BENEDICT, MICHAEL (MS Ecology, 2000)
Thesis: “Successional development of cambará (Vochysia divergens)-dominated forest stands in the Northern Pantanal of Brazil.” [adviser: J.F. Gottgens]
BURNETT, LAURA (MS Ecology, 2000)
Thesis: "Dynamics of the deep chlorophyll maximum in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica" [adviser: D.L. Moorhead]
HATFIELD, NANCY (PhD Ecology, 2000)
Dissertation: "Tracking diverse sources of recreational beach contamination by fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analysis and monitoring beaches for public safety" [adviser: R.L. Sinsabaugh]
HOMSHER, MICHAEL (PhD Ecology, 2000)
Dissertation: "Time-integrated contaminant monitoring in an aquatic ecosystem using semi-permeable membrane devices and dreissena polymorpha" [co-advisers: J.F. Gottgens and A.L. Spongberg]
MCKENNA , KERRY (MS Ecology, 2000)
Thesis: "Behavior interactions betwen the introduced Red-eared Slider (Trachemys Scripta Elegans) and the Native Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata)" [adviser: E.J. Tramer]
MINAROVIC, RAY (MS Geology, 2000)
Thesis: "The characterization of the hydrogeological functionality of an engineered wetland within the Maumee River watershed of northwest Ohio" [adviser: J.M. Martin-Hayden]
ELLIOT, JEFFREY (MS Geology, 2001)
Thesis: "Filtering and analysis of the gravity signature of the Kentland dome structure, Indiana" [adviser: Dr. D.J. Stierman]
IANEV, ROMAN (MS Geology, 2001)
Thesis: "Origin of Opal Cement in the Pennsylvania minnelusa sandstone, northern Blackhills, South Dakota" [co-advisers: J.A. Harrell and V.M. Brown)
LAUBER, CHRISTIAN (MS Ecology, 2001)
Thesis: "Characterization of diffuse sources of fecal pollution and pathogenic constituents of Escherichia coli populations in Maumee Bay State Park" [adviser: R.L. Sinsabaugh]
BUHOVECKEY, GREG (MS Geology, 2001)
Thesis: “A wellhead protection plan for the Village of Montpelier, OH” [adviser: J.M. Martin-Hayden]
SAIYA-CORK, KELLYANNE (MS Ecology, 2001)
Thesis: "The effects of long term nitrogen deposition on soil microbial communities in a sugar maple (Acer saccharum) forest in northern Michigan" [adviser: R.L. Sinsabaugh]
SCHMELING, JAMIE (MS Ecology, 2001)
Thesis: "Sensitivity of carbon dynamics to changing light availability of benthic microbial mats in Lake Hoare, Antarctica" [adviser: D.L. Moorhead]
TAYLOR, GREGORY (MS Geology, 2001)
Thesis: "Environmental impacts on soils within two northwest Ohio Cemeteries" [adviser: Dr. A.L. Spongberg]
GALLO, MARCY (MS Ecology, 2002)
Thesis: "Short-term effects of N amendment on oxidative enzyme activity and microbial community compositon in three northern hardwood forest," [adviser: R.L. Sinsabaugh]
CONRAD, FRANK (MS Geology, 2002)
Thesis: "Crinoid deformation and regional structural geology in northeastern West Virginia, northwestern Virginia, western Maryland, and south central Rennsylvania" [adviser: S. L. Dean]
FERGUSON, MARK (MS Geology, 2002)
Thesis: “A paleo-stratigraphic correlation of the Greenland Gap Group (Upper Devonian) in Town Hill Syncline, Whip Cove Syncline, and Whip Cove Anticline, Hampshire and Hardy counties, northeastern West Virginia” [co-advisers: M.J. Camp and S.L. Dean]
OROS, DAN (MS Geology, 2002)
Thesis: "The occurrence and impact of fractures within glacial deposits near a hazardous waste landfill, Oregon, Ohio" [adviser: A.L. Spongberg]
VELUCI, ROBERTA (MS Ecology, 2002)
Thesis: "Microbiotic crusts: ecological roles in an Oak Savanna of northwest Ohio" [adviser: D.A. Neher]
AMONETTE, RACHEL (MS Ecology, 2002)
"Diversity, redundancy, and efficiency in microbial decompostion of Typha litter" [adviser: R.L. Sinsabaugh]
VAGEN, JENNIFER (MS Geology, 2003)
Thesis: "The influences of groundwater on bluff erosion at Bill Stanton Community Park, Lake County, OH" [adviser: A.L. Spongberg]
COMES, MANDY (MS Ecology, 2003)
Thesis: "Changing avian diversity in the Maumee Watershed" [adviser: D.L. Moorhead]
MA, SIYAN (PhD Ecology, 2003)
Dissertation: "Interactions between microclimate, soil respiration, and disturbances in a forest ecosystem: Lessons from the Teakettle Experimental Forest" [adviser: J. Chen]
WALTERS, TIMOTHY (PhD Ecology, 2004)
Dissertation: "The effects of controlled burning and mowing on vegetation in an Oak Openings sand prairie" [adviser: E. Tramer]
BRESEE, MARY (MS Ecology, 2004)
Thesis: "Photosynthesis characteristics of two climatically different landscapes" [adviser: J. Chen]
RADEMACHER, JOHN (MS Ecology, 2004)
Thesis: " Forest structure and carbon allocation within and between two northern-mixed hardwood edges" [co-advisers: J. Chen and K. Brosofske]
DARBY, BRIAN (MS Ecology, 2004)
Thesis: "Effects of biological soil crusts on nematode and protozoan communities in Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert soils" [adviser: D. Neher]
MYSOREKAR, KAUSHIK (MS Ecology, 2004)
Thesis: "Lidar remote sensing as a tool for ecosystem management of the Oak Opening region, Ohio" [adviser: J. Gottgens]
MULLER, BARRY (PhD Ecology, 2004)
Dissertation: "The effect of long-term nonpoint-source agricultural runoff on assimilative capacity of freshwater marshes – a paleoecological approach" [adviser: J. Gottgens]
HARTLEY, LINDY (MS Geology, 2004)
Thesis: “Characterization of a heavy metal contaminated soil in Ohio for a phytoremediation project” [adviser: A.L. Spongberg]
LEMOINE, JAMES (MS Ecology, 2004)
Thesis: “Soil respiration of three chronosequences in Chequamegon National Forest” [adviser: J. Chen]
MCLAUGHLIN, MELANIE (MS Ecology, 2004)
Thesis: “Effects of the Toledo Ohio Metroparks on stream quality and fish community structure” [adviser: E.J. Tramer]
SPERA, SHELLEY (MS Geology, 2004)
Thesis: “Metal and pesticide preservation in the Winous Point Marshes, Sandusky, Ohio” [adviser: A.L. Spongberg]
TRAN, SUSAN (MS Ecology, 2004)
Thesis: “Habitat selection by two native turtle species in a Lake Erie wetland” [adviser: D.L. Moorhead]
ARCEO, AMANDA (MS Ecology, 2005)
Thesis: “The impact of a small dam on fish community composition and structure in the Ottawa River, Ohio” [adviser: J.F. Gottgens]
BARNSWELL, KRIS (MS Ecology, 2005)
Thesis: “Survey of naturally developing vegetation on an inactive landfill in northwest Ohio” [adviser: D.F. Dwyer]
CONCILIO, AMY (MS Ecology, 2005)
Thesis: “Interannual variability in soil respiration and response to experimental burning and thinning in an old growth mixed-conifer forest” [adviser: J. Chen]
HERMAN, JOHN (MS Ecology, 2005)
Thesis: “Herpetofaunal communities in agro-ecosystems: the effect of farm management style” [adviser: E.J. Tramer]
LAHNERS, AMBER (MS Geology 2005)
Thesis: “Constraining the Nipissing transgression in the Central Lake Michigan Basin” [adviser: T.G. Fisher]
MITCHELL, BRIAN (MS Geology, 2005)
Thesis: “Identification and mapping of Greenland Gap (Upper Devonian) units on the eastern limb of Sideling Hill syncline, Hampshire, Hardy and Morgan Counties, West Virginia” [co-advisers: S.L. Dean and M.J. Camp]
ROFKAR, JORDAN (MS Ecology, 2005)
Thesis: “Arsenic accumulation by plant species selected for growth in northwest Ohio” [adviser: D.F. Dwyer]
RYU, SOUNG-RYOUL (PhD Ecology, 2005)
Dissertation: “Effect of disturbances on fuel loading, fire-mosaic, and interactions in managed forest lanscape” [adviser: J. Chen]
SOKOLOSKI, PETER (MS Geology, 2005)
Thesis: “Sedimentology and ichnology of Late Cambrian to Early Ordovician Skolithos Sandstone in the Deadwood Formation, northern Black Hills, South Dakota, and southeastern Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming” [co-advisers: J.A. Harrell and V.M. Brown]
WEYER, KELLY (MS Geology, 2005)
Thesis: “Eolian sand in lacustrine sediment: a proxy for water levels in the Lake Michigan Basin” [adviser: T.G. Fisher]
ARGO, DAVID (MS Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: “Habitat use by two native turtle species in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” [adviser: D.L. Moorhead]
CHEN, MEI (MS Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: "Protein profile changes of Arabidopsis leaves in response to boron stress" [adviser: S.A. Heckathorn]
ELKINGTON, BRIAN (MS Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: “The effects of turbidity quality and quantity on zooplankton consumption by young of year yellow perch (Perca flavescens)” [adviser: C.M. Mayer]
LACROIX, JACOB (PhD Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: "Interactions between fire and landscape structure: applications of the FARSITE model" [Adviser: J. Chen]
LAWHORN, NICOLE (MS Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: “Impact of Coleoptran-active Bt corn on extracellular enzyme activities and decomposition processes of non-target microbial communities in soil and litter” [adviser: D. Neher]
LI, QINGLIN (PhD Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: "Carbon storage and fluxes in a managed oak forest landscape" [Adviser: J. Chen]
LOOPE, HENRY (MS Geology, 2006)
Thesis: “Deglacial chronology and glacial stratigraphy of the western Thunder Bay lowland, northwest Ontario, Canada” [adviser: T.G. Fisher]
MCKENNA, KERRY (PhD Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: "Comparing carbon dynamics of pelagic food webs in two Antarctic lakes: a practical application of ecological network analysis to an ecological network" [adviser: D.L. Moorhead]
MEINHART, JAMES (MS Geology, 2006)
Thesis: “Building stones of Toledo, Ohio: a survey of dimension stone use in significant structures including history and walking tours of the downtown area and the Old West End” [adviser: M.J. Camp]
MIERZWIAK, SARA (MS Geology, 2006)
Thesis: “Enhanced in situ bioremediation of a trichloroethylene groundwater plume using a dilute vegetable oil emulsion” [adviser: A.L. Spongberg]
MURBI, HARRISON (MS Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: “Use of geospatial technology to map Great Lakes invasive species” [adviser: D.F. Dwyer]
SCARBRO, JONA (MS Ecology, 2006)
Thesis: “Microbial transport through the vadose zone of a biosolid amended cropland: implications for land application of Class B biosolids and surface water quality” [adviser: D.F. Dwyer]
STEARNS, ANNE (MS Ecology, 2007)
Thesis: "The management status of southwestern coastal Lake Erie marshes: challenges and opportunities to maximize natural wetland functions" [adviser: J.A. Gottgens]