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		<title>Postdoctoral Associates</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Postdoctoral Associates Emily Richardson Emily Richardson explores the role of life history traits in governing species distribution in the ocean.</p>
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<p>Emily Richardson explores the role of life history traits in governing species distribution in the ocean.</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://jebyers.ecology.uga.edu/emily-richardso/">Postdoctoral Associates</a> appeared first on <a href="https://jebyers.ecology.uga.edu">Byers Lab</a>.</p>
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		<title>Current Undergraduates</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Current Undergrads Hanna Demmler Hanna is an Honors student with broad interests. She has aided projects on vertebrate use of salt marsh habitat and developing parasites as biological indicators. Rachel Hicks Rachel assisted with research on Sapelo Is. in summer 2025, one of which was the effects of elevation on predation on snails. Rachel continues &#8230; </p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Hanna Demmler</h2>



<p>Hanna is an Honors student with broad interests. She has aided projects on vertebrate use of salt marsh habitat and developing parasites as biological indicators.</p>
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<p> Rachel assisted with research on Sapelo Is. in summer 2025, one of which was the effects of elevation on predation on snails. Rachel continues her work in Athens on several projects. <span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span> </p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Kade Stewart</h2>



<p>Kade works on a project to measure the burrow morphology of mangrove and marsh fiddler crabs.&nbsp;</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sara Chipman</h2>



<p>Sara works on two projects to measure siphon cropping in clams and parasites as indicator species.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Keegan works on fiddler crab burrows and saltmarsh plant samples for stable analysis. His primary interest in marine ecology is planktonic communities.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">McKinley Hales</h2>



<p>McKinley works on habitat preference of blue crabs and mummichogs in the salt marsh</p>
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