Fletcher lab

People in the lab

 

Rob Fletcher

Rob Fletcher, Assistant Professor and leader of the lab...

I am a member of the Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Department (WEC). I am a big fan of laughter, critical thinking, and integrating diverse perspectives into ecology, conservation, and management. (Click here for more).

Jennifer Seavey

Jennifer Seavey, Postdoctoral Associate.

Jennifer received her Ph.D. from the University of Massuchusetts. She is spear-heading work regarding climate change, sea-level rise, and biodiversity. Jennifer is co-advised by Bill Pine.

Miguel Acevedo

Miguel Acevedo, Ph.D. Student.

Miguel got his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Puerto Rico. His dissertation focuses on the use of network analysis in spatial ecology and conservation. Miguel is participating in a NSF IGERT (Click here for more) and is co-advised by Cole Smith in Industrial & Systems Engineering.

Rajeev Pillay

Rajeev Pillay, Ph.D. student.

Rajeev received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Calcutta, India. For his dissertation, Rajeev is developing ways to integrate connectivity into issues of climate change through various modeling approaches. Rajeev is co-advised by Frank Mazotti.

Irina Skinner

Irina Skinner, M.S. student.

Irina is working on predation risk and predator management issues, including a field experiment that assesses how prey communities alter their behavior and distribution in response to heightened predation risk.

Divya Vasudev

Divya Vasudev, Ph.D. student.

Divya is interested in social behavior, dispersal, and habitat fragmentation, particularly in how primates respond to forest fragmentation. Her dissertation will address the landscape consequences of mating systems using molecular tools.

Kira Taylo-Hoar

Kira Taylor-Hoar, undergraduate student.

Kira is working on a project as part of the University Scholar's Program. Kira is conducting field work on how prey discriminate predator information. She is a WEC major.

Kim Jones

Kim Jones, undergraduate student.

Kim is majoring in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. She is working on a project a project as part of the University Scholar's Program that includes developing a decision support tool for sustainable biofuels production.

Lab Alumni

 

Kyle McCarthy

2009-2010. Postdoctoral Associate who worked on Florida panthers. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware.

Jason Evans

2008-2009. Postdoctoral Associate who worked on bioenergy and biodiversity. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia.

Chris Rota

2007-2009. M.S. student who studied the problem of imperfect detection in distribution models. Now working on his Ph.D. at the University of Missouri.

Nate Marcy

2008-2010. M.S. Student who studied habitat fragmentation in the cloud forests of Ecuador. Now working on various field projects throughout the country.

Raya Pruner

2007-2010. M.S. Student who investigated the causes and consequences of habitat selection by snowy plovers. Now working with Florida Park Service.

Emily Williams

2010-2011. Undergraduate student who conducted independent research on habitat fragmentation and matrix efffects.

Elaine Kuo

2010. High school student that studied predation risk in forest bird communities.

Erin Murphy

2009-2010. Undergraduate technician that worked on a variety of GIS projects.

John Andrews

2009. Undergraduate technician that conducted experiments on perceptual ranges and signal detection by insects.

Ellen Martin

2010. Undergraduate Technician that worked on GIS mapping.

Will Maxwell

2009. Undergraduate USP scholar who conducted an experiment on social information and perceptual ranges.

Marlena Wietlisbach

2008. Undergraduate technician who worked with state wildlife action plans and bioenergy.

Nikie Gentry

2008. Undergraduate technician who helped review wildlife articles and land use effects.