Current

• Andrew Freedman (jointly with George Kennedy), BMA / Entomology PhD student. Andrew is interested in using a behavioral perspective to understand the spread of insect-vectored plant pathogens.

Alumni

Post-docs

• Erin Mordecai (jointly with Charles Mitchell, UNC). Erin studied how global environmental change impacts the diversity of pathogens transmitted by insect vectors.

• Christopher Stone. Chris studied the plastic and adaptive responses of insect disease-vectors to management interventions.

Graduate students

• Gregory Backus (jointly with Nick Haddad), Biomathematcs / Zoology PhD. Greg studied how genetic technologies can reduce the impact of invasive species on native ecosystems.

• Judith Canner (jointly with Rob Dunn), Biomathematcs / Zoology PhD. Judith studied the population ecology of ant-dispersed plants.

• Ian Fiske, Statistics PhD. Ian studied the use of latent-variable models to analyze wildlife survey data with imperfect detection and ordinal responses.

• Matt Hamilton, Biomathematcs MS. Matt studied the effect of dispersal on coexistence in a metacommunity model.

• Tessa Hall, Biomathematcs MS. Tessa modeled the effects of ocean acidification on the population dynamics of reef-forming corals.

• Becky Lyzinski, Biomathematcs MS. Becky constructed mathematical models to analyze the dynamics of multiple interacting pathogens.

• Amanda Reeder, Masters of Biomathematics. Amanda developed improved statistical models for blue crab abundance in Pamlico Sound.

• Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Biomathematcs MS. Andrew developed a new mathematical model for predicting latitudinal gradients in species diversity.

• Yabo Wu, Masters of Biomathematics. Yabo studied the use of autoregressive models to approximate one- and two-species models of stochastic population dynamics.