PLE is privileged to have a fantastic group of faculty, post-docs, graduate students, and undergraduate students conducting research at the field site. We attract researchers both from our region and from throughout the country.
| Professor and Personnel** |
Institution |
Research Interest at PLE |
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Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman
- Rachel Spigler (P)
- Sasha Rhode (G)
- Eric Bishop (U)
- Rachel Botham (U)
- Alison Houk (U)
- Emma McCouley (G) |
University of Pittsburgh |
Ecological context for floral and sexual system evolution |
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Dr. Walter Carson
- Tom Pendergast (G) |
University of Pittsburgh |
Empirical tests of competition theory and predation theory in plant communities |
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Dr. Laura Galloway
- Francis Kilkenny (G) |
University of Virginia |
Ecological genetics and reproductive biology |
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Dr. Melissa Hughes
- Jen Scales (G) |
College of Charleston |
Sexual selection and multimodal communication in song sparrows |
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Dr. Jeremy Hyman |
Western Carolina University |
Evolution of communication and social interactions in birds |
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Dr. Susan Kalisz
- Chris Heckel (G) |
University of Pittsburgh |
Plant population genetics |
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Dr. Jeffrey Miner
- Jordan Wise (G) |
Bowling Green State University |
Aquatic community biology, fishery biology |
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Dr. Stephen Nowicki
- Kim Rosvall (G)
- Rindy Anderson (P)
- Irene Liu (G)
- Robert Lachlan (G) |
Duke University |
Complexity and information in avian signals |
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Dr. Chris Peterson
- Steve Hovick (G)
- David Bacher-Hicks (U)
- Andrea Glassmire (U)
- Andy Stiff (U) |
University of Georgia |
Forest wind disturbance and regeneration; Tropical post-agricultural succession |
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Dr. Rick Relyea
- John Hammond (P)
- Josh Auld (G)
- Maya Groner (G)
- Aaron Stoler (G)
- Devin Jones (T)
- Rickey Cothran (P)
- Tim Schwartz (U)
- Steven Bagnull (U)
- Shane Hanlon (U) |
University of Pittsburgh |
Aquatic ecology, toxicology, evolution, and behavior |
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Dr. Ian Renne
- Steven Wood (U)
- Erin Pfeil (G) |
Youngstown State University |
Plant community ecology |
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Dr. William Searcy
- Adrienne DuBois (G)
- Dan Cohen (U) |
University of Miami |
Complexity and information in avian signals |
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Dr. Brian Traw
- Ji Hao (G) |
University of Pittsburgh |
Plant evolutionary ecology |
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Dr. Andrew Turner
- Emily Cholak (U) |
Clarion University of Pennsylvnia |
Aquatic ecology: The role of trait-mediated indirect effects in shaping communities |
