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John Bishop Ecological Research at Mount St. Helens

Current and Former Lab Members

Bishop Lab and Contact information 

Lab phone: 360 546-9455; Greenhouse phone: 360 546-9979

Current Graduate Students

Melissa Boyd, Environmental Science

Anthony Wenke, Botany

Mailea Miller-Pierce, Zoology
m.miller-pierce <at> email.wsu.edu

Nathaniel Frein, Botany
nathaniel.frein <at> gmail.com

Angela Kroon, Environmental Science
angelarkroon <at> gmail.com

Joe Pitkin, Environmental Science
JPitkin <at> clark.edu

Visiting Graduate Students
Chris Che-Castaldo, PhD candidate, University of Maryland
Email @gmail.com: castaldo
http://www.clfs.umd.edu/biology/faganlab/people/castaldo.html

2013 Undergraduates and and Post-Graduate Assistants

Jenae Gerstmann
Toni Strube
David Walker
Ben Joner
Sarah Cusanelli

2012 Undergraduates and and Post-Graduate Assistants
Sharlene Harvester, WSUV Environmental Science
Melissa Knudson, WSUV Environmental Science

2011 Undergraduates and and Post-Graduate Assistants
Sharlene Harvester, WSUV Environmental Science
Melissa Knudson, WSUV Environmental Science
Blaine Martin, Brown University
Matt Pendergraft, WSUV Biology
Matthew Warman, B.S. Boston College

2010 Undergraduates and Assistants
Paul Jensen – BS, WSUV, 2011. Won the 2011 Outstanding undergraduate in research award!!
Sharlene Harvester
Matthew Warman, B.S. Boston College
Jonnie Dunne, B.S. Willamette University
Manijeh Baxter, B.S. Portland State University
Brant Driedger, B.S.

Previous Graduate Students and Post-Docs

Keith Birchfield
mkeithbirch <at> gmail.com
M.S. Environmental Science, Washington State University, 2011

Louise Wynn
M.S. Environmental Science, Washington State University, 2010 

Ray Yurkewycz
email: rpyurk <at> yahoo.com
M.S. Environmental Science, Washington State University, 2010
Current Position:  Technician with USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

Rudy Salakory
B.S. Biology, Washington State University Vancouver

Shannon Wills
email: biologist <at> cowlitz.org
B.S. Biology, minor in Archaeology, Stockton State College- New Jersey.
Current Position:  Biologist with Cowlitz Tribe

Suann Yang
email: syang <at> presby.edu
B.S. Biology, Cornell University
PhD. Botany, Washington State University
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Presbyterian College, SC

Nathan Reynolds
nreynolds <at> cowlitz.org
B.S. Biology, Washington State University
M.S. Environmental Science, Washington State University, 2009
Current Position:  Biologist with Cowlitz Tribe

Josh Seeds
B.S. Biochemistry, Washington State University
M.S. Environmental Science, Washington State University
Current Position:  Water Quality Specialist, Portland METRO

Jenny Apple
email: applej <at> geneseo.edu
B.S. Biology, University Puget Sound; Ph.D. Biology, University of Utah.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Geneseo

Amber Keyser, PhD. Author.  http://www.amberkeyser.com/
B.A. Liberal Arts, Evergreen State College; M.S. Zoology, Auburn University; PhD, Genetics, University of Georgia

Previous Undergraduates, Assistants, and Technicians 

Paul Bonthuis (Technician, Dept. of Genetics, University of Washington)

Shadmehr Dehmeri – MD/PHD at Washington University in St. Louis
Dien Deng
Ian Dews PhD Rice University 2008. email: dewsi <at> bioc.rice.edu

Pawel Drapala University of Washington

Lindsay Larson (Albany Medical College, MD/PhD program).
Heather Ligman (Technician, School of Biological Sciences, WSU Vancouver)
Richard Luther
Nicholas Murchison (Technician, Shriner’s Hospital)
John Nesbitt

Niamh O’Hara (New York University, now at StonyBrook) Niamh is examining the response of insects to N and P enhancement on the Pumice Plain, and changes in the abundance of predators across the lupin density gradient. Her work is funded by an NSF REU fellowship. She presented her work was presented at the 2005 National Sigma Xi and is preparing it for publication.

Jen Griffith (Lamont Doherty Observatory) Jen worked with Jon Titus (co-PI) examining the effect of lupin, alders, nutrient limitation, and mycorrhizae on succession in general and conifer colonization in particular.

Rachel Ikehara-Martin (Western Washington University)
Casey Parsons

Leslie Rossmell (Graduate Student, ESRP, WSUV)

Erin Smith

Valentina Vaylova (Pharmacist)

Mandy Tu, PhD. Now at the Nature Conservancy
B.S. Botany, University of Washington; Ph.D. University of California, Davis.
Research Interests: Invasive species, plant ecology, conservation biology