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About Our Alumni
Alumni are listed below in alphabetical order by last name.
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SERC interns have gone on to become accomplished scientists and educators in their fields. Here's what some of them say about their time at SERC:
- Close relationships with my mentor and project supervisors, seminars given by other interns and scientists, and peer workshops allowed me to fully immerse myself in the culture of science for the summer. What an amazing experience.— Megan Lamb, Senior at Wesleyan University. SERC Intern 2003.
- SERC provided the perfect blend of guidance and independence to help prepare me for my career and future education plans —Mandy Clancy, SERC intern 2002.
- Working at SERC means learning to deal with and profit from others—from students, techs, other PI's and other Post Docs. —John Dolan microbial ecologist at the Laboratoire d'Oceanographie de Villefranche, France and Deputy Managing Editor of Aquatic Microbial Ecology / SERC Post-doc Fellow 1990-1991, SERC Senior Post-doc Fellow 1999-2000.
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| Denise Akob (Summer 1999, 2000, and 2001 with Candy Feller) is a PhD student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. Denise's email address is dmakob@bio.fsu.edu. |
| Charlee Darby Anzalone (Summer 1995, with Wayne Coats) is currently living in Florida and working in sales for TeliSystems. Charlee's email address is charleeanzalone@hotmail.com |
| Becky Archer (Summer 2000, with Mark Haddon) is a Master's Student and Teaching Assistant at University of Maryland. Her email address is becky.g.archer@alumni.duke.edu |
| Rosie Armstrong (1976, with John Falk) is currently an occupational health tech at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. She's also seeking work as a writer/editor. Rosie's email address is RLArmstrong@bethesda.med.navy.mil. |
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| Lisa Balduman (1987, with Dennis Whigham) received her Master's in Forest Science from Oregon State University in 1995. She is now a Technical Info Specialist with the US Forest Service - PNW Research Station. She is married and has a son and a daughter. Lisa's email address is lbalduman@hotmail.com |
| Michael (Mike) Battaglia (Summer 1994, with Jess Parker) is currently a research associate at the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. His current research focuses on the ecology of ponderosa pine forests, fire ecology, small diameter utilization, and ecological restoration of western coniferous forests. Since SERC: He graduated the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Biology in 1995 and moved to Oak Ridge, TN for an internship with the Global Climate Change group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research there focused on the effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the physiology of several tree species. After working at Oak Ridge for 1.5 years, he started graduate school at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA pursing a Master's degree in Forest Ecology. His Master's research was at the Jones Ecological Research Center in Newton, GA. There he studied the spatial and temporal variation of understory light availability in open-canopied longleaf pine forests. After finishing my Master's, he moved to Fort Collins, CO where he currently works. Mike is married to his wife, Chrissy, whom he met while he was doing his internship in Oak Ridge. Here is Mike's current contact information:
3500 Rolling Green Drive
Unit I-35
Fort Collins, CO 80525
mbattagl@vt.edu
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| Stacey Bealmear (Summer 1997, with Bert Drake) is a faculty research assistant in the Department of Entomology at the University of Maryland. Her email address is rbealmear@hotmail.com. |
| Matthew Beaty (Summer 1996, with Jess Parker) is a PhD student at Penn State University. Matthew's email address is mbeaty@psu.edu. |
| Bernd Bendinger (1982-1983 with Tom Jordan) is a senior scientist at the DVGW - Forschungsstelle TUHH which is associate with the Technical University of Hamburg - Harburg in Germany. He is a microbiologist leading a working group on the microbiology of drinking water. In addition, he's in charge of administration of the research station. Bernd's email address is bendinger@tuhh.de. |
| Gry Mine Berg (Summer 1991, with Wayne Coats) is a postdoctoral fellow at Institut fuer Meereskunde in Kiel, Germany. He is working on identifying functional genes in major phytoplankton groups that drive biogeochemical processes in the surface ocean. He is also using genetic sequence information to develop molecular probes that can be used in conjunction with stable isotopic tracers to quantify cycling of elements and nutrient pools in the upper ocean by specific phytoplankton groups. His email is gberg@ifm.uni-kiel.de. |
| Amanda Bower (Summer 2000, with Don Weller) is a GIS Analyst at the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands at Colorado State University. Amanda's email address is amandabower2@yahoo.com. |
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| Doug Call (Summer 2002, with Don Weller) is working for the National Park Service in Yellowstone National Park. He is currently involved with the Thermal Inventory Project. Doug's email address is dcall03@hotmail.com. |
| Carissa Capuano (Summer 1999, with Tuck Hines) is an environmental scientist/consultant at Woodard and Curran in Boston, MA. Carissa's email address is carissacapuano@hotmail.com. |
| Laura Carrier (Summer 2001, with Tuck Hines) is a research assistant at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in Washington, DC. Laura's email address is lbcarrier@smcm.edu. |
| Chris Case (Summer 1999, with Mark Haddon) works for Dupont (Stein-Haskell) as a lab tech in the agricultural department. Chris' email is candrwcase@netscape.net. |
| Saharah Moon Chapotin (Spring 1997, with Jess Parker) is currently a graduate student in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard (4th year). She is studying the water relations and physiology of baobab trees in Madagascar. Saharah's email address is chapotin@fas.harvard.edu. |
| Sarah Chamberlain Miller (Summer 1987, with Bert Drake) received an M.A. in Ecology and Systematics from San Francisco State University and has since worked for a number of consulting firms in New Jersey, California, and Delaware. Currently, she is a Research Assistant at the Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center at Penn State University. She is working on developing Indices of Biotic Integrity for wetlands using plants. She is also their resident botanist and teaches plant identification classes. Sarah is married with a 3 year old son and another on the way! Sarah's email address is garynsarah@prodigy.net. |
| Christine Chui (Summer 1998, with Greg Ruiz) received her Master of Environmental Health and Master of Public Health from Yale University in 2000. She is an environmental consultant for PRIZIM, Inc and is currently doing a lot of consulting for national parks. This photo of Mt. McKinley was taken at 11pm! She was near Denali National Park and Preserve. Christine's email address is christine.chui@aya.yale.edu.
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| Kelly Clark (Summer 1993, with Greg Ruiz) is the Scientific Program Manager for the LSAMP program at the Smithsonian Institution. He came to SERC as a Penny Foundation Minority Intern. He worked on the effects of temperature and salinity on Perkinsus marina a parasite on oysters and the Baltic Clam. Then he was split between Greg and Tuck and he worked on population and community dynamics in the near shore zone. This work became the basis of his Ph.D. dissertation. He entered the Ph.D. program at the University of Maryland at College Park under the mentorship of his SERC advisor. While working on his PhD, two Smithsonian scientists served on his thesis committee and he conducted his research at SERC.
He was most recently a lecturer at Morgan State University and is the founder of the non-profit professional organization Minorities in Marine and Environmental Sciences. He continues to collaborate with his former mentors and he holds a position of Research Associate at the Smithsonian. Kelly's email address is clarkk@si.edu.
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| Galeet Cohen (Summer 2000, with Tuck Hines) works for Prospect Park Alliance in New York as an Aquatic Ecologist and Forestry Technician. Galeet can be contacted at galeetc@hotmail.com |
| Maureen Coleman (Spring 2001, with Greg Ruiz) is a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. Her email address is colemanm@mit.edu |
| Rachel Collin (Summer 1992, with Tuck Hines) is a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Rachel's email address is collinr@naos.si.edu |
| Audrey Colnar (Summer 2001, with Greg Ruiz) attends Western Washington University as a Master's candidate in Environmental Toxicology. |
| Andrea Craig King (Summer 1995, with Pat Neale) is a Marketing Consultant for WGRQ FM radio in Virginia. Andrea's email address is andrea_king_22427@yahoo.com |
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| Michelle Daley (Summer 1997, with Tom Jordan) is a research assistant at the University of New Hampshire. Michelle's email address is mldaley@cis.unix.unh.edu |
| Kelly Dobbins (Summer 2001, with Jess Parker and Fall 2001, with Don Weller) is an AmeriCorp member at Orange County Land Trust in Middletown, NY. Kelly's email address is betsybubls@aol.com. |
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| Keith Elwood (Summer 1982, with John Balling) is living in British Columbia, Canada and the CEO of The Lime Kiln Group, a strategic research company located on on an Island in the Pacific. Keith's email address is kelwood@limekiln.com |
| Sarah Eppley (Summer 1998, with Dave Correll) is a Quality Control Microbiologist for Centocor, Inc. in Malvern, PA. Sarah's email address is sjeppley@aol.com |
| Kirsten Evans (Summer 1990, with Chuck Gallegos) is a master's candidate in the School of Marine Affairs at the University of Washington. |
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| Tom Faha (Summer 1978, with David Correll) is a Water Permit Manager with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Tom is married and has 4 sons. His email address is tafaha@deq.state.va.us. |
| Bonnie Fauth Werner (Winter 1976, Environmental Education) is an elementary school teacher in California. Her husband is the Associate Dean of Clinical Medicine at Loma Linda University Medical Center. They have 2 daughters and 2 sons. Bonnie's email address is bonniewerner@msn.com. |
| Mary Ford (Spring 1998, with Mark Haddon) is the Program Leader for Programs for Children at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York. Mary's email address is fordm@ecostudies.org. |
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| Brigid Franey (Summer 2001, with Jess Parker) is a Polymer Chemist at Lexmark International in Kentucky. Brigid's email address is brigidfraney@yahoo.com |
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| Kim Givler (Fall 2001, with Pat Megonigal) is a chemistry research technician in the biogeochemistry lab with Pat Megonigal working on a project studying microbial cycling of carbon through wetland soil systems along a salinity gradiant, within and away from the rhizosphere. Kim's email address is givlerk@si.edu. |
| Elizabeth Gladmon (Summer 2000, with Tuck Hines) is a research assistant at Johns Hopkins University in the sleep disorders clinic. Elizabeth's email address is elizabethgladmon@hotmail.com. |
| Lisa Goldman (Summer 1992, with Jess Parker) is a graduate fellow/staff attorney in environmental law at the Institute for Public Representation in Washington, DC. Lisa's email address is lgoldma3@alumni.law.upenn.edu |
| Suzanne Graham (Summer 1997, with Greg Ruiz) is a PhD student at the University of Washington in the Department of Zoology. Her email is suziegraham12@hotmail.com. |
| Scott Gransden (Summer 1996, with Wayne Coats) is married and living in Canada with his wife and their son, Mathew. Scott's email address is ciliate@hotmail.com. |
| Chris Guadiz (Summer 1992, with Tuck Hines) was an awardee of the Smithsonian Minority Fellowship. He's currently working as an Associate Pastor (Family Life Minister) at the Fairmount Seventh-day Adventist Church in Lodi, CA. He has been married to his wife Torie for 6 years and they have an 8 month old son named Gordon. Chris is also a 1st Lt. in the US Army Reserve where he functions as a Chaplain Candidate and a volunteer chaplain for the Lodi Police Department. Here is Chris' current contact information:
1820 Cape Cod Circle
Lodi, CA 95242
( 209) 339-1806
ptrchris@pacbell.net
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| Sharon Handley Moesel (Summer 1995, with Greg Ruiz and Summer 1996, with Tuck Hines) went on to finish a double major BS in biochemistry and marine biology from the University of Maryland College Park. She then received a Masters of Environmental Management, specializing in coastal management, from Duke University. She is currently based out of Solomons and Baltimore studying ballast water treatment technologies in an effort to reduce the introduction of non-indigenous aquatic nuisance species via ships' ballast water. Sharon's email address is moesel@cbl.umces.edu. |
| Jeffrey Harding (Spring and Summer 1988, with Tuck Hines) is working as a Research Fishery Biologist (salmon ecology) for NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service in California. Jeff's email address is jeff.harding@noaa.gov. |
| Jon Hasfjord (Summer 1998, with Mark Haddon) is a Media and Application Specialist for Bioquant Image Analysis Corporation in Nashville, TN. Jon's email address is jhasfjord@comcast.net. |
| Eve Hiatt (Winter/Spring 1976, with Jim Lynch) received her Masters in Zoology from the University of Washington studying field endocrinology. She went on to receive her PhD from Northwestern where she studied classical mammalian reproductive neuroendocrinology. After 7 years at various research institutions she decided to switch gears. She is currently working as an obstetrics nurse and training as a nurse practitioner in women's health. Her husband in a professor in biomedical research and they have two daughters, ages 7 and 13. Eve's email address is eshiatt@earthlink.net. |
| Kirsten Hofmockel (Hauser) (1994 and 1995 with Dennis Whigham) is a PhD candidate in Ecology at Duke University. Her email address is ksh@duke.edu. |
| Naomi Hosaka (Summer 2000, with Candy Feller) is currently a Ph.D. student at Tokyo Metropolitan University. She's working on a predoctoral fellowship at SERC in 2002 and 2003. Naomi's email address is hosaka@serc.si.edu. |
| Shelby Howard (Summer 2000, with Tuck Hines). Shelby is a master's student at San Diego State University (marine ecology emphasis) and is a research assistant at Pacific Estuarine Research Lab. Shelby's email address is howard@rohan.sdsu.edu |
| Dr. Mary Howe (Summer 1987, with Chuck Gallegos) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Mary's current contact information is:
449 S. 19th Street
Lewisburg, PA 17837
(570) 577-3428
mhowe@bucknell.edu
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| Andrew Hunt (Summer 2000, with Mark Haddon) is a 4th year undergraduate at St. John's College in Annapolis. Andrew's email address is ahunt@sjca.edu |
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| Libby Jewett (Summer 1998, with Tuck Hines) is a predoctoral fellow at SERC and the University of Maryland. Her email address is ebj263@aol.com. |
| David Johnson (Summer 1998, with Chuck Gallegos) is pursuing his PhD in genetics at Stanford University. His email address is dsj@stanford.edu. |
| Jennifer Jones (Summer 1993, with Jim Lynch). After her internship she obtained her Master's Degree in Environmental Sciences from Ohio State University. She is now a scientist with the California EPA in Los Angeles and is completing a doctoral program in Environmental Science and Engineering from UCLA. Jennifer's email address is jjones@dtsc.ca.gov |
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| Denise Kabara Marmer (Summer 1988, with Bert Drake) is a Park Ranger at Brookville Lake in Ohio, with the Army Corps of Engineers. After graduation, Denise was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Marshall Islands, working as a Science Educator. Upon returning to the states, Denise began her career as a Park Ranger. Denise's email address is johnanddenisemarmer@yahoo.com |
| Alex Kalejs (Spring 1999, with Mark Haddon) has his Master's in Acoustics. His email address is al@tvbegroove.com. |
| Min Sui Keung (Summer 1994, with Tuck Hines) is a naturalist at Cleveland Metroparks. Min Sui's email address is msk@clevelandmetroparks.com. |
| Sharon Kissling (Summer 1992, with Greg Ruiz) is working at the Center for Marine Science at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She's an Undersea Research Diver/Research Technician, working in the Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program. She entered the graduate program at UNCW in 1992 and continued working on and off at the university until she was hired permanently in 1999. Sharon's email address is skissling@ec.rr.com. |
| Jammie Kohen (Summer 2000, with Tuck Hines) is a receptionist at Animal Hospital. She lived in the field and collected seabird data for USFWS in Alaska in summer 2001 and loved it, so she definitely wants to do more field work in the future. Worked as Biological Aide monitoring desert tortoise and fish populations for the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in 2003. Jammie's email is jammiekohen@yahoo.com. |
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| Mary Lammert Khoury (Summer 1989, with Mark Haddon) is an Aquatic Ecology with the Nature Conservancy Freshwater Initiative. She just started her seventh year with the Conservancy. After her internship at SERC, she graduated from Yale University in 1990. She headed out to San Francisco where she worked with the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (now EarthJustice) as a research assistant for a very active litigator. She completed her Master's focusing on Stream Ecology at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources from 1993-1995, then she moved to Chicago to start working for the Conservancy. She now focuses primarily on regional conservation planning for freshwater ecosystems. Mary's email address is mlammert@tnc.org. In September 2002 Mary married Rob Khoury. Congratulations Mary and Rob!
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| Kristen Larson (Summer 1999, with Tuck Hines) is working at SERC under Greg Ruiz in the Invasions Lab. She is the project coordinator for the Near Shore Survey which measures predator/prey relations between grass shrimp and their major predators. She is also one of the project leaders for the National Fouling Survey. This project provides a baseline database of fouling organisms in select bays across the United States in order to track the rate and prevalence of invasive species. Kristen's email address is larsonk@si.edu and her work phone number is 442-482-2309. |
| Jonathan Lee (Summer 1998, with Tuck Hines) is currently a graduate student in the Departmen of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. His email address is JL275@cornell.edu |
| Jenna Lempa (Spring 2000, with Tom Jordan) is currently a biological technician for Dr. Pat Neale in the Photobiology Lab at SERC. Jenna's email address is lempaj@si.edu |
| Ann Levin (Summer 1985, with Jim Lynch) is a biology teacher at Waukegan Ninth Grade Center. Her email address is ajlevin@core.com. |
| Elizabeth Ley (Spring 1978, with Dennis Whigham and Jim Lynch) worked on a project doing vegetation surveys as the background for a breeding bird study. After her internship she continued working at what was then CBCES (the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies until January 1981. She had the opportunity to participate in several field studies in teh Yucatan with Dennis and Jim during the 1980's and early 1990's. Since 1981 Elizabeth has been working at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC. For the last 8 years she has served as the Gardens Unit Leader which means she's responsible for managing the staff who curate and maintain the gardens and collections. Also since leaving SERC (or CBCES) Elizabeth married Ed Balinsky (a former SERC employee) and now has a 14 year old son and 11 year old son. They are living in Edgewater, MD. Elizabeth's email address is elizley@aol.com. |
| Dani Lipski (Spring 1999, with Greg Ruiz) is a graduate student at San Diego State University in the Ecology Program. Dani's email address is dani_lipski@hotmail.com. |
| Bruce Louks (Fall 1976, with Maria Faust) is employed as an Air Quality Monitoring Program Coordinator with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. He is married and has 3 kinds. Bruce's email address is blouks@deq.state.id.us. |
| Lara Lustig (Summer 2000, with Mark Haddon). llustig@warren-wilson.edu |
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| Kelly Maynard Moore (Summer 1999, with Pat Neale) received her Master's degree in Environmental Science from Indiana University. She is currently an environmental scientist with Rummel, Klepper, and Kahl in Baltimore, MD. She married Chris Moore in October 2002. Kelly's email address is kellymaynard98@hotmail.com |
| Cary Miller (Summer 2001, with Mark Haddon) is currently working on a summer internship with the Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, GA. He plans to start graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall studying Sustainable Development. Cary's email address is csm99er@yahoo.com |
| Eleanor Milne (Summer 1995, with Bert Drake) is an 'International project coordinator, soil carbonstorage' working for the University of Reading in the UK on a GEF funded projectinvolving 4 case study countries, India, Jordan, Kenya and Brazil.
She completed a PhD in November 2001 on 'Soil erosion and crop productivity in Yunnan Province P.R. China' and then worked as ProjectManager for an EU funded project called Sustainable Highland Agriculture in Southeast Asia.
Before embarking on this and immediately after my SERC internship she worked for Imperial College in the UK on a project considering the effects of air pollution on crops in the Indian sub-continent.
Eleanor's email address is e.milne@reading.ac.uk
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| Melissa Mitchem (Summer 2001, with Don Weller) just started in a M.S. graduate program studying Land Rehabilitation at Montana State University in Bozeman. Her email address is mdmitchem@hotmail.com |
| Stacey Morgan (Summer 1991, with Chuck Gallegos) is now Stacey Anfuso. Stacey completed a Master's in Oceanography at Oregon State University, then worked at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 8 years. She is currently living in California and working as a Computer System Engineer in the Defense Industry. Stacey's email is staceyanfuso@netscape.net. |
| Kate Murphy (Spring 1999, with Greg Ruiz) has been working in the Invasions Ecology Lab at SERC since December 1999. Kate's email is murphyk@si.edu. |
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| Darius Nassiry (Summer 1987, with Bert Drake) is working as a principal with Industrial Decisions, Inc, a energy advisory subsidiary of Mizuho Securities, in Tokyo, Japan. Darius' email address is dnassiry@aol.com |
| Christine Niebler (Summer 1993, with Don Weller). Email: c_niebler@hotmail.com |
| Kristi Niehaus (Summer 2000, with Dennis Whigham) is a graduate student at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. Kristi's email address is kniehaus@vt.edu |
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| Ramona O'Halloran Swenson (Summer 1987, with Tuck Hines) received her Ph.D. from U.C. Berkley in 1995 and is now a Senior Project Ecologist for The Nature Conservancy Cosumnes River Preserve in California. She married Kirk Swenson (former SERC computer manager). They have one son. Ramona's email address is rswenson@tnc.org |
| Sara Osborn (Summer 1997, with Tuck Hines) is now Sara Gilbert. She's a student in veterinary medicine at Colorado State University. Her email address is seg@lamar.colostate.edu |
| Dr. Kenric Osgood (Summer 1982, with Tuck Hines) received a Ph.D. in Oceanography after leaving SERC. Kenric is currently a Program Manager for NOAA - Coastal Ocean Program. Here is Kenric's current contact information:
1305 East-West Hwy, Rm 8337
N/SCI2
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-3338
kenric.osgood@noaa.gov
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| Nancy Polen McAllister (Summer 1995, with Jim Lynch) received her master's degree in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development from the University of Maryland in 1998. Prior to becoming a stay-at-home mom, Nancy was an Environmental Education Program Manager and Science Teacher. Nancy is married to Paul McAllister, a former employee of the chemistry lab at SERC. Nancy's email address is nancymcallister@yahoo.com |
| Rachel Poretsky (Summer 1998, with Tom Jordan) is a PhD student in microbial ecology at the University of Georgia. Her email address is rporetsky@alumni.brandeis.edu |
| Mary Poteet (Summer 1989, with Greg Ruiz) is a research fellow at the University of Texas in Austin. She finished her PhD at Berkeley in 2001. Mary's email address is mpoteet@mail.utexas.edu. |
| Jennifer Powers (Fall and winter of 1991-1992), with David Correll) is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Ecology and Evolution at SUNY-Stony Brook. Her email address is powers@life.bio.sunysb.edu |
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| John Paul Richardson (Summer 1998, with Greg Ruiz) is a Laboratory and Research Practitioner at the VIMS Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory in Gloucester, VA. His email address is jprichar@vims.edu |
| Kathryn Roache Johnson (Summer 1998, with Tom Jordan) is a research assistant in microbiology at the Darling Center - University of Maine. Her email address is kay.roache@maine.edu |
| Heather Roffey (Summer 1990, with Tuck Hines) is a course lecturer at McGill University in Montreal. She is also the women's lacrosse coach. Heather's email address is heather.roffey@staff.mcgill.ca |
| Christine Ross (Summer 1984, with Tuck Hines) is an Associate/Senior Biologist for TAMS Consultants, Inc. in New York City, NY. Following her internship with SERC, she completed her BS degree in marine science from Stockton State College. After working for a small consulting firm for about a year, she joined TAMS Consultants, where she has worked ever since as an aquatic biologist. The office is based in New York City, though they have projects throughout the US and overseas. Her email address is cross@tamsconsultants.com. |
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| N. John Salazar (Summer 1994, with Pat Neale) is a Quality Assurance Supervisor for PCI Clinical. John's email address is njsalazar@msn.com. |
| Emmanuelle Schindler (Summer 2001, with Pat Neale) is working at C.E. Rieg School as a Special Education Teacher's Assistant and for Chase Brexton Health Services as an Administrative Assistant. Emmanuelle's email address is chatnoir438@hotmail.com. |
| Jeff Schloss (Fall 1976, with John Faulk) is a Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Westmont College in California. His PhD is in plant biology. Jeff's email address is schloss@mail.westmont.edu. |
| Deborah Schneider Lank (Summer 1994, with Mark Haddon) received her MSW for social work and is working in the Baltimore area. Deborah's email address is deborahlank@hotmail.com. |
| Laura Schreeg (Summer 1998 and 1999, with Candy Feller) defended her for her Master's degree in forest ecology at Michigan State University in May 2002. This past summer she worked at Harvard Forest as an assistant coordinator for their REU program. She is still working on getting her thesis turned in, but it will be titled something like, "Tree seedling growth, survival and mortality in response to landscape level variation in soil resource availability." She did her field work in lower northern Michigan. While in grad school she had the chance to go to Costa Rica and participate in the Organization of Tropical Studies graduate course. In February 2003 she will be leaving for a Peace Corps assignment in Ecuador, where she'll be involved with soil conservation and/or reforestation work. Laura's email address (good through May 2004) is schreegl@msu.edu. |
| Dr. Paul Seelbach, Ph.D., University of Michigan - Current Position: Program Manager, Fishery Division, Research Section, Michigan Department of Natural Resources & Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan. Dr. Seelbach was the first intern hosted by Dr. Tuck Hines in the Crab Lab, back in 1980! |
| Sam Sibley (Fall 2000, with Tom Jordan). After leaving SERC, he worked for several months at an environmental consulting firm in Atlanta, GA. For this position, he organized and reviewed hazardous waste site related documents in order to complete a Site Reassessment and assign a Hazardous Ranking System site score for evaluation by the US EPA. He is currently a Masters Student in Geochemistry, working with scientists from both Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA) and the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (Savannah, GA). They are using overlapping physical and chemical hydrologic methods and noninvasive geophysical surveys to investigate headwater marshes of the Okatee River, Bluffton, SC. To assess the impact of physical variations on biogeochemical processes, we are investigating spring/neap behavior of uranium, an ubiquitous redox-sensitive element. Their initial data suggest that differences in marsh hydrology play an important role in the cycling of this element and, by extension, nutrients and trace metals. Sam's email address is ssibley@eas.gatech.edu. |
| Russell Silver (Fall 1993, with Tom Jordan) is a high school physics tacher at Burbank High in Burbank, CA. Russ' email address is silverruss@yahoo.com |
| Naomi Skoglund (Spring 1997, with Tom Jordan) is currently an elementary/middle school teacher in New York City. She is also attending graduate school at Hunter College, also in New York City. Naomi's email address is naomiskoglund@hotmail.com. |
| Dr. Gabriela Smalley (1994-95, with Wayne Coats), is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography in Savannah Georgia. Gabi's email address is smalley@skio.peachnet.edu |
| Julio Lorda Solorzano (Summer 2001, with Greg Ruiz) is a biological technician in the Invasions Ecology Lab at SERC. Julio's email address is lsj04354@hotmail.com. |
| Anna Spector (Fall 1993 and Spring 1994 with Pat Neale) is the Coordinator of Fundraising and Project Development at TROPICO-Bolivian Conservation Association. Their mission is the conservation of biodiversity in the framework of sustainable development. If anyone is interested in doing research and would like to start a project in Bolivia please contact Anna or anyone else at TROPICO. They support scientific research in the areas where they work and could develop something with you or help you make contacts in the area. Anna's email address is aspectos@hotmail.com.
Anna was married in July 2002 to Oscar Bernal Acevedo from Columbia. This is a wedding picture from the big day! Congratulations Anna and Oscar!
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| Melissa Stern (Summer 1994, with Tom Jordan) is a Product Manager for Microsoft in Seattle, Washington. She is married to Paul Gleason. Their email address is paulmissy@attbi.com. |
| Stavroula Stolaki (Winter 2001-2002, with Bert Drake) is a candidate for a master's degree program in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Meteorology and Climatology. Roula's email address is sstolaki@yahoo.com |
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Ryan Szuch (Summer 1999 and 2000, with Tom Jordan) is a master's student studying soil science at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. His research involves the use of ground-penetrating radar to map wetland stratigraphy. The information gained should aid in the hydrologic restoration of the wetland. After working as a technician in the nutrient lab for several months in late 2000, he spent most of 2001 in Australia as a Fulbright Scholar. He was working at the University of New England (Armidale, NSW). He studied nitrogen dynamics in subsurface zones of streams. Ryan can be reached at rpszuch@unity.ncsu.edu.
Ryan on a Sydney Harbor cruise while working in Australia
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| Julie Thien (Summer 2001, with Pete Marra) is currently an Outreach Interpreter for the Missouri Department of Education, Springfield, MO. Julie's email address is jthien9@yahoo.com |
| Tierney Thys (Summer 1986, with Tuck Hines) is a Science Editor with Sea Studios in Monterey, CA. Tierney's email address is tierney@mbay.net. |
| Erin Turack (Spring 1999, with Chuck Gallegos) is returning to school to get her science teaching certificate. Erin's email address is eturack@excite.com. |
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| Patricia Valentine Bernhardt (1976-77) is an environmental planner and GIS specialist. Patricia can be reached at 410-939-0718. |
| Stephen Vail (1978-79, with Jim Lynch) is currently an Associate Professor of Biology at William Paterson University in New Jersey. Stephen's email is vails@wpunj.edu |
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| Katherine Wakelee (Fall 1990, with Greg Ruiz) died of cancer on 12/21/00. She had been a wildlife biologist doing field studies of birds. She worked on the CA Condor recovery team and also studied the San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike, the O'Mau in Hawaii and the Pearly-Eyed Thrasher in Puerto Rico. Prior to her illness she worked for the USGS in Vicksburg, MI studying forest birds. |
| Denise Walker (Summer 2000, with Catherine Lovelock) will be starting graduate school at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs in the fall of 2002. She would love to hear from you! Email her at deniseotterwalker@hotmail.com. |
| Dorothy Wallace-Senft (Summer 1992 with Dennis Whigham). Dorothy responded via email and here was her response. "I am currently a seasonal plant biotech working for the NRCS (formerly the SCS) in Kenai, Alaska - we survey plants in different terrain and habitat types hoping to correlate it with the soils that are found in these sites. We're working from north Kenai up to Point Possession. We get around by hiking, using ATVs and helicopters. Since leaving SERC I have had 3 other internships, 3 volunteer positions and 12 different seasonal jobs in 10 states and have worked for 5 different federal agencies (not including SERC). Not too shabby, eh? Guess I can be pegged as a seasonal junky. In the winters I'm a cross country ski instructor - last winter I worked in Solitude, Utah and go to personally see the Olympics! Fabulous! My favorite position so far was being a plant bio tech in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge here in Alaska. I got to be dropped off by ski plane in the vast wilderness of the Sheenjek River valley o the south slope of the Brooks Range and do many fun and exciting studies working out of tents. Gorgeous place!!!! I also got to see the north slope and the Wind River areas. Tons of mosquitoes, but oh so vastly enriching. In the springs and autumns I return to Vermont where I visit my parents, siblings, and 5 nieces and nephews. It's really a pretty ideal life for me at the moment."
Dorothy can be reached via email at dorothyws@hotmail.com
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| Sarah Washington-Halsted (Summer 1992, with Mark Haddon) is a science teacher at Spanaway Junior High School in Tacoma, WA. She is also the head coach of men's and women's crew at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. Sarah's email address is sshalsted@aol.com. |
| Erin Watts Wisnieski (Fall 1987, with Tuck Hines) is the Director of Habitat Management at the Irvine Nature Center in Maryland. Her email address is erin@radix.net |
| Brandon Webb (Spring 2001, with Mark Haddon) is a Writer/Research Associate with the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Brandon's email address is vanirons@ yahoo.com |
| David Welch (Summer 1999, with Don Weller) is a PhD student studying environmental science, land cover/land use change and forest ecology at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. David's email address is davwelch@indiana.edu. |
| Christine Whitcraft (Winter 1999-2000, with Greg Ruiz) is a graduate student in wetland ecology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA. Christine's email address is cwhitcra@wso.williams.edu. |
| Wieteke Willemen (Spring and Summer 2002, with Don Weller) is a graduate student at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Her email address is wietekew@hotmail.com |
| Mya Williams (1996-1997 with Bert Drake) is a garden designer in California. Her email address is myalicious@yahoo.com. |
| Felisa Wolfe-Simon (Summers 1996 and 1997, with Wayne Coats) is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences of Rutgers University working with Dr. Paul Falkowski and Dr. Oscar Schofield. Felisa's email address is wolfe@imcs.rutgers.edu. |
| Steven Wu (Summer 1989, with Tuck Hines) is a Clinical Instructor in Pediatric Gastroenterology at UCLA Medical Center. Steven's email address is doktorwu@hotmail.com |
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| Enrico Yepez-Gonzales (Summer 1998, with Bert Drake) is currently PhD student at the University of Arizona in Tucson, School of Renewable Natural Resources. Enrico's email address is yepezglz@ag.arizona.edu. |
| Alicia Young-Williams (Spring 2001, with Tuck Hines) is in a PhD program at the University of Maryland College Park in the MEES program. After completing her internship she continued to work in the Crab Lab as a technician. Alicia's email address is younga@si.edu. |
| Wendy Yun (Summer and Fall 1991, with Chuck Gallegos) Business Management Specialist for the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region covering California, Hawaii and the Pacific Territories. She previously held positions as a hydrologist on the national forests (must have been that aquatic influence at SERC). She highly recommend surfing in Mexico or Hawaii if the opportunity arises. Wendy's email address is wendyyun631@hotmail.com. |
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The property that SERC occupies was originally the Java Dairy Farm. This is a picture of a silo located at the corner of what is now the Mathias Laboratory. The silo and part of the building were removed in September, 1996.
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**If you would like to list your alumni information or make changes to a current listing, please email this information to SERCalumni@si.edu. Information that we would like to track includes: year of internship, PI, and lab; current address, phone number, and email; current position/job; and any other information you would like to share. Any photos you might have would be great too! Also be sure to indicate which information can be posted on the web site.
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