Current Amsler lab M.S. and Ph.D. students:
- Kevin Peters: Chemical ecology of antarctic sponges. (Ph.D. Candidate)
- 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. Program)
Current Amsler lab Postdoctoral Associate:
- Jill Zamzow: Influence of fish predation on antarctic algal-amphipod trophic interactions. (co-advised by J. B. McClintock)
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, continuing as student in Ph.D. Program)
- 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)
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