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Biology Graduate Students

The following graduate students are on campus during the 2012-2013 academic year.

   GTA = Graduate Teaching Assistant (assist with teaching biology labs)
   GRA = Graduate Research Assistant (Fleharty Fellowship, Choate Fellowship, Balthazor Fellowship, external funds)
   GCA = Graduate Curatorial Assistant (Sternberg Museum of Natural History)
   GWA = Graduate Wetlands Assistant (Kansas Wetlands Education Center at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area) 

chris baroody Chris Baroody GRA
Bachelor's degree: Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Hometown: Hugo, OK
Thesis topic: Recovery of Rhinocheilus lecontei in Kansas.
Advisor: Stark
E-mail: cabaroody@mail.fhsu.edu
  Brad Bott  GCA
Bachelor's degree: Pittsburg State University, KS
Hometown: Salina, KS
Thesis topic: Investigation of gut flora of a western Kansas dung beetle, Canthon pilularis.
Advisor: Packauskas
E-mailbabott@mail.fhsu.edu 
  scott brack Scott Brack GRA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown:
Thesis topic
Advisor: Stark
E-mail: sabrack@mail.fhsu.edu 
 Brandon Calderon Brandon Calderon  GRA
Bachelor's degree: Kansas State University
Hometown: Independence, KS
Thesis topic: Modelling occupancy of upland game and mesocarnivores in relation to guzzlers.
Advisor: Finck
E-mailblcalderon@mail.fhsu.edu 
  Jeff Carter GTA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown:
Thesis topic: .
Advisor: Farley
E-mail:
 jessica casey Jessica Casey  GTA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: McCracken, KS
Thesis topic: Timing and intensity of steer use on Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum) and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) in southern mixed-grass prairie.
Advisor: LaFantasie
E-mailjlcasey3@mail.fhsu.edu 
   ian cost Ian Cost GTA
Bachelor's degree: Bridgewater State University, MA
Hometown: Carver, MA
Thesis topic
Advisor: Bennett
E-mailincost@mail.fhsu.edu 
 joanna fay Joanna Fay  GRA - Balthazor Fellowship
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Dighton, KS
Thesis topic: Characterization of antibiotic production and resistance in bacterial soil isolates.
Advisor: Gillock
E-mailjlfay@mail.fhsu.edu 
 brian gaston Brian Gaston  GWA
Bachelor's degree: University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
Hometown: McCook, NE
Thesis topic: Monitoring of free-roaming cat populations in central Kansas.
Advisor: Finck
E-mailbjgaston@mail.fhsu.edu 
 clinton helms Clinton Helms  GTA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Washington, KS
Thesis topic: Effects of grazing treatments on nest success of wet meadow breeding birds at Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve, Barton County, Kansas.
Advisor: LaFantasie
E-mailcjhelms@mail.fhsu.edu 
 jordan hofmeier Jordan Hofmeier  GRA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Argonia, KS
Thesis topic: Vitellogenesis in male channel catfish as a biomarker for endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the Arkansas and Ninnescah rivers in Kansas.
Advisor: Stark
E-mailjrhofmeier@mail.fhsu.edu 
 justin kerby Justin Kerby II  GRA - Fleharty Fellowship
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Thesis topic: Effects of long-term exposure to kanamycin and/or ampicillin on resistance genes in an E. coli plasmid.
Advisor: Gillock
E-mailjwkerby@mail.fhsu.edu 
  jenn klaus Jenn (Pfannenstiel) Klaus GTA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Hays, KS
Thesis topic: Dispersal of antibiotic-resistant bacteria near central plains feedlots.
Advisor: Channell
E-mail: jrpfannenstiel@mail.fhsu.edu 
 katelyn lindsey   Katelyn Lindsey GTA
Bachelor's degree: Kansas State University
Hometown: Stockton, KS
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Maricle
E-mailkjlindsey@mail.fhsu.edu 
nina haro Nina Luna GTA
Bachelor's degree: University of California, Santa Barbara
Hometown: El Monte, CA
Thesis topic: Possible effects of black-tailed prairie dogs on abundance and diversity of small mammals and raptors in shortgrass prairie.
Advisor: Farley
E-mailnmharo@mail.fhsu.edu
 frances owen Frances Owen GTA
Bachelor's degree: University of Dubuque, IA
Hometown: Teeds Grove, IA
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Channell
E-mail: faowen@mail.fhsu.edu 
 jared oyster Jared Oyster GRA - Fleharty Fellowship
Bachelor's degree: Brigham Young University, UT
Hometown: Hewitt, MN
Thesis topic: Evaluation of distance sampling as a technique to monitor pronghorn in Kansas.
Advisor: Finck
E-mailjhoyster@mail.fhsu.edu 
 lisa prowant Lisa Prowant  GRA
Bachelor's degree: Benedictine College, KS
Hometown:
Thesis topic: Inferring species distributions of herpetofauna in south-central for conservation planning.
Advisor: Channell
E-maillmprowant@mail.fhsu.edu 
 jeff sekavec Jeff Sekavec
Bachelor's degree: Bethany College
Hometown: Oakley, KS
Thesis topic: Chlorhexidine resistance in Streptococcus mutans and other normal oral bacterial flora.
Advisor: Gillock
E-mailjgsekavec@mail.fhsu.edu 
  brian serpan Brian Serpan   GCA
Bachelor's degreeFort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Timken, KS
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Stark
E-mail: baserpan@mail.fhsu.edu 
  ryan shofner Ryan Shofner GTA
Bachelor's degreeFort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Littleton, CO
Thesis topic: Ecology of two sand-treading crickets from the San Rafael Desert, Utah.
Advisor: Packauskas
E-mail: rmshofner@mail.fhsu.edu 
 brian tanis Brian Tanis  GWA
Bachelor's degree: Susquehanna University, PA
Hometown: Oakland, NJ
Thesis topic: Impacts of energy development on mesocarnivores in Kansas.
Advisor: Finck
E-mailbptanis@mail.fhsu.edu 
  brian zinke Brian Zinke  GRA - Choate Fellowship
Bachelor's degree: Kansas State University
Hometown: Lenexa, KS
Thesis topic: Small mammal community structure at a dried wetland site.
Advisor: Finck
E-mail: bmzinke@mail.fhsu.edu