Current projects

Rebekha Archibald

M.S. student, Center for Environmental Studies
Adviser: Rodney Dyer

Project title: An alien invasion: How the invasive species, Microstigeum viminium affects the germination and growth of midcanopy trees (Cornus florida and Cercis canadensis) in a disturbed and undisturbed pine-oak forest.

Gina Beale

M.S. student, Center for Environmental Studies
Adviser: Paul Bukaveckas

Project title: Bacterial respiration and net ecosystem metabolism along a riverine-estuarine gradient in the James River

Melissa Caviness

M.E. student, Center for Environmental Studies
Adviser: Peter deFur

Project title: Elementary environmental education at the VCU Rice Center

Stephanie Crouch

M.S. student, Department of Biology
Adviser: Rodney Dyer

Project title: Spatial genetic structure of the spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

Amanda Duvall

M.S. student, Center for Environmental Studies
Adviser: Michael Fine

Project title: Growth of pectoral spines of Virginia catfishes

Christopher Egghart

M.S. student, Center for Environmental Studies
Adviser: Cliff Fox

Project title: Reconstructive account of the physiographic and ecological changes on the lower James River

Vasiliki Gardiakos

M.S. student, Department of Biology
Adviser: Rodney Dyer

Project title: Insect-mediated pollen movement in flowering dogwood: an analysis of gene flow in Cornus florida

Catherine Heidrich

M.S. student, Department of Biology
Adviser: Rodney Dyer

Project title: Who’s your daddy? An investigation of extra-pair copulation in Prothontaria citrea

Christina Lynchesky

M.S. student, Center for Environmental Studies
Adviser: Paul Bukaveckas

Project title: Mechanisms regulating light attenuation in riverine, tidal-freshwater and estuarine segments of the James River

Amy Macdonald

M.S. student, Department of Biology
Adviser: Paul Bukaveckas

Project title: Landscape factors regulating phytoplankton production in the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers