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Students in my lab have worked on a variety of projects. Each has greatly helped the progress of our research program and went on to very successful, and varied, careers.

Graduate Students​

Student

Thesis

Leija, F.

Microbiome shifts associated with Pb exposure in Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) embryos across early stages of development  2024

Vera Ruis, K.

Nitrogen variation in Limulus polyphemus across southern Long Island habitats  2023

Quigley, T.

Consequences of mud nesting by the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus

Castro, G.        

Kolb, A.        

Bakker, A.

Govert, H

Effects of habitat quality on the development and survival of American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) embryos.  2019
Effects of diet and housing proximity on oocyte production in adult female zebrafish (Danio rerio)   2016
Trace element accumulation in horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) egg, embryo, and larvae through  maternal transfer and surrounding nesting substrate.   2016
Offspring retireval behaviors after brood loss in the convict cichlid. 2014

Westrick, B.

Hormonal modulation of female parental care behaviors in the convict cichlid,   Amatitlania siquia. 2010

Employment post graduation

pursuing a PhD at StonyBrook University
employed at Hempstead Conservation and Waterways
pursuing a PhD at Brooklyn College
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Aquaculture specialist/Aquatic biologist, Boston Hospital, Division of Neurology
Data and Reporting Analyst (Nike)
Kentucky Department of Fish and Widlife

Undergraduate Students​

  and Projects

Trevino, A.

Steinborn, B.

Moore, B.

Digiorgio, M.

Hunter, K.

Pressmen, M.

Scotto, M.

Volney, Z.

Gromova, V.

Williams, M.

Dhailwal, S.       

Hetherington, A.       

Bastiani, I.              

Fisenne, D.              

Tawfik, C              

Doughtery, S           

Alavardo, M             

Garnett, C.             

Jaques, C.                

Carson, E.              

Patal, P.                   

Bougleux-Gomes, H. 

Lang, L.           

Nicolino, H.           

Lackey, C.                   

Scherer, A.             

Stump, A.            

Hayes, B.               

Watts, E.                

Taulbee, A.             

Robinson, M.          

Craig, D.                  

Spangler, L.          

Deerfield, S.            

Thomas, B.               

Wilkerson, A.         

Snyder, C.                

Cook, E.                  

Liu, W.                   

Wilks, A.                

Hall, A.                 

Ratnamalala, N.     

Wong, R.                 

DuRoos, C.              

Fall 2024 - Spring 2024

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Fall 2023

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Spring 2017

Fall 2016-Spring 2017

Fall 2016-Spring 2017

Fall 2015

Sumer 2015

Summer 2014- Spring 2017

Fall 2015 – Spring 2016

Fall 2015 – Spring 2016

Spring 2013 – Fall 2015

Summer 2014 – Spring 2016

Summer 2014; Spring 2015

Summer 2014- Fall 2014       

Spring 2011 – Spring 2012

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Fall 2004 – Spring 2006

c. cichlid parental response to fry

c. cichlid parental response to fry

pH effect of c. cichlid parental response to fry 

c. cichlid hormones + parental behavior

cortisol effect of c. cichlid parental retrieval behavior

cortisol effect of c. cichlid parental aggression

cortisol effect of c. cichlid parental aggression

c. cichlid mating behavior

cortisol effect of c. cichlid parental aggression

cortisol effect of c. cichlid parental aggression

c. cichlid hormones + mating behavior

c. cichlid hormones + parental behavior

c. cichlid parental neural patterns

c. cichlid hormones + parental behavior

c. cichlid female neural patterns

c. cichlid hormones + parental behavior

c. cichlid endocrine disruptors

horseshoe crab spawning ecology

c. cichlid endocrine disruptors

octopus captivity enrichment

c. cichlid hormones + female neural patterns

fruit fly mutants vs wildtype courtship

c. cichlid parental neural patterns 

c. cichlid neural phenotypes

c. cichlid neural phenotypes

breeding ecology of blackside dace fish

trout and bass assessment 

c. cichlid behavior

c. cichlid parental behavior

c. cichlid parental behavior

c. cichlid behavior

c. cichlid behavior

c. cichlid male behavior

c. cichlid parental behavior

c. cichlid behavior

c. cichlid parental experience behavior

c. cichlid parental experience behavior

c. cichlid parental behavior

c. cichlid male / female behavior

c. cichlid male / female behavior

c. cichlid male / female behavior

c. cichlid parental behavior

spawning behavior

c. cichlid + damselfish hormones + behavior

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