Current Amsler lab M.S. and Ph.D. students:

• Craig Aumack: Chemical ecology of antarctic algal-mesoherbivore interactions. (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Philip Bucolo: Sensory responses of microalgae and macroalgal spores to benthic chemical and physical microenvironments. (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Kate Schoenrock: Chemical ecology of antarctic macroalgal-endophyte-mesograzer interactions. (M.S./Ph.D. Program)
• Ruth McDowell: Chemical ecology of antarctic macroalgal-endophyte-mesograzer interactions. (Ph.D. Program)
• Brittny White: Freshwater algal-amphipod interactions (M.S. Program)

Previous Amsler lab students:

• Andrew Mahon: Chemical aspects of defense and predator avoidance in benthic marine invertebrates in Antarctica. (M.S. 2000)
• Michael Vickery: Development and utilization of a novel deuterostome model employing larval echinoderms for the study of regeneration genetics. (Ph.D. 2001; J.B. McClintock served as secondary co-advisor)
• Stephen Greer: Physical and chemical factors affecting the swimming behavior, settlement, and survival of Hincksia irregularis (Phaeophyceae) spores. (Ph.D. 2003)
• Kevin Peters:
• A comparative analysis of the nutritional and elemental composition of macroalgae from the western Antarctic Peninsula. (M.S. 2004)
• The chemical ecology of antarctic sponges. (Ph.D. 2009)
• Katherine McKamey: Effects of temparature and light on growth of the Antarctic algae Geminocarpus geminatus (Ectocarpales: Phaeophyceae) and Cladophora repens (Cladophorales, Cladophorophyceae) in culture. (M.S. 2004)
• Meghana Gavand: An investigation of sonication and advanced oxidants as a mechanism to eradicate ballast-borne invasive microalgae and macroinvertebrates (Ph.D. 2007 secondary co-advisor with J.B. McClintock as primary advisor)

Previous Amsler lab Postdoctoral Associates:

• Katrin Iken: Marine algal chemical ecology. (April 1999 - Dec. 2001; co-advised by J. B. McClintock)
• Mikel Becerro: Marine invertebrate chemical ecology. (Feb. - Oct. 2000; co-advised by J.B. McClintock)
• Anne Fairhead: Antarctic brown algal chemical ecology. (Nov. 2002 - Oct. 2004; co-advised by J.B. McClintock)
• Jill Zamzow: Influence of fish predation on antarctic algal-amphipod trophic interactions. (July 2007 - July 2009; co-advised by J. B. McClintock)