Former students and visiting scholars

Dr. Gabriel Brejão (2018)

PhD, Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil (Co-Advised with Dr. Lilian Casatti - UNESP)

Research: Threshold responses of stream fish diversity to deforestation in the Amazon

Gabriel was at UNT 3-8/2016 with support from a competitive scholarship awarded by FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Foundation)

Dr. Jaquelini de Oliveira Zeni (2017)

PhD, Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil (Co-Advised with Dr. Lilian Casatti - UNESP)

Research: Effects of land cover change for biofuels production on fish diversity of tropical streams

Jaque was at UNT 11/2015-10/2016 with support from a competitive scholarship awarded by FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Foundation)

Dr. Ana Ferrari-Hoeinghaus (2015)

PhD, Biology (Major Advisor: Dr. Tom La Point)

Dissertation: Thresholds and legacy effects of tropical floodplain fish assemblages in response to flood attributes

Ana is now a Lecturer and Faculty Advisor in Biological Sciences at UNT

Dr. Luke Driver (2015)

PhD, Environmental Science / Ecology & Conservation Biology

Dissertation: Dynamics of stream fish metacommunities in response to drought-induced fragmentation and reconnection

Luke is currently working for USGS in Little Rock, AR, including research on environmental flows and stream biodiversity

Dr. Gustavo Alves (2015)

PhD, Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil (Co-Advised with Dr. Evanilde Benedito - UEM)

Research: Food-web structure in Neotropical floodplains

Gustavo is currently a faculty member at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil

M.Sc. and P.S.M.

Franciane Andrade (2019)

MS, Biologia de Água Doce e Pesca Interior, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil (Co-Advised with Dr. Flávia Souza and Dr. Carlos Freitas - INPA)

Research: Trophic ecology and niche partitioning by piranhas in várzea lakes of the lower Solimões River

CeJay Petersen (2018)

PSM, Environmental Science

Internship: USGS surface water quality monitoring program

CeJay is currently a Biologist with USGS in Ft. Worth, TX

Jessica Treviño (2015)

MSc, Environmental Science / Ecology & Conservation Biology

Thesis: Effects of macrophyte functional diversity on taxonomic and functional diversity and stability of tropical floodplain fish assemblages

Jessica conducted her research at Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil, with support from a US Fulbright Fellowship. She is currently working for USGS in Ft. Worth, TX.

Luíza Leal (2015)

MS, Ecotones, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Brazil (Co-Advised with Dr. Fernando Pelicice - UFT)

Research: Effects of a non-native predator Cichla kelberi on ecosystem functions mediated by fish assemblages in the Rosana Reservoir, Brazil

Dan Quigley (2013)

PSM, Environmental Science

Internship: USGS zebra mussel monitoring program for North Texas reservoirs

Rich Pendleton (2012)

MSc, Biology

Thesis: Investigating realistic scenarios of biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning: extirpation of rare species and food web collapse in tropical floodplain lagoons

Rich conducted his research at Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil. After graduation, Rich worked at the Carey Institute and the Illinois Natural History Survey. He is currently a researcher at Cornell University working on anadromous fishes in the Hudson River.

Visiting scholars

Bianca Possamai (2018-2019)

PhD student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil (Major Advisor: Dr. Alexandre Garcia)

Bianca was awarded a "bolsa sanduíche" scholarship from CAPES to work in the lab from August 2018 through February 2019 as a visiting doctoral scholar. Her dissertation research examines climate forcing and inter-annual variation in food web structure of a subtropical estuary.

Dr. José Luís Costa Novaes (2014)

Visiting Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Dr. Novaes is a professor at the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Arido (UFERSA), Brazil, and was awarded a postdoctoral research scholarship from CNPq to collaborate with my lab during 2014. His work is related to community dynamics in reservoirs and streams in drought-prone regions.

Dr. Daniel Alves dos Santos (2014)

PhD student, Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais; Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brasil (Major Advisor: Dr. Luiz Gomes)

Daniel was awarded a "bolsa sanduíche" from CNPq to work in the lab during 2014 as a visiting doctoral scholar. His dissertation research examines the interactive effects of altered hydrology and non-native species on native fish asseblages.

Dr. Josiane Ribolli (2013)

PhD, Ecologia e Recursos Naturais; Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brasil (Major Advisor: Dr. Pedro Manoel Galetti Jr.)

Josiane was awarded a "bolsa sanduíche" from CNPq to work in the lab from April to August 2013 as a visiting doctoral scholar. Her dissertation research examined genetic diversity of dourado (Salminus brasiliensis) in the Upper Uruguay River basin of southern Brasil.

Dr. Dilermando Lima (2011)

PhD (2012), Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais; Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brasil (Major Advisor: Dr. Angelo A. Agostinho)

Diler was awarded a "bolsa sanduíche" from CNPq to work in the lab during 2011 as a visiting doctoral scholar. His dissertation research examined patterns of species invasions in the Upper Paraná and Cuiabá River basins.

Diler did a postdoc at UEM with Dr. Angelo Agostinho, and is currently a faculty member at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) at Barra do Garças.

Undergraduate and TAMS researchers

Avery Patton (Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2018-2019), Loagan Clements, Alicia Melton, Dalynn Kim, Maria Rubiano, Josh Fuller, Karina Barbosa (McNair Scholar), Ajay Panda (TAMS), Elida Silva, Kevin Stewart Daniel Witt, Warren Burton, Michael Coleman, Amber Russell, Eric Zhu (TAMS), Nicholas Tran (TAMS), Christopher Tang (TAMS), Walker Graham, Stormy Durant (Honors Thesis), Jamie Emm, Michelle Long, Zack Brown, Amanda Gleason, Ryan Williams (McNair Scholar), Jessica Treviño, Eric Sung (TAMS)