
 Nicholas A. Huron, Ph.D. |
Building frameworks for understanding invasions and extinctions for biodiversity science. PI: Matthew R. Helmus |
Data Scientist at CCS Fundraising |
 Elizabeth Tucker, Ph.D. |
Multi-functional Foot Use While Running Across Complex Terrain. PI: Tonia Hsieh |
Consultant at Boston Consulting Group |
