Bud Freeman – Director, Georgia Museum of Natural History
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Kelly Petersen
Paige Duffin
Margot Popecki
Jared Bennett ("Double Dawg" MS program, Odum School)
CURRENT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
CURRENT UNDERGRAD STAFF/RESEARCHERS
Ben Frick (2021- )
Kimani Smith (2021- ) comentored with Jeb Byers
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FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS
Tina Bell (Ph.D. 2009) - faculty at George Mason University
Scott Small (Ph.D. 2009) - Research Assistant Professor at Notre Dame
John Robinson (Ph.D. 2011) - faculty at Michigan State U.
Christina Zakas (Ph.D. 2011) - faculty at North Carolina State
Meredith Meyers (co-advised with Jim Porter, Ph.D. 2013), now at San Diego Coastkeeper
Mary Rougeau (M.S. 2015)
Christine Ewers (Ph.D. 2015) - postdoc with Rick Grosberg, now at University of Kiel
Katie Bockrath (Ph.D. 2015) - now at USFWS Whitney Lab!
Dr. Karen Bobier - defended November 2020
Postdoctoral Researchers (former)
Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson
Christina Zakas
Ron Eytan, now at Texas A&M Galveston, for more info see www.roneytanlab.com
Paula Pappalardo
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Undergraduates (former)
John Binford – now an ER-certified physician, microbrewer, agriculturist
Collin Closek – http://closek.com now Early Career Science Fellow at the Center for Ocean Solutions
Madeline Cozad, REU student, now an MD
Jesyka Meléndez, REU student (now Dr. Jesyka Meléndez!)
Laura Paynter
Clare Scott, now biology faculty at Appalachian State University :)
Mary Pierce Zirkle
Kelly Laughlin
Danielle Heubel
Hayley Glassic
Melissa Merrill
Leah Besch
Neva Hope (B.S. 2016, currently in medical school)
Tim Makinde (I promised I’d show his Arsenal shirt off; now has his D.D.S!)
Emma Pistole (B.S. in Ecology/Biology 2016, photo from graduation!), now has her MS from Florida)
Katelyn Chandler
Katie Skoczen
Kat Christie (BS Ecology 2021)
Adam Greer (BS 2019)
Other Staff (former)
Sabrina Pankey
Nicole Umberger
Kelly Laughlin
Ivy Francis
