If you are interested in conducting research with me, then I encourage you to come talk to me. Typically it takes two or three semesters to complete a research project.  Students should sign up for BIOL 298 or BIOL 398 so that we can meet weekly and delve into the literature, discuss potential project, and design a good project. Then when students are nearing the completion of their project, they will take BIOL 498 Senior Research to complete their project and satisfy the competency requirement of the major.

Here is a list of current and former students in my lab

 
Current Students in My Lab: Project:

Alyssa Teat (2009 - present)

 A survey of abiotic and physiological characteristics associated with ginsenoside content of Panax quinquefolius

Alyssa is currently participating in the PIRE: Genetics of Invasive Species Echanged Between the Southeastern U.S. and China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Former Students in my lab:  

Anna Sitko (2008 - 2009)

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Eradication Treatments on Invasive Species in Urban Forests in Western North Carolina

Anna presented her research at the Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium and Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in 2009. She is currently applying to graduate schools/

 

Alice Smithlund (2008 - 2009)

Investigating the Effects of the woody vine, Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), on Hardwood Forests Using Dendrochronology

Alice presented her research at the Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium

 

Mary Catherine Mills (2006 - 2008)

 Investigating the Role of Anthocyanins in Galax urceolata: Photoprotection due to Winter Light Conditions
Landis Lacey (2006 - 2007)

A comparison of the mycorrhizal communities on roots of native (Celastrus scandens) and exotic (Celastrus orbiculatus) bittersweet in western North Carolina

In collaboration with Dr. John Walker at Appalachian State University

Landis graduated in December 2007 and is currently working with Dr. Kelly Ivors at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Center

 
Sam Rose (2005 - 2007)
 Mycorrhizal influence on photosynthesis and biomass production in drought-stressed Celastrus orbiculatus

Sam graduated in December 2007

 

Evan Crutchfield (2005 - 2006)

 Anthocyanin Accumulation and Photoprotection in Galax urceolata Under High Light, Low Temperature Stress

Evan graduated in May 2006 and completed the Master Brewer's program at UC-Davis he currently works for Foothills Brewery

 

Renee Fortner (left) (2005 - 2006)

Maya Goklany (right)

 Steady-state and dynamic photosynthetic responses of the C4 invasive exotic grass Miscanthus sinensis growing along gradients of light intensity

Renee graduated in 2006 and now works for Warren Wilson College

Maya graduated in May 2007 and is now working towards her Master's Degree at the University of Oregon

 

Will Swearingen (2006)

 Hybridization and plasticity: potential mechanisms for invasion success of Tamarix in North America

Will graduated in Fall of 2006 and is currently thinking about graduate school
Ann Huyler (2004)


 

Investigating the mechanisms by which Rhododendron maximum inhibits tree regeneration

This was part of a large USDA-funded project with Dr. Erik Nilsen at Virginia Tech

Ann graduated in 2004 and is now working on a Ph.D in Forestry at Auburn University
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