Alex Kissonergis
Hobbies: Outdoor-centric activities such as skiing, rock-climbing, mountaineering, hiking. Science fiction and philosophy novels. Nature.
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Evolutionary Biology, Pest Insect Evolution, Stress-Induced Evolutionary Processes, Insect Stress Biology, Rapid Evolution, Alpine and Arctic/Antarctic Arthropods, Insecticide Resistance, Epigenetics. I am generally interested in the molecular processes and evolution of arthropods living under stressful conditions.
Contact
Email: akissone@uvm.edu
Website(s): Yfanslow
Ilaria Coero Borga
Advisor: Laura May-Collado
Hobbies: In my free time I like to go to live music events, take photos, cook and travel. I love exploring nature, and I am a big fan of the sea (among all, snorkeling and diving are the most fun activities for me).
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
I am interested in the use of acoustics to investigate the ecology and the behavior of marine mammals.
Contact
Email: icoerobo@uvm.edu
Website(s): Lauramay-collado
Emily Dombrowski
Advisor: Brent Lockwood
Hobbies: I enjoy spending time with my dog, Penelope, taking walks, and reading.
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
I am interested in understanding how the environment affects organismal physiology and ecological distribution, specifically temperature's effect on marine organism function and interaction between different species. I hope to evaluate the response of Mytilus mussels multiple stressors.
Contact
Email: edombro1@uvm.edu
Website(s): Lockwoodlab
Gwen Ellis
Hobbies: Hiking and pointing out critters, vegan baking, reading
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
My research focuses on climate-mediated local adaptation in non-model organisms. I'm particularly interested in non-coding loci and how changes in gene regulation may manifest in transcriptomic differences that result in different selectable phenotypes. I like to study species that have undergone recent range expansions or ecosystem invasions to give my work a community ecology and conservation lens.
Contact
Email: gwen.ellis@uvm.edu
Website(s):
Ericka Griggs
Hobbies: Hiking, walking my dog, reading
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Molecular Ecology and learning how to extract DNA from ancient samples
Contact
Email: egriggs@uvm.edu
Website(s): Wildlifepathogens
Nora Heaphy
Advisor: Steve Keller
Hobbies: reading, knitting, cooking, disability justice, Arabic
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Botany, evolutionary genomics, biogeography, climate change biology
Contact
Email: nheaphy@uvm.edu
Website(s): Kellrlab
Ashley Latingua
Advisor: Jill Preston
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
I am interested in dissecting the growth and stress resiliency relationship in the wild grass crop relative, Brachypodium distachyon, to determine how trait correlations might affect plant responses to climate change.
Contact
Email: ashley.latingua@uvm.edu
Website(s): jillpreston
Maura Muldoon
Advisor: Rachelle Gould
Hobbies: photography, harp, painting, hiking, camping, cycling, foraging, bird watching, reading sci-fi and fantasy books, cooking plant-based food, music
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Value of information, relational values, conservation science, climate behavior, satellite imaging
Contact
Email: mcmuldoo@uvm.edu
Website(s): Gouldgroup