Graduate Students
Eliot Hall (PhD)
Eliot’s research interests include how behavioral and ecological mechanisms influence population and community dynamics. She uses integrative approaches to study marine and estuary systems.
Margaret Staller (PhD)
Margaret studies marine community ecology; more specifically, how parasites influence the effects of their hosts on the surrounding environment, especially in the context of climate change. She previously studied the effects of multiple extinctions on community composition.
Addie Band (PhD)
Addie is interested in the impact of disturbances on coastal ecosystems, with a specific focus on ecosystem engineering species and how their resiliency, functional roles, and legacies are affected post-disturbance. Her prior work focused on nutrient and hydrologic dynamics in coastal mangrove systems.
Madelyn Hair (PhD)
Madelyn is interested in optimizing coastal restoration outcomes by investigating the impacts of seascape ecology through the lens of species interactions, decision-making, and functional roles. Her previous research focuses on how anthropogenic disturbances (i.e., plastic pollution) alters marine communities.