Lab

Current

  • Libby Mojica, PhD Student. Co-advised with Dr. Liba Pejchar. Researching the spatial ecology of Ferruginous hawk.

  • Dr. Edwige Bellier, Postdoctoral Researcher. Developed hierarchical Bayesian stochastic population reconstruction models to learn about fisher and white-tailed deer population demography. Currently working on evaluating the robustness of spatially explicit encounter models to estimate the population size of New England Cottontails.

  • Amy Mayer, Research Associate. Amy does everything. Currently focused on estimating white-tailed deer populations in Rhode Island via forward-looking infrared aerial surveys.

  • John Crockett, PhD Candidate. Researching the spatial occurence of river otter (Lontra canadensis), beaver (Castor canadensis), and muksrat (Ondatra zibethicus) within Rhode Islands’s watershed. Outcomes will inform state harvest decisions and land-management strategies.

  • Le Tan Quy, MS Candidate. Researching the spatial ecology of the Silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor)

Former

Nicole Defelice, MS. Graduated 2024.
Researching the use of olfactory scents as misinformation to reduce exposure of beach nesting shorebirds to predators.
Laken Ganoe, PhD. Graduated 2024.
Researching Fisher (Pekania pennanti) spatial and population ecology within Rhode Island, USA to inform management strategies. Project details can be found on Laken’s project page.
Dr. Kadambari Devarajan, Postdoctoral Researcher. 2021-2023.
Led the investigation of the Global Animal Diel Activity Project
Dylan Ferreira, MS, Graduated 2022.
Thesis: Population monitoring of white-tailed deer in Rhode Island.
Kylie Rezendes, BS, Graduated 2022
Contributed to several research projects and led the camera-trap survey in Rhode Island as part of Snapshot USA.
Dr. Wales Carter, Postdoctoral Researcher. 2020-2023
Focused on habitat selection and diet of New England Cottontails.
Kimberly Rivera, MS, Graduated 2021.
Thesis: Rethinking habitat and how we study human-wildlife relationships.
Juliana Massseloux, MS, Graduated 2021.
Thesis: Forest structure shapes tropical terrestrial and arboreal mesomammal communities under moderate disturbance
Erin Wampole, MS, Graduated 2021.
Thesis: Examining anthropogenic pressures on Madagascar carnivorans
Ruby Nguyen, BS, Graduated 2021
Investigated wildlife usage of forest rock walls in New England and coordinated camera-trap deployments as part of Snapshot USA.
Jess Burr, BS, Graduated 2022.
Lab Manager, investigated wildlife usage of forest rock walls in New England, coordinated camera-trap deployments as part of Snapshot USA, and was a research technician in Vietnam studying meso-mammals.
Nicole Keefner, MS, Graduated 2020.
Thesis: Temporal effectiveness of biodiversity surrogates in coral reefs in the British Virgin Islands