Recent IB PhD Graduates of the Florida Atlantic University
Department of Biology
Some of Our Recent Graduates
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Name: Garth Herring
Year Graduated: 2008
Advisor: Dr. Dale Gawlik
Thesis Title: Physiological Responses of Pre-breeding Adult Great Egret and White Ibis
to Contrasting Prey Availability Conditions
Current Position: Post Doctoral Research Scholar, University of California, Davis
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Name: Janelle Lauer-Fields
Year Graduated: 2007
Advisor: Prof. Keith Brew
Thesis Title: Topological Specificity in Inhibitor Recognition by Matrix
Metalloproteinases
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Science Center San Antonio
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Name: Emily Rogevich
Year Graduated: 2008
Advisor: Dr. W.R. Brooks
Thesis Title: The Fate of Copper in Flooded South Florida Agricultural Soils and its
Toxicological Effects on the Florida Apple Snail, Pomacea Paludosa
Current Position: Ecotoxicologist, Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association
(NiPERA)
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Name: Tim C. Theisen
Year Graduated: 2007
Advisor: Dr. John Baldwin
Thesis Title: Population Genetic Structure, Movement Patterns, and Environmental
Preferences of the Pelagic Wahoo, Acanthocybium Solandri
Current Position: Faculty Instructor, Florida Atlantic University
Web page: www.wahooproject.org