Staff and Student Directory at the Calder Center

Faculty - On site

• J. Alan Clark, Associate Professor - Behavioral Ecology
• Thomas J. Daniels, Director, Associate Research Scientist - Vector Ecology
• Richard C. Falco, Associate Research Scientist - Medical Entomology
• Craig L. Frank, Associate Professor - Mammalian Ecology
• James D. Lewis, Professor - Plant Ecology
• Jason Munshi-South, Professor - Urban Evolutionary Ecology
• John D. Wehr, Professor - Aquatic Ecology

Non-faculty Scientists - On site

• Alissa Perrone, Assistant Director
• Richard Rizzitello, Research Technician
• Vanessa Vinci, Research Technician (Drs. Daniels, Falco) - Vector Ecology
  
  

Affiliated Faculty - On Rose Hill campus

• Steven Franks, Professor - Plant Ecology and Evolution
• Evon Hekkala, Associate Professor - Behavioral Ecology
• Daniel J. Sullivan, SJ, Professor Emeritus - Insect Behavior and Ecology

Support Staff

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

Graduate Students

• Elle Barnes (BA, New York University) - MS Candidate (Dr. Lewis); The microbiome of salamanders and chytrid fungus as a model, how species affect one another in ecological communities
• Chelsea Butcher (MS, Central Michigan University) - PhD Candidate (Dr. Lewis); Pollen dispersal in urban habitats, at both roof and ground-level
• Elizabeth Carlen (MS, San Francisco State University) - PhD Candidate (Dr. Munshi-South); Landscape genetics of urban animals, how organisms adapt to urban environments
• Matthew Combs (BA, Hamilton College) - PhD Candidate (Dr. Munshi-South); Consequences of modern human society on evolutionary and ecological systems, specifically Norway brown rats
• Nicole Fusco (MA, CUNY Hunter College) - PhD Candidate (Dr. Munshi-South); How genomic structure Northern two-lined salamanders (Eurycea bislineata)  populations differ among watersheds
• Stephen Gottschalk (MS, Fordham University) - PhD Candidate (Dr. Wehr); Biogeography and evolution of the green algal family Characeae throughout the eastern United States
• Carol Henger (MS, CUNY Graduate Center) - PhD Candidate (Dr. Munshi-South); Landscape modeling of coyotes in New York City to predict movement patterns and barriers to gene flow
• Marly Katz (BS, Marist College) - PhD Candidate (Drs. Daniels, Falco)
• Michael Kausch (MS, CUNY Queens College) - PhD Candidate (Dr. Wehr); Relationship between groundwater connectivity and freshwater algal biodiversity
• Acer Vanwallendael (BS, Juniata College) - PhD Candidate (Dr. Franks); Ecology and evolution of invasive Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

Undergraduate Students

• Anna Hudson - Epidermal fatty acid composition in different bat species and their effects on the growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus responsible for White Nose Syndrome (Dr. Frank)
• Olivia Micci-Smith - Animal behavior and evolution on the urban to rural gradient (Dr. Munshi-South)

High School Students

• John Geier (Pleasantville High School) - The effect of different metals on invasive plants (Dr. Lewis).
• Ben Radhuber (Ossining High School) - The effect of nutrient availability and elevated CO2 on the yield and nutritional composition of the tomato fruit (Dr. Lewis)