Staff and Student Directory

Faculty – On site
John D. Wehr, Associate Professor & Director - Aquatic Ecology
Thomas J. Daniels, Associate Research Scientist - Vector Ecology
Richard C. Falco, Associate Research Scientist - Medical Entomology
Craig L. Frank, Associate Professor - Mammalian Ecology
Jacqui Johnson, Adjunct Assistant Professor - Fungal Ecology
Gail Langellotto, Assistant Professor - Insect Ecology
Gordon R. Plague, Assistant Professor - Ecological Genetics
James D. Lewis, Assistant Professor - Plant Ecology
Amy R. Tuininga, Assistant Professor - Fungal Ecology

Non-faculty Scientists – On site
Theresa Boccia, Research Technician (Falco & Daniels)
Rebecca Huskins, Researtch Technician (Tuininga lab)
Alissa Perrone, Research Technician (Wehr lab)
Abby G. Sirulnik, Postdoctoral Researcher
Ann Marie Regan, Research Technician (Falco & Daniels)
James Vellozzi, Research Technician (Falco & Daniels)

Affiliated Faculty – On main Fordham campus
David A. Burney, Associate Professor – Paleoecology, environmental change, and extinction
Lida Pigott Burney, Associated Scientist - Palynology
George Dale, Associate Professor - Ecology, behavior and systematics of fishes
Martin Hegyi, S.J., Associate Professor - Freshwater zooplankton
Daniel J. Sullivan S.J., Professor - Insect behavior and ecology

Support Staff
Mike G. Lambros, Caretaker
Petra E. Del Valle, Administrative Assistant / Business Manager

Graduate Students
Meghan Avolio - Genetic control of nitrogen transporters in their response to N deposition (Lewis & Tuininga)
Kevin Cox - Diversity and dispersal of insects in urban parks and gardens (Langellotto)
Steve DiLonardo - EffectsofDOC and UV radiation on freshwater plankton communities (Wehr)
Kevin Dougherty - Biotic and abiotic controls on tick mortality (Daniels, Tuininga, & Falco)
Evelyn Fetridge - Conservation of native pollinators (Langellotto)
Blair Madden - Effects of small- and large-scale variation in habitat and climate on salamander distributions (Lewis)
Andy Martin - Relative effects of heavy metals and plant ontogeny on plant-herbivore interactions (Lewis)
J. T. Mates-Muchin - Effects of woolly adelgids on productivity of eastern Hemlock forests (Lewis)
Lucy Rubino - Relative effects of age, stage and size on plant responses to nutrient limitation (Lewis)
Kristin Schaumburg - Impacts of an invasive plant on the diversity and breeding success of marsh birds in Connecticut (Langellotto)
Jason Sircely - Disturbance effects on biodiversity (Tuininga)
John Tirpak - Spatially explicit models of Ruffed Grouse populations in the central and southern Appalachians (Lewis)
Monica Torres - Trophic relationships in Northeastern stream ecosystems: importance of the quality of food sources for macroinvertebrates (Wehr)
Meghan Van Horn - Effects of urbanization and invasive species on edaphic conditions (Tuininga)
Mark Weckel - Ecology of Jaguar populations in Belize (Silver, WCI)

Collaborating Scientists
Margaret M. Carreiro, Associate Professor, University of Louisville – Terrestrial microbial ecology
Stuart E. G. Findlay, Scientist, Institute of Ecosystems Studies – Aquatic microbial ecology
Dale Holen, Associate Professor, Penn State University – Plankton ecology
Weixing Zhu, Assistant Professor, Binghampton University – Forest and soil ecology