Current Biological Sciences Graduate Students
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The following graduate students are registered full-time during the 2021-2022 academic year.
GTA = Graduate Teaching Assistant (assist with teaching undergraduate biology labs)
GRA = Graduate Research Assistant (Fleharty, Choate, and Balthazor Fellowships or external funds)
GCA = Graduate Curatorial Assistant (Sternberg Museum of Natural History)
GWA = Graduate Wetlands Assistant (Kansas Wetlands Education Center at Cheyenne Bottoms)
Kyle Abrahamson GTA/GRA-Fleharty Bachelor's degree: College of the Ozarks Hometown: Lawrence, KS Research: Fisheries Advisor: Dr. Stark |
Sadia Alam GTA Bachelor's degree: Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Bogura, Bangladesh Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh Research: Biochemistry Advisor: Dr. Balthazor |
Jacob Alexander Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University Hometown: Denver, CO Research: Scientific Education Media Advisor: Dr. Stark |
Alfred Kusi Appiah GTA Bachelor's degree: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana Hometown: Ghana Research: Antimicrobial resistance Advisor: Dr. Claudia Carvalho |
Sonja Brandt GRA Bachelor's degree: Concordia University, NE Hometown: Knob Noster, MO Research: Ornithology Advisor: Dr. Ambardar |
Robin Cesur GTA Bachelor's degree: Wichita State University Hometown: Wichita, KS Research: Microbiology and Virology Advisor: Dr. Gillock |
Nana-Esi Irie Hanson GTA Bachelor's degree: Kwame Nkumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana Hometown: Ghana Research: Avian ecology and behavioral ecology Advisor: Dr. Medhavi Ambardar |
Zachary Herbert GTA Bachelor's degree: Indiana University, Bloomington Hometown: Crown Point, IN Research: Vertebrate Paleontology Advisor: Dr. Tarailo |
Brett Koehn GCA Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University Hometown: Dodge City, KS Research: Rangeland Management Advisor: Dr. Patrick |
Brendon Mason GTA Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University Hometown: Beloit, KS Research: Fisheries Management Advisor: Dr. Stark |
Isaac Odoi GTA Bachelor's degree: University of Ghana Hometown: Accra, Ghana Research: Porcine Endojenous Retrovimites/ Microbiology Advisor: Dr. Gillock |
Kofi OkyereAddo GTA Bachelor's degree: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Techology, Ghana Hometown: Accra, Ghana Research: Surveillance of Multi-drug resistant staphylococcus aureus Advisor: Dr. Carvalho |
Haley Piland-Jackson GTA Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University Hometown: Great Bend, KS Research: Biology conservatiant & Biogeography Advisor: Dr. Channell |
Mackenzie Reh Bachelor's degree: Wichita State University Hometown: Newton, KS Research: Herpetology Advisor: Dr. Stark |
Loryn Smith GRA-Choate Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University Hometown: Valley Center, KS Research: Genetics & Epigenctics Advisor: Dr. Patrick |
Katie Strack GRA- Fleharty/GTA Bachelor's degree: Purdue University Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Research: Insect Ecology Advisor: Dr. Sarah Elzay |
Avery Welton GTA Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University Hometown: Ottawa, KS Research: Microbiology - retroviruses Advisor: Dr. Gillock |