• Pan Wen Hsueh: The population and reproductive biology of the blue crab in Mobile Bay, Alabama
• Mark Slattery: The chemical ecology of antarctic soft corals
• Patrick Bryan: The chemical ecology of Gulf of Mexico Echinoderms
• Stephen Beddingfield: The population biology and reproductive characteristics of the common sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus in contrasting habitats of Saint Joseph's Bay, Florida
• Minako Vickery: Asexual reproduction in the planktotrophic larvae of sea stars
• Anne Boettger: Effects of phosphate on aspects of the reproduction, nutrition, growth and survival of the common sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus
• George Croll: The behavioral ecology of fiddler crabs from contrasting habitats of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
• Michael Vickery (secondary co-advisor with Dr. Charles Amsler as primary advisor): Identification and characterization of genes expressed during early regeneration using an echinoderm larval model
• Yusheng Huang: An examination of morphological and biological traits of dominant marine plants that regulate patterns of mesograzer communities
• Meghana Gavand (primary advisor with Dr. Charles Amsler as secondary co-advisor): An investigation of sonication and advanced oxidants as a mechanism to eradicate ballast-borne invasive microalgae and macroinvertebrates

• Gil Koplovitz: An investigation of secondary metabolites and inorganic acids as chemical defenses against predation and fouling in Antarctic and sub-tropical ascidians

• Erick Caamano (co-mentored with Robert Novak) – The abundance and diversity of mosquitoes in three urban neighborhoods in the Southeastern United States 

Past McClintock lab M.S. students:

• Jeff Vernon: The population biology and reproductive cycle of the irregular sea biscuit Clypeaster ravenelli
• Clare Leonard: The population biology of a common brittle star in Saint Josephs Bay, Florida
• Donald Thomas: The population biology and physiological ecology of the freshwater pulmonate snail Physella cubensis
• Stephen Beddingfield: An analysis of the foraging energetics of the soft-bottom sea star Astropecten articulatus
• Dan Swenson: The chemosensory biology of two sea stars with contrasting foraging tactics
• Michael Lares: The effects of temperature on growth, reproduction and survival of the sea urchin Eucidaris tribuloides
• Leslie Deason: The population biology and morphometry of the common gastropod Elimia carinocostata
• Chris Moeller: Aspects of the chemical ecology of antarctic marine sponges
• Jonathan Huang: The adaptive significance of crustacean mesograzer symbiosis in a common subtropical sponge
• Hamel Sevak: An investigation of diatom antifoulant properties of individual and combined fractionated organic extracts of three common species of antarctic macroalgae
• Jeff Butler, Eastern Illinois University - Development of a habitat model for Illinois (M.S. Program)
• Eden Effert, University of Illinois- Test of River Continuum Concept. (Ph.D. Program)

• Michelle McDonald – An investigation of the impacts of ocean acidification across the life history of a common intertidal barnacle