Stacy Friscia. Independent experiment tested for volatile and vascular communication about herbivore damage in the clonal plant Solanum dulcamara. Stacy  completed an internship at the Audubon Society and is pursuing work with non-profit conservation and education organizations.

Rodney Racaza. Independent experiment tested for induced resistance among interconnected ramets of Solanum carolinense. Rodney graduated from pharmacy school.

Rachel Atkinson Independent experiment tested the effects of root herbivory on oviposition, egg quality and host-plant resistance to above-ground herbivores in squash. She is currently a lab technician for Doug Schemske at Michigan State University.

Anastasia Rahlin  Independent project combining modeling and field experiment on spatial distributions of herbivores. She is currently a field technician at The Institute for Bird Populations.

Odom Huot . Independent experiment compared induced responses to dispersed vs. concentrated herbivore damage in Solanum carolinense. Ordom was also a SEEDS participant who presented his results at the Ecological Society of America meeting. He is currently a PhD candidate in entomology at Texas A&M University

Emily Sipe. Independent experiment tested the effects of density and herbivory on seedling performance in S. carolinense. Emily taught English in Korea for 4 years after working as a research technician for us; she is now pursuing a master’s degree in teaching English to adults who are not native speakers.

Katie Staver. Independent experiment tested S. carolinense’s induced responses to damage different densities of herbivores, measured as oviposition preference, larval performance, and plant chemistry. Katie was also a SEEDS participant who presented her results at the Ecological Society of America meeting. She completed a MS in environmental science and now works as for an environmental consulting firm.

Kahaili Barrows. Independent experiment studied tolerance to herbivore damage in S. carolinense plants growing at different densities that were part of a paper she co-authored. 

Audry Hite. Independent experiment examined the effects of distance from a parent plant on seedling herbivore damage in S. carolinense.

Jessica Swihart. Independent experiment focused on responses of predators to potential S. carolinense signals of herbivore damage. Graduate of Earlham College, Jessica has pursued environmental education.

Joel Weekley . Independent experiment testing effects of S. carolinense density on larval fitness for a specialist herbivore. Presented at Murdock Undergraduate Research Conference and to the Pacific Board of Trustees. He was a research technician at the VA hospital/OHSU for three years before attending naturpathic school.

Amanda Chisholm. Independent study investigated the effects of S. carolinense density in the field on oviposition by a specialist herbivore. Currently an environmental educator.

Katty Paulino. Research assistant who completed independent research on induced defenses in S. carolinense during the academic year. After several years of service, Katty is working for a Catholic diocese.

David Bednar. Independent experiment testing the effects of S. carolinense density on oviposition preference for a specialist herbivore in the greenhouse. Results from this study are part of a manuscript in preparation. David completed his PhD in entomology.  

Maria Sardi. Independent study of insect herbivore dispersal distances in experimental arrays of different densities of S. carolinense. Graduated Florida State University, then worked as a research technician for 5 years. Maria currently is a graduate student in microbiology at the University of Wisconsin.

Lauren Brothers. Research assistant and graduate of Florida State University. Lauren earned her JD in environmental law, and is currently an attorney for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Brian Bielfelt. Completed a senior honors thesis testing the enemy release hypothesis with S. carolinense. After a period of field work and positions with non-profits like the Audubon Society, Brian earned his MS from Texas A&M University and now is a biologist with Southern California Edison.

Bill Severud. Research assistant on greenhouse study of drought effects on seedling performance in Lupinus perennis. Bill earned a MS at Northern Michigan University in wildlife biology, and is currently a PhD student at the University of Minnesota in wildlife biology.

Zdanna King. Research assistant on greenhouse study of drought effects on seedling performance in L. perennis. Zdanna completed a master’s degree in primate behavior at Tulane, and is currently the assistant manager of research and evaluation at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Valerie Kurth. Research assistant on greenhouse study of drought effects on mature L. perennis plants. Valerie earned an MS in Forestry from University of Montana and a PhD in Forest Science from Northern Arizona University. She currently works as a Resource Conservationist at Flathead Conservation District.