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Lab Members:
Hal Halvorson (he/him) - Assistant Professor Hal earned a B.A. in Biology and Chemistry at St. Olaf College in 2011 and his Ph.D. in Biology at the University of Arkansas with Dr. Michelle Evans-White in 2016. He spent 3 years as a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Kevin Kuehn at the University of Southern Mississippi before coming to UCA in Fall 2019. In his free time, Hal loves to game, listen to contemporary rock music, and explore outside. Molly Wozniak (she/her) - M.S. student Molly joins us from Lake Superior State University, where she earned a B.S. in Fisheries Wildlife Management in 2020. She conducted undergraduate research on Didymo blooms in oligotrophic streams. She will be working on the field monitoring project in Arkansas Gulf Coastal Plains streams, in collaboration with the Adams Lab at UCA and the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality! Anthony Pignatelli (he/him) - M.S. student Anthony joined the lab in June 2021 from his undergraduate experience in Biology at Kent State University. At Kent, he studied cotton strip decomposition in urban streams of Atlanta. At UCA, he will be working on the NSF EPSCoR STOICH project, with plans to bridge his interests in GIS and ecological stoichiometry to study urban streams of central Arkansas (and beyond!?) Other current affiliates: Ethan Nettleton - M.S Student @ Southern Miss Ethan is continuing his undergraduate research project as his M.S. Thesis in Kevin Kuehn's lab at Southern Miss. His project investigates the effects of light on wood decomposition in lake littoral settings. Ethan hopes to attend medical school after he finishes his degree. Saysha Sebren - Ph.D. Student @ Southern Miss Saysha began her Ph.D. in 2019 in Dr. Kevin Kuehn's lab at Southern Miss. Based on both past and future experiments, her project will use modern bioinformatics and 'omics' tools to study the interplay between microbial community dynamics and leaf decomposition under contrasting light regimes. Current undergraduate students in the lab: Rachel Wilcox Rebeka Bradford Noah Davis Celeste Johnson Brandy Everett Aimee Dycus Connor Tolly Tyler Grandjean Peyton Cook Hunter Strom (graduated spring 2021) Brittany Krug (graduated spring 2021) Lab alumni: Tori Hebert (UCA) - current Ph.D. student with Dr. Jon Benstead @ University of Alabama Cody Pope (USM) - current M.S. student @ University of Florida Taylor Price, M.S. (USM) - current Ph.D. candidate with Dr. Trinity Hamilton @ University of Minnesota Cheyenne Brady, M.S. - Lab Technician in Hattiesburg, MS |
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