CMU Biology Department


	Current Students
	Glenn Stamps	Glenn Stamps was a summer scholar during 2007 investigating the color differences associated with polyploidy in Ambyostma salamanders. Currently he is assessing survival rates of salamanders with different ploidy levels.
	Jessica Julius	Jessica Julius was a summer scholar during 2007 examining the relationship between time since a fire and insect diversity in reestablished prairies. This work was conducted in collaboration with the Ed Lowe Foundation.
	Alumni
	Megan Senchuk	Megan Senchuk worked for 2 years in the Schisa lab. Here she is presenting her work at the Lansing Posters at the Capitol event in 2003. She published the results of her undergraduate research in Developmental Dynamics and is currently a second year graduate student pursuing her PhD in the University of Utah’s Bioscience Graduates Studies-Molecular Biology Program.
	Emily Petty, Senator Stabenow, and Dr. Schisa	Emily Petty was a Centralis undergraduate student who worked in the Schisa lab for 2 years. She presented her research at the the AAAS meeting in Seattle and was selected in the 2004 competition sponsored by CUR (Council on Undergraduate Research) to present her work at the National Posters at the Capitol event in Washington DC. She is shown here with US Senator Debbie Stabenow. Emily is currently finishing her first year in the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Michigan.
	Anne Spain	Anne and Erin both started working in Dr. Alm’s lab as sophomores and were involved in undergraduate research for 3 years, during which time they participated in BIO 403, wrote successful competitive research proposals, presented at national meetings, and co-authored manuscripts. Anne was awarded a summer fellowship from the American Society for Microbiology, one of only 20 awarded nationwide. Anne is in her 5th year of graduate studies at the University of Oklahoma and is a PhD candidate of Microbiology at University of Oklahoma. Erin was a CMU Summer Scholar. She is finishing the 2nd year of a Ph.D. program of Biomedical Science at the University of Michigan.
	Erin Hagan
	Danielle Miller	Danielle Miller was a double major in Biology and Art. For her research she used scanning electron microscopy to study floral development in Peperomia. In addition, she used her SEM images to complete a Senior Honor’s project entitled Art by the Means of Science that she presented in the University Art Gallery.
	Angela Donatelli Dugger	Angela was a CST Summer Scholar and continued her research for an additional year. Upon graduation, Angela took a position at MPI Industries.
	Mena Valiket	Mena was a double major in Chemisty and Biology. Mena’s combination of chemistry and microscopy skills landed her a job at Watson’s Pharmaceuticals in California.
	Aaron Walworth & Corey Noyes	Aaron and Corey did a joint research project using molecular probes to localize a plant protein. They are both currently at MSU, Corey as a research assistant and Aaron as a PhD student in Horticulture.
	Destin Pewitt	Destin Pewitt received his bachelor’s degree from CMU. After receiving research experience in the biology department, Destin spent a summer in Glacier National Park sampling trout in remote mountain lakes. Since graduation, he has worked for the Illinois Natural History Survey studying yellow perch in Lake Michigan, and he recently took a position with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
	Dan Cibulka	Dan worked in Dr. McNaught’s lab for two years examining lake and stream ecosystems . He completed an undergraduate honors thesis (BIO 403) on the diet and selectivity of yellow perch. Dan is currently a MS student in the environmental policy program at University of Wisconsin – Green Bay.
	Matt Clay	Matt Clay spent four years working in Dr. Swanson’s lab on sharptailed grouse and fisher. He presented at the AAAS annual meeting. He has two papers in the final stages of preparation for submission to peer-reviewed journals. He currently is working on his PhD at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
	Robin Ray	Robin Ray was a McNair scholar and summer scholar. She spent two years working in my lab on the effects of habitat fragmentation on genetic variation in badgers. She presented at the American Society of Mammalogy and the Ecological Society of America. She is currently working in the biotech field.
	Katleyn Schumacher	Katleyn Schumacher has been a summer scholar for the previous two years. Her first research project examined the validity of the assumptions of a test to determine if recent reductions in population sizes have occurred. Her second research project examines the impact of changed harvest laws on the misreporting of bobcat harvest locations. Katelyn will graduate in the spring of 2008.
	Kelsey Gibbons	Kelsey Gibbons’ research project used genetics to determine if the small mouth bass of the Beaver Island Archipelago were bottlenecked. She presented her work at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting and submitted it to the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic SciencesTransactions of the American Fisheries Society. Currently she is working on a project to determine the population structure of red-backed and Ambyostma salamanders in Michigan which was supported by a grant she wrote to the Pearce Cedar Creek Institute. She hopes to start her PhD in the fall of 2008.
	Rob Peters	Rob Peters was a summer scholar for two years working on a demographic and genetic evaluation of the reintroduction program of martens in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This research was published in Journal of Mammalogy. Rob is currently in the Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan.