Current Students

Grace Kokasko (B.S./M.S., anticipated 2024) – Bopyrid parasites (Parapleurocryptella) and hyperparasitic rhizocephalans of deep sea squat lobsters.

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Gianna Sancetta (B.S., anticipated spring 2025) - Bopyrid parasites (Paragigantione) of deep sea squat lobsters.

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Justin Zheng (B.S., anticipated spring 2025) – Bopyrid parasites of deep sea squat lobsters.

Previous Students

Corey Bonavia (B.S./M.S., 2023) – Taxonomy of the spionid polychaete genus Scolelepis.

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Marissa DeTorre (M.S., 2022) - Endoparasitic isopods (Epicaridea: Entoniscidae) of hermit crabs from the Philippines, including description of a new species of Paguritherium Reinhard, 1945 and its epicaridium larvae.

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Nikhil Nair (B.S., 2022) – The endoparasitic isopod Cancrion carolinus (Entoniscidae)

in the mud crab Eurypanopeus depressus from New York.

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Alexandria Obdyke (B.S., 2022) - Parasitic isopods (Bopyridae) associated with the hermit crab Clibanarius tricolor from Belize.

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Anam Raza (B.S., 2022) - The burrowing barnacle Trypetesa lateralis associated with the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus: prevalence, larval morphology, and evidence of egg predation.

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Rachel Sechrist (B.S., 2022) – Abdominal parasitic isopods of Belizean hermit crabs.

 

Victoria Liang (B.S./M.S., 2020) – Impacts of the trematode Proctoeces maculatus on the attachment and shell strength of blue mussels.

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Adriana Eugene (B.S./M.S., 2019; co-advised with Dr. Russell Burke) – Estimating Diamondback Terrapin Population Sizes Using Trematode Parasites and Validation of a Citizen Science Program.

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Monique Escalante (B.S., 2019) - Identification of parasitic isopods (Isopoda: Epicaridea) from plankton samples of the Northeast Pacific.

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Amandeep Kaur (B.S., 2019) – The impacts of the trematode Proctoeces maculatus on blue mussels.

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Zachary Brunacini (B.S., 2017) – Description of a potentially new species of parasitic isopod from hydrothermal vents of the Galápagos Islands based on Scanning Electron Microscopy.

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Kaitlin Ehl (M.S., 2015) – Recovery of marsh grasses following removal of marine debris.

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Bianca Anchaluisa (B.S., 2015) – Copepod parasites of soft corals.

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Krystin Phelan (M.S., 2014; co-advised with Dr. Maureen Krause) – Trematodes associated with the spionid worm Marenzellaria viridis.

 

Richard Castle (B.S., 2014) – Prevalence of the Acanthocephalan Profilicollis altmani (Perry 1942) in the Mole Crab Emerita talpoida (Say 1817) from the South Shores of Long Island, New York.

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Daniel Edelman (B.S., 2014) – Making the leap to isopods: first record of the entomopathogenic nematode Agamermis in Armadillidium species from Long Island, New York.

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Michael Cericola (M.S., 2013) - Reproduction of the parasitic isopod Athelges takanoshimensis Ishii, 1914 (Isopoda: Bopyridae) from Hong Kong hermit crabs.

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Nicole Chodkowski (M.S., 2013; co-advised with Dr. Russell Burke) – The natural history of the parasitic trematode Pleurogonius malaclemys in Diamondback Terrapins Malaclemys terrapin.

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Brian Perrone (B.S., 2013) – Trematode parasites of the mudsnail Ilyanassa obsoleta.

 

Ashley M. Gavitt (B.S., 2012) – Discovery of a potentially new species of Fauveliopsis (Fauveliopsidae: Polychaeta) from a submarine cave on Okinawa Island, Japan.

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Haemar Kin (B.S., 2012) – Parasitic isopods of the genus Asymmetrione and other symbionts associated with hermit crabs from localities in the Caribbean.

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Michael Ricciardi (B.S., 2012) – Parasitic barnacles and egg predators of the hermit crab Pagurus hirsutiusculus from Oregon.

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Brandilyn M. Wagoner (B.S., 2012) – Prevalence of digenean trematodes in the marine gastropod Ilyanassa obsoleta from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York.

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Andrew David (M.S., 2011) - Natural history of the sponge associate Polydora colonia (Polychaeta: Spionida).

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Alejandra Gallardo (B.S., 2009) – The burrowing barnacle Trypetesa lampas (Crustacea: Cirripedia) and parasitic isopods Parathelges cardonae and Bopyrissa fraiseii (Crustacea: Isopoda) associated with hermit crabs from the western Mediterranean Sea.

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Alexandra Amaitis (B.S., 2008) – Asexual reproduction by architomy in the polychaete worm Polydora colonia (Polychaeta: Spionidae).

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Asma Madad (M.S., 2008) – New records and descriptions of branchial parasitic isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) of anomurans from the Philippines.

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Drew Lynford (M.S., 2008) – Evaluation of chemical eradication methods of acoels (Acoelomorpha) from marine aquaria.

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Angela Marucci (M.S., 2008) – New records of two burrowing barnacle species (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Trypetesidae) with the first documentation of egg predation in the genus Trypetesa.

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Kristina Fittipaldi (M.A., 2008) – Toxoplasma gondii as an etiological agent of Schizophrenia.

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Juliann Ryan  (B.S., 2008) – Invertebrates in the diet of gulls from Long Island, New York.

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Isah Dualan (M.S., 2008) – Palp growth and regeneration of the hermit crab symbiont, Dipolydora commensalis.

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Beth McGuire (M.S., 2007) – Use of partially predated gastropods shells, shell choice behavior, and symbionts of Pagurus longicarpus from Long Island, New York.

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Lara Orensky (Luzak) (B.S., 2007) – Morphology and ecology of a new sexually dimorphic species of Polydora (Polychaeta: Spionidae) associated with hermit crabs from Jamaica, West Indies.

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Diana Connolly (B.S., 2004) – The ecology and morphology of the boring worm Polydora websteri associated with the slipper shell Crepidula fornicata from the Long Island Sound.

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Frank Suppa (B.S.,  2004) – Feeding biology and ecology of Lepidonotus sublevis (Polychaeta: Polynoidae), a polychaete commensal of hermit crabs.

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Lauren Schuerlein (B.S.,  2004) – Two new species of branchial parasitic isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) from hermit crabs collected in Singapore.

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