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M.A. and M.S. in Biology
Students
Following are some recent graduate student thesis projects:
| Thesis Advisor | Student | Thesis Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Burke | Jeremy Feinberg | Nesting ecology of diamondback terrapins at Gateway National Recreational Area (finished thesis) |
| Russell Burke | Maria Giambanco | Comparison of fertility rates, hatchling survivorship and sex ratios of field and laboratory incubated diamondback terrapin nests (thesis in progress) |
| Russell Burke | William Capitano | Ecology of box turtles at Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (thesis in progress) |
| Russell Burke | Sylwia Ner | Depredation rates of diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys t. terrapin) nests at seven islands at Gateway national Recreational Area (thesis in progress) |
| Russell Burke | Katrina Broadwater | Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Population Size and Movements at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (thesis in progress) |
| Peter Daniel | John Barbato | Chemosensory activation of antennular grooming behavior in the spiny lobster (finished thesis) |
| Peter Daniel | Joanna Wroblewska | Identification of Chemosensory Sensilla Activating Antennular Grooming Behavior in the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus (finished thesis) |
| Maureen Krause | Nay Htyte | Molecular genetic characterization of Pfiesteria piscicida life stages (thesis in progress) |
| John F. Morrissey | Donna McLaughlin | Reproductive biology of a new species of gulper shark from the Caribbean Sea |
| John F. Morrissey | Nicole Carroll | Age and growth of a new species of gulper shark from the Caribbean Sea |
| John F. Morrissey | Jill Olin | Visual adaptations of a new species of gulper shark from the Caribbean Sea |
| John F. Morrissey | Hans Walters | The use of satellite telemetry to determine seasonal movement patterns of sand tiger sharks in the Western Atlantic Ocean |
| John F. Morrissey | Rob Buch | A new species of gulper shark from the Caribbean Sea |
| Dorothy Pumo | Clifton McPherson | Can mitochondrial tRNA genes provide information about patterns of mammalian evolution? |
| Dorothy Pumo | Sandra Beaudouin | Cytochrome oxidase II and the evolutionary origins of the flying lemurs |
| Dorothy Pumo | Dolores Coniglio | A total evidence approach to higher primate evolution |
| Dorothy Pumo | Michael Bielski | Bat bone morphogenic protein and its role in wing formation |
| Dorothy Pumo | Margot Gallowitsch | Identification of mammalian BMP-2 |
| Dorothy Pumo | Margaret Uscinski | The placement of tree shrew relative to other mammals |
| Christopher Sanford | Brenda Frost | A novel feeding mechanism in the osteoglossomorph fish Chitala chitala |
| Christopher Sanford | Jason Van Eron | A novel feeding behavior in the brook trout |
| Christopher Sanford | Josh Steinhaus | A novel feeding behavior in the rainbow trout |
| Robert Seagull | James Papanikolaw | The functional significance of tubulin isotypes in plants (essay) |
| Robert Seagull | Yitzie Wernick | Mechanism of growth in cotton fibers (essay) |
| Robert Seagull | Vito Oliveri | Changes in cotton fiber length, diameter and birefringence during growth and the effects of plant hormones (thesis) |
| Robert Seagull | Syreeta Robinson | Effects of Oryzalin and Taxol on cotton fiber growth and development in two commercial varieties of G. hirsutum, MD51 and DP90. (thesis) |
| Robert Seagull | Sofia Gilavalis | Fiber initiation from ovules grown in vitro and in vivo and the effects of plant hormones. (Thesis, in progress) |
| Robert Seagull | Pauline Gould | The effects of exogenous application of plant hormones on fiber length, diameter, wall thickness, birefringence and reversal frequency in Gossypium hirsutum L ?MD51?. (thesis, in progress) |
| Joanne Willey | Prinu George | Catabolite repression in Streptomyces coelicolor. |
| Joanne Willey | Linda Frese | Characterization and nucleotide sequence analysis of a genomic insert responsible for causing precocious morphological differentiation in Streptomyces coelicolor |
| Joanne Willey | Scott Kahn | |
| Joanne Willey | Claudia Guevara | Analysis of a gene cluster that inhibits morphogenesis in the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor |