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Undergraduate Honor's Theses Researchers

Graduated Successfully with Honors
bulletTheresa Censoplano.  Pheromones and smelly t-shirts: Can college-age females detect age-related differences in male pheromones? 2004.
bulletAzalea-Lisa Chandler. The effects of drainage overflow on the water quality of Twilight Lake, Bayhead, New Jersey.  Graduated with Honors.   2000.
bulletAdriana Chris (co-mentored with Dr. Carolyn Bergman).  Using microsatellite analysis to assess genetic diversity in the invasive dune grass, Carex kobomugi.   2008
bulletKara HendryUse of RAPD analyses to detect genetic variability at the intra-bed level in the invasive sedge, Carex kobomugi. 2004.
bulletChristy JohnAssessing expression of housekeeping and stress genes in horseshoe crabs exposed to PBDEs 2007
bulletJessica Keiper  (co-mentored with Dr. Carolyn Bergman). Determination of  genetic variability in Carex kobomugi. 2008
bulletAudrey McGough.  Comparison on the value of eel grass (Zostera marina ) with that of widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima ) to the amphipod, Gammarus mucronatus.  (Click here to read Audrey's prize winning abstract for her presentation at the 2002 New Jersey Academy of Sciences Meeting about a previous research project.) 2005
bulletSharon Myatt. Use of GIS technology in the management of the invasive sedge, Carex kobomugi: Spatial patterns in distribution, abundance and impact at the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. 2004
bulletEmily Parker. Monitoring results of herbicide treatments and other techniques to manage Carex kobomugi (Asiatic Sand Sedge), an invasive plant species, in New Jersey's Coastal Dunes 2005.
bulletJennifer Patterson. Assessing expression of housekeeping and stress genes in horseshoe crabs exposed to PBDEs 2007
bulletCourtney Rella.  Are seagrasses in eutrophied areas genetically different to those in more pristine areas? 2005
bulletAshley Shaloo. Assessing expression of housekeeping and stress genes in horseshoe crabs exposed to PBDEs 2007
bulletHeather Snook.  Does the presence of cigarette residues on smoker's hands have antimicrobial effects?  2002.
bulletSamantha Vaccaro.  Assessment of genetic differences between stands of Carex kobomugi in different areas of New Jersey. 2004.
bulletCrystal VanWagner Use of GIS technology in the management of the invasive sedge, Carex kobomugi: Spatial patterns in distribution, abundance and impact at Island Beach State Park. 2004

In Progress
bulletJodi Sisk. Effective methods for building environmental education curricula. 

Students carrying out Master’s Theses under my supervision

Graduated Successfully:
bulletKim Bennett. Standardization of measurement of coagulation times using bedside (portable) apparati. (Field Study)  2007
bulletMelissa Bobinski.  Invasive Spartina  in West Coast marshes: History, impacts and management strategies. (Review paper Thesis) 2002
bulletJim Burkitt. Creation of a GIS-inventory of Invasive Species within the Sandy Hook Unit of the Gateway National Recreational Area  (Field Study; writing up) (Click here to read Jim's abstract for his presentation Illustrating differences in impact of the invasive Asiatic Sand Sedge Carex kobomugi on native species diversity and species richness in pristine versus human-impacted sand dune systems.  ASLO. June 2004.)
bulletLeslie BridgeHow to Define an Evolutionarily Significant Unit? The Case of the Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse . (Capstone Review Paper)  2006.
bulletCathy Dillon.  Effects of habitat fragmentation upon the populations of small song birds of New Jersey. (Review paper; Degree Graduated Posthumously in May 2005)
bulletPatricia Eckstein. The biology of the group Argopecten irradians.  (Review paper Thesis).   1999
bulletCheryl Fencik. Assessment of bacterial pollution of Barnegat Bay  (Review Paper Thesis). 2006.
bullet Kelly Gunther.  Measuring the success of marine protected areas.  Capstone Review Paper. 2007
bulletMarnie Jones. The case for and against "swim with dolphins" programs   (Capstone Review Paper)  2006
bulletBob Macaluso.  Hard Clam Fisheries in Raritan Bay:   History of the Fishery and Changes in Geographic Pattern in Harvest -Densities Over Time ( Review Paper Thesis)  2005
bulletMichele Martini. Race within the Human Species: Biological Reality or Social Construct? (Review Paper Thesis).  2004
bulletJean Mutone. Measuring effectiveness of stream restoration projects (Capstone Review Paper)  2006
bulletBernard Rutkowski.  Invasive species in New Jersey's waters (Capsone Review Paper) 2005
bulletBob Sodt: Potential of Caffeine as a therapeutic agent in Alzheimer's disease. Capstone Review Paper.  2007 
bulletRobert Zimmerman.  A review of factors affecting growth and productivity of eelgrass (Zostera marina ), with a focus on the influence of temperature on the dynamics of eelgrass beds in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.  (Review Paper Thesis).  2001.   (Click here to read Rob's abstract for his presentation at the 1999 New Jersey Academy of Sciences Meeting.)

In Progress  (Currently Active)
bulletLiza Baskin.  Influence of the spread of the invasive Asiatic sand sedge, Carex kobomugi,  on higher trophic levels (Field Study)
bulletBarbara Edelhauser. Influence of Nitrogen Enrichment and Mycorrhizal Status on the Competitive Balance Between Native American Beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata ) and Invasive Asiatic Sand Sedge, (Carex kobomugi) on New Jersey Sand Dunes  (Field Study)
bulletAlyssa Fagen.  Interaction between environmental and genetic factors in the causation of autism (Review Paper Thesis)
bulletJacqueline McCort.  Impact of Carex kobomugi  on threatened and endangered species in New Jersey (Field Study)
bulletRocco Nicoletta.  Assessment of spread rates and patterns of spread direction in Carex kobomugi   in New Jersey (Field Study)
bulletJaclyn Repetti.   Role of pollutants in promoting susceptibility of marine mammals to fatal morbillivirus infections. (Review Paper Thesis)

In Progress  (Currently Inactive)
bulletJoAnn Beuthe. PBDE levels in horseshoe crabs, water and sediment in the Sandy Hook Bay, Barnegat Bay and Delaware Bay and possible effects on protein regulation.  (Field Study)
bulletRobert Fiorili. Comparative values of Zostera   and Ruppia  as larval fish habitat in Barnegat Bay (Field Study)
bulletSusan JohnsonEvolutionary relationships within the Desmognathids: resolving molecular and phenetic trees. (Field Study)
bulletRobert Martens:   Evolutionary relationships of trypanosomes (Capstone Review Paper).
bulletEdward Overstreet.  Use of Molecular Biology for the study of Pfeisteria  outbreaks in the US Coastal Atlantic Region (Review paper).

Other MS Students Upon Whose Committees I serve(d)

Graduated Successfully
bulletBrigid Buckley. The molecular biology of inflammatory bone disease: Implications for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and adult periodontitis.  2001.
bulletSamantha Covert. Use of mRNA techniques in forensics.  2006
bulletJim Danch.  Emergence times of pine and black racer snakes from winter hibernacula in forest and field locations.  2000.
bulletJean Manigold.  Review of the effects of sludge dumping off the coast of New Jersey. 1998.
bulletSandra Mergner. Survey of the types and population sizes of the wild herbaceous plants of Georgian Court College. 2002.
bulletChristine Miick.  Anthropogenically Induced Water Quality Changes in Freshwater Wetlands of the New Jersey Pinelands (Pine Barrens) and Subsequent Impact on Wetlands Vegetation 2006.
bulletJodi Luland Richards:  Transduction of genes between bacteria and the nematode C. elegans   2004
bulletPamela Smith.  Has whole-genome duplication structured the eukaryote genome?  2002.
bulletAmy Wiebsiek.  Measuring folate receptor expression in human malignancies to select patients who would benefit from folate-conjugated therapy. 2008

In Progress
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