Current and Past Students:

Graduate students:

Travis Thompson – M.S. Applied and Environmental Biology, MST, graduated in 2014

Jing-Huan Kuo – visiting grad student from National Taiwan Normal University, 2013

Kele Thrailkill – M.S. Applied and Environmental Biology, MST, graduated in 2013

Cem Selman – Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, MST, did not finish (co-advised with M. Fitch)

Yi-Han Chiang – visiting grad student from National Taiwan Normal University, 2012

Yu-ju Chen – visiting grad student from National Taiwan Normal University, 2011-2012

Yu-yun Huang – visiting grad student from National Taiwan Normal University, 2011

Hisang-jui Peng – visiting grad student from National Taiwan Normal University, 2011

Chia-Yi Hu – visiting grad student from National Taiwan Normal University, 2010

Justin Kitto – M.S. Environmental Science, University of Canterbury, graduated in 2009 (co-advised with J. Harding)

Amanda Weimer – M.S. Applied and Environmental Biology, MST, graduated in 2007

Rebekah Eyles – Ph.D. Environmental Science, University of Otago, graduated in 2003 (co-advised with C. Townsend)

Oliver Buck – M.S. Environmental Science, University of Otago, graduated in 2002 (co-advised with C. Townsend)

Undergraduate students:

Kaleb Bassett – temperature monitoring in forest streams

Edna Armstrong – bacterial contamination in forest streams

Morgann Kleeschulte – bacterial contamination in forest streams

Zak Maedgen – sediment dynamics in a spring-fed stream

Donald Roshan – sediment dynamics in a spring-fed stream

Chelsea Ehret – stream communities as affected by drying

Kate Menke – stream communities as affected by drying

Sierra Comer – stream communities as affected by drying

Andrew Bromet – stream communities as affected by drying

Lara Applegate – fungal communities across a stream-land interface

Chris Elliot – palatability of leaves to shredding invertebrates in streams

Amber Kreps – fungal communities in acidic lakes

Charles Dewsnup – toxicity of mining streams to invertebrates

Veronica Breen – toxicity of mining streams to invertebrates

Brett Vessell – fungal responses to stream drying

Bryan Morgan – nutrient dynamics in Ozark streams

Chris Bieser – nutrient dynamics in Ozark streams

Drew Menke – nutrient dynamics downstream from a pig farm

Brittany Hood – fungal communities in Ozark streams

Elizabeth Coates – fungal communities as affected by stream drying

Seven undergraduates – growth of algae as a source of biodiesel as part of EPA-funded team competition (People, Prosperity, and the Planet Program, 2006-2007)

Cory Cheatham – molecular techniques to describe stream fungi (American Society of Microbiology Minority Undergraduate Research Fellow, Summer, 2006, and also OURE program and winner of best poster award for sciences at Undergraduate Research Day, 2006)

Anna Growcock – fungal communities in riparian soils (OURE program)

Ryan Steele – growth of algae for biodiesel (OURE program)

Ryan Sitzes – nutrient uptake by stream leaf litter (OURE program, co-advised with M. Fitch)

William Granich – nutrient uptake by rocks and algae in streams (OURE program, co-advised with M. Fitch)

Christina Bradstreet – comparative analysis of stream fungal communities (OURE program)

John Campbell – nutrient uptake by stream biota (OURE program)

Kelley Hummingbird – mapping of vegetation along Missouri River floodplains (OURE program)

Brittany Hood – nutrient analyses and fungal cultures

Adrian Breckle – nutrient sampling and analyses

Jessica Shaffer – nutrient sampling of local streams

Natalie Mattes – nutrient sampling of local streams

Aysheia Prewitt – fungal diversity and functioning in streams

Brandie Amsden – invertebrate communities in Missouri streams

Cynthia Buschmann – water quality sampling along Missouri streams

Pamela Gray – nitrification rates in streams

Stacy Jones – experimental stream channels for nutrient uptake studies