Student List
1. Tim Currinder, M.S.
in ENVS 1982. Tim is a scientific equipment salesman with Smith-Kline Beckman
in
2. Eric Reishus, M.S. in
BIOL,1982 . Eric spent a while in the environmental division of Union Electric
Company in
3. Bill
Elzinga, M.S. in BIOL, 1983. Bill
spent a long while with Environmental Science and Engineering in
4. Julie
Herron Reitinger, M.S. in BIOL 1984.
Julie worked for a long time as an environmental manager on the Weldon Spring
Remedial Action Project in St.Charles, Co.
5. Sumitra Chakraverty, M.S. in BIOL, 1982. Sumi
is a housewife and mother in
6. Sue Stumpf, M.S. in ENVS, 198?. Sue is the owner and manager of a cafe in Madison Wisconsin.
7. Jim Lamkin, M.S. in ENVS, 1983. The last word from Jim was that he is in sales with McKesson Chemical
8. Stuart
Glover, M.S. in ENVS,1990 . Stuart
is a laboratory technician in the Madison County Environmental Laboratory in Edwardsville.
He is also an avid bird watcher. I met him recently at the Riverlands
Environmental Area near
9. Mike McElligott, M.S.
in ENVS, 1984. Shortly after graduation, Mike left for
10.
Matt Geissert, M.S. in ENVS, 1987. Matt got a job as an industrial
hygenist/inspector with OSHA after he graduated. He
is now working with a county health department in
11.
Young Dong Choi, M.S. In ENVS, 1984. Young continued his studies after graduation in
the
12.
Mark Albert Carlson, M.S. in ENVS, 1982. Mark continued his education at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute in
13. Kenneth Lynn, M.S. in BIOL. Kenny works in the environmental division of Amren UE (the former Union Electric Co.). He resides in Glen Carbon.
14.
Mark Lusk,
M.S. in BIOL, 1983. Mark worked for a few years at the Weldon Spring Remedial
Action Project in St. Charles Co.,
15.
Anna Fisher Stevens. M.S. in BIOL, 1989. Anna got a job as a biochemist at Monsanto after
graduating. Because of her additional background in Ecology, she has been
working to transform the grounds of the Monsanto World Headquarters in
16.
Jose Vallarino, M.S. in ENVS, 1987. Jose is working for an environmental consulting firm
in
17.
Yangdong Pan, M.S. in BIOL 1998. Pan completed his Ph.D. studies
with Rex Lowe at
18.
Vasudev P. Anand, M.S. ENVS
1988. Anand finished his Ph.D. in toxicology at
19.
Mike Dixon,
M.S. in ENVS, 1988. Mike is employed at
20.
Jamie Pervis, M.S. in ENVS, 1989. Jamie was employed at the Defense Mapping Agency in
21.
James Gastineau. M.S. in ENVS, 1990. James was working in
22.
Heidi Dunn,
M.S. in Biol, 1991. Heidi is the president of her own environmental consulting
firm in
23.
Eric Ratcliff, M.S. in ENVS, 1993. Eric is a field and laboratory technician with the
Illinois Natural History Survey in
24.
Trish Gannon Reilly, B.S. in BIOL. Trish works for the Missouri Department of Conservation
25.
Tim Reilly,
B.S. in BIOL. Tim works for the Missouri Department of Conservation in their
Clean Streams Program.
26.
Greg Labruyere, B.S. in BIOL. Greg works for a dental equipment
manufacturer in
27.
Jairus Winfrey, B.S. in BIOL. Jairus is a
businessman in
28.
Licheng Tseng, MS. in ENVS, 1991. Licheng
returned to
29.
Tom Lerzcak, M. S in ENVS, 1991. Tom worked for the Illinois
Natural History rivers lab in
30.
Raghuram Govindacharyula,
M.S. in ENVS, 1993. Raghu is a computer programmer with General Motors in
31.
Mike Gerbitz, M.S. in Civil Engineering, 1992. Mike is a
consultant in hydrology in
32.
Melody (Giorgi) Carter B.S. BIOL 1996. Melody did pollen analysis of cores
from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for her senior assignment. The work was
published in our American Midland Naturalist paper. After graduation Melody worked for the Orange
County environmental Protection Department in Florida. She dropped out of the job market to raise
children and is now looking to return to environmental work.
33.
Marcos de Jesus, B.S. in BIOL. 1994 Marcos left to become a graduate student in fisheries at
SIU-Carbondale. He is a District Inland Fisheries Supervisor for the state of
Texas.
34.
Matt Malick, M.S. in BIOL, 1992. Matt is a Ph.D. student in
Biology at Colorado State University. His interest is benthic invertebrates of
streams. He spent a year in
35.
Julie Watral,
M.S. in ENVS, 1993. Julie was employed by the Missouri Department of
Conservation inspecting hazardous waste sites. She lived for a time in
36.
P. Satesh Nair, M.S. in ENVS 1993. We don't know where Satesh is.
37.
Nancy Dickens, M.S. in ENVS 1993.
38.
Kris Erickson, M.S. in ENVS 1994. Kris is working at Environmental Science and
Engineering, a consulting firm in
39.
Alex Kropp, M.S. in ENVS 1994. Alex held a number of temporary
positions with the federal government doing bird surveys in national parks and
wildlife areas. He is now employed permanently by the state of
40.
Larry Kolesa, M.S. all but thesis in ENVS. Larry is a high school
teacher at the
41.
Steve Stumne, M.S. in ENVS, 1995. Steve is employed at the Weldon
Spring Remedial Action Project.
42.
Neil McCrary,
M.S. in BIOL, 1995. After graduation Neil moved to
43.
Mark Gallyoun, B.S. in BIOL, Date Unknown. Mark is working in
North Carolina for the Nature Conservancy.
44.
Carmen Sesvold, B.S. in BIOL, 1996. Carmen’s work in our lab was published in the American Midland Naturalist, (Abstract). She is now a
Ph.D. candidate at the Uniformed Services Health Sciences University in
Washington, D.C. She completed her M.S.
there in 2003. She reports: “I am doing well, I have recently passed my qualifying exam and am in a
good lab with 2 great mentors. One is a neuroscientist specializing in
synaptogenesis, the other a physiologist specializing in the lung. I enjoy
being able to finally concentrate on my research and not having to split my
attention on so many (class) subjects. I am characterizing the innervation of
the lung and neuro-endocrine bodies using confocal
microscopy. I consider it a lot of fun, but do not tell anyone they may work me
even harder. I may branch to electronmicroscopy, we just have to see where the research leads us. It is
funny, if I do go into e-microscopy, I will have run the gamut of imaging
macro, micro to submicro (MRI-microscopy-electronmicroscopy).
45.
Beth Owen,
1996, M.S. in BIOL. Beth is a law student at
46.
Stacy McCance, M.S. in ENVS, 1995. Stacy is a technician with an
environmental consulting firm in the
47.
Kathy McKeever, M.S. in ENVS, 1996. Kathy is a laboratory
technician with the Illinois Natural History Survey in Alton, IL. Data from her
thesis was published the October 1998 issue of Journal of Paleolimnology. (Abstract). The title of Kathy’s thesis is “A
Diatom-Inferred Water Depth Reconstruction of an
48.
Eric Danielson, M.S. in ENVS, 1996. Eric works as a biologist with the Weldon Spring
Remedial Action Project in
49.
Rodney Almos, B.S. in Computer Science.1997 Rodney is a
programmer for A.G. Edwards in
50.
Tracie Summerville, M.S. in ENVS, 1997.Tracie studied the distribution of copper, zinc and
iron in a lake and a bog in the Sylvania Wilderness Area in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. Tracie is a high school chemistry teacher in
51.
Becky Purcell B.S. Biology 1997. Becky sends the following summary: I was lab manager
at Wash U School of Medicine in the department of Neurology working on the
Christopher Reeve Paralysis project. I was part of the group that made it
possible for Chris Reeve to have sensation in over 80% of his body and able to
go without his ventilator for long periods of time. I think that is pretty big
stuff. I spent a day with Alan Alda while he did one
of his American Scientific Frontier shows focusing on our lab too. I now have
quit working due to having Fibromyalgia and have become a full time quilter!!!
What a change, huh? I see Sue often at the quilt stuff. I have moved back to my
hometown of
52.
Tim Carron
B.S. Biology 1997. Tim did pollen analysis in the lab. He completed some
interesting work on the bogs of the
53.
Rebecca Hood,
Biology 1997 - Rebecca is using pollen to reconstruct the logging history of
Helen Lake, near the Sylvania Wilderness Area, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Rebecca
54.
Jennifer Pierce B.S. Biology - Jennifer was a member of the
55.
Brian Tutterow, B.S. Biology 1998 - Brian used MAPINFO, a GIS program, to reconstruct
presettlement forests and prairies in
56.
Jim Cox,
M.S. in ENVS 1998. Jim completed a study of the birds of the SIUE Nature Trail.
57.
Mike Delmore. M.S. in ENVS 1998. Mike completed his final paper.
He is employed with a firm that provides environmental insurance for
corporations
58.
Jil Wright, Biology 1999- Jil is
studied fossil diatom assemblages in
59.
Laura Luecking M.S. Biology and Geography 1999 - Laura used Government Land Office
surveys from he early 1800's to reconstruct the original forests and prairies
of
60.
Jeff Kramer
M.S. 1999, Biology - Jeff 's advisor was Dr. Mark Bolyard, but he grew his
diatom cultures in the Brugam lab. Jeff worked on a project to genetically
transform diatoms. The diatoms were obtained from Dave Czarnecki's
diatom culture collection and from the University of Texas Algal Culture
collection. Jeff is a researcher with Eli Lilly Company in Indianapolis.
61.
Katherine Brady,M.S. Environmental Sciences 1999. - Katherine studied Cougar (Tower) lake
on campus. She found that phosphorus levels in the lake are controlled by
recycling from the sediment. Katherine is working for a large Environmental
Consulting firm in New Jersey. Her thesis title is: “Phosphorus and Silica
Cycling in a Midwestern Hypereutrophic Reservoir”.
62.
Jake Morris
B.S. 1999 - Jake did pollen analyses of short cores from High lake and from Sun
Lake in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He is now working as an environmental
consultant with Zambrana Engineering in St. Louis. He
has returned to work on an M.S. in Environmental Sciences at SIUE.
63.
Todd Hubbard
M.S. Environmental Sciences 2000. - Todd studied the benthic invertebrates in
two watersheds from Iowa. One watershed was reclaimed to prairie. The other was
heavily used for agriculture. Todd works for the University of Iowa as an
environmental specialist.
64.
Tricia Deming M.S. Environmental Sciences 2000. - Tricia studied iron and manganese
cycling in Cougar (Tower) Lake. She found that there was a lot less iron in the
deep waters of the lake than we expected. Her thesis title was: “The Cycling of
Iron, Manganese, and Sulfide in Cougar (Tower) Lake, Madison County, Illinois”.
65.
Capt. Robert Hauser M.S. Environmental Sciences 2000. - Capt. Hauser did a study of the
lake effects climate of the Upper Peninsula. He found a clear statistically
significant difference in winter precipitation along the shores of Lake
Superior versus sites farther inland. He is a captain in the U.S. Air Force who
specializes in meteorology.
66.
Amber McGee,
B.S. Biology 2000. Amber did a study of humic acids in Schulz Bog near
Rhinelander Wisconsin. She found that there was a lot more humic acid in the sediment
core when there were also lots of Sphagnum
spores.
67.
Maggie Coad.
B.S. Biology 2000. Maggie did some preliminary pollen analysis of a core from
Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois. Her work showed that Taxodium pollen became abundant in the sediment
core when European-American Pioneers colonized the site. The current lovely
cypress forest in the lake did not exist before pioneer farmers arrived around
1815.
68.
Lynne Malone 2001.
Lynne did pollen analysis of woodland hollows in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. She moved to northern
69.
Mona Callis MS Biology 2001 Mona did
a pollen analysis of a core from Schulz
Bog near Rhinelander,
70.
Michelle Crenshaw MS Biology 2001 Michelle did a thesis on the
Paleolimnology of Horseshoe Lake in Alexander County, Illinois. She showed that the lake was very different
in pre-settlement times. Her diatom
analysis showed that the lake was shallow with lots of aquatic
macrophytes. The modern diatoms show a
very eutrophic lake. Michelle was at the
71.
72.
Sashi Vissa MS ENVS
2002. Sashi is
from Hyderabad in India. Her thesis was
on the effects of cadmium and zinc on
growth of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda). She
started her thesis work under Jim Houpis, but he left
for another university. Sashi is employed by an environmental consulting firm in
Rockville, MD. Her thesis title is:
“Applicability of Pinus taeda in Phytoremediation of
Cadmium and Zinc Contaminated Soils”.
73.
Erin Hammer
BS Biology 2002.
74.
Jennifer Martin, Biology. Jennifer completed a
study of pollen in a short core from
75.
Adam Hayes.
BS Biology 2002. Adam did a study of
Cougar Lake inorganic carbon.
76.
Brian Vermillion. MS ENSC 2003. Brian did a study of sediment chemistry at
77.
Indu
Bala MS ENSC 2003. Indu also worked
with Dr. William Retzlaff. She did a study
of stable isotopes of nitrogen in
78.
Micah Miranda. BS Biology 2003. Micah did a
study of Cougar Lake temperature profiles.
He placed a series of Onset HOBO temperature loggers at depth intervals
in the lake. His purpose was to study
the impact of the University’s heated water effluent on lake stratification and
temperature budget.
79.
Kevin McKaye. BS Biology
2004. Kevin continued Erin Hammer’s
study of carbonaceous particles in
80.
Christina Blackford B.S. Biology 2005.
Christina did a senior assignment project on stable isotopes in sediment
from Sylvania Wilderness lakes and hollows.
She found that δ15N values decreased in up core in High
Lake. Her results indicate that nitrogen
from air pollution reaches this lake in a Wilderness area.
81.
Dave Novak M.S.
Biology 2005. Dave completed a study of
the heat budget of Cougar lake that Micah Miranda started. Dave used HOBO data loggers to record the
temperature of the lake water at 2 hour intervals for 2 years. He showed that the SIUE heating and
air-conditioning plant contributes only small amounts of heat to the lake. The title of
Dave’s thesis is “Heat Budget of Cougar Lake, Madison County, Illinois”. Click for a pdf
of Dave’s thesis. Dave earned a second MS in Environmental Engineering. He is now an inspector for OSHA.
82.
Shelly Ottensmeier MS ENSC 2005.
Shelly completed a study of stable isotopes of seston in
83.
Natalie Schneider BS BIOL 2005. Natalie did a study
of condition factors in
84.
Paul Boudreaux BS BIOL 2006. Paul did an
experimental study re-examining the classical studies of Clifford Mortimer on chemical changes in the
anaerobic hypolimnia of eutrophic lakes. Paul wants to attend optometry school in
85.
Jay Munyon BS
BIOL 2006: Jay did a study of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in
86.
Nick Grant BS
BIOL 2006: Nick came to SIUE with a
strong interest in aquatic entomology.
He did a study of benthic invertebrates in
87.
Steve Ryan BS
BIOL 2006. Steve did a study of stable
isotopes in floodplain vegetation along the
98.
Sarah Marrs BS
Biol 2010. Worked with Megan McAfee on the
99. Andy Klumpp BS Biol 2011. Andy did a study of the locust groves on the campus
100.
Tim Tripp MS ENVS 2012 Tim studied
lead (Pb) in the tissues of fish from Horseshoe and
101.
Cory Anderson BS
Biol 2012. Cory and Shawn Worthen did
a study of turtles in
102.
Shawn Worthen BS Biol 2012. Shawn worked
with Cory Anderson on the turtle project
104.
Kayla
Little BS MS Biol 2013 Kayla worked
on stable isotopes of fish bone from Native American middens in the Illinois
River Valley. She tested hypotheses
about environmental change using nitrogen and carbon isotopes. Her thesis title
is: Using Ancient and Modern Fishes to
Track Environmental Change in the Illinois River. We thank Dr. Terry Martin
from the
105.
Stephanie Matthew BS Biol 2013 Stephanie used
Kayla’s samples to see if modern fish from the
106.
Amanda Deardeuff BS Biol
2014 Amanda sampled zooplankton from
ponds at the
107.
Jessica Loethen BS Biol 2014 Jessica worked with Amanda, but Jessica analyzed total
phosphorus concentrations in the Watershed ponds. She found that the nutrient
levels in the ponds were very high (up to 500 micrograms of P per liter). This is not unexpected because the ponds
receive high amounts of storm sewer run-off.
(poster)