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Click
on the name to see a description of the faculty's research
program. All of the listed faculty contribute to the Freshmen
Research
program as well as upperclass research projects
John A. Cigliano, Ph.D. (Program
Director)
Applying
behavioral ecology to conservation issues including: marine
conservation ecology (queen conch,Stombus gigas)
and the
design of Marine Protected Areas (MPA), and
the behavioral ecology of the invasive brown marmorated stinkbug (Halyomorpha
halys);
conservation education and outreach.
Amy
E. Faivre, Ph.D. Monitoring
rare plant species; development of
management plans for species conservation; mapping populations using
Global Positioning Systems( GPS) and Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)
Alan B.
Hale, Ph.D. Genetic
diversity of viral and
bacterial populations, conservation genetics, emerging infectious
diseases,
DNA analysis of viral genomes.
Richard
Kliman, Ph.D. Population
genetics of closely related
species, with an emphasis on the formation of new species;
genetic connectedness of queen conch populations.
Click
here
to see the research interests of the entire Biological Sciences faculty
and a description of the Freshmen Research program.
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