People
Current Lab Members
Paul Armsworth
Guilherme Silva
Graduate Student
Using mathematical optimization to inform conservation efforts
Narayani Barve
Postdoctoral Researcher
Exploration of biogeographical patterns and processes using ENM approaches. Currently, modeling the effect of climate and land use change on species in the central and southern Appalachians and in the Southeastern US more broadly
Henley Sartin
Graduate Student
Evaluating potential future conservation regions for efficacy in protecting species of conservation need
Vishal Kennedy
Graduate Student
Exploring conservation management and planning with a focus on policy, spatial modeling, and temporal analysis
Sam Jantz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Doctoral work incorporated time-series remote sensing data and niche-modeling methods to annually assess habitat condition for chimpanzees (P. Troglodytes) across its range in Sub-Saharan Africa providing relevant information for conservation monitoring and planning. Current work focuses on creating land-use change projections for the Appalachians with the aim of quantifying the relative impacts of climate and land-use change on biodiversity in the region.
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Amanda Swets
Undergraduate Student
Lab Manager
Former Lab Members
Former Postdocs:
Dr. Seoghyun Kim, Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences in Kangwon National U.
Dr. Lalasia Bialic-Murphy, now Research Assistant Professor at U. Tennessee
Dr. Gengping Zhu, now Research Assistant Professor, at Washington State U.
Dr. Heather Bird Jackson, now Senior Instructor at Colorado State U.
Dr. Benjamin Crain, now Researcher at Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Eric Larson, now Associate Professor at U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Sharon Bewick, now Assistant Professor at Clemson U.
Dr. Alison Boyer, now Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Lab
Dr. Martin Dallimer (U. Sheffield), now Professor at U. Leeds
Dr. Zoe Davies (U. Sheffield), now Professor at U. Kent
Dr. Felix Eigenbrod (U. Sheffield), now Professor at U. Southampton
Dr. Varsha Vijay, now Technical Director at Science-Based Targets Network
Dr. Xiangping Liu, now Assistant Professor at Texas State U.
Former PhD Students:
Dr. Hyun Seok Yoon (DoE GATE fellow), now post-doc at New Mexico State U.
Dr. Amanda Hyman, now Sustainability Expert at Quantis, A BCG Company
Dr. Diane Le Bouille, now Landscape Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy at Arizona
Dr. Christine Dumoulin (NSF NIMBioS Fellow & NSF ScaleIt IGERT Fellow), now researcher at USGS
Dr. Rachel Fovargue (NSF GRFP & NSF ScaleIt IGERT Fellow), now Researcher at Environmental Protection Agency
Tara Kemfort (NIH PEER IMSD Fellow), now Software Developer at Securities Service Network, Inc.
Dr. Austin Milt (NSF NIMBioS Fellow & NSF ScaleIt IGERT Fellow), now senior software engineer at Pandora
Dr. Gwen Iacona (NSF NIMBioS Fellow) now Assistant Research Professor at Arizona State U.
Dr. Gareth Lennox (U. Sheffield), now Senior Research Associate at Lancaster U.
Dr. Josephine Booth (U. Sheffield), now Senior Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam U.
Dr. Isla Sian Fishburn (U. Sheffield), now Director at Kachina Canine Communication
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Former Master's Students:
Arne Pinneschmidt (U. Wageningen), now PhD at U. Freiburg
Chad Stachowiak, now NRCS Climate Adaptation Lead
Ana Reboredo Segovia (Tropimundo, ERASMUS, UNIFI), now Research Associate at World Resources Institute
Shelby Ward, now Director of Sustainable Tennessee and Staff Attorney, Tennessee Environmental Council
Nate Sutton, now a Data Scientist at MedAmerica
Philippa Gullett (U. Sheffield), now Conservation Scientist at RSPB
Emily Hounslow (U. Sheffield), now postdoc at U. Sheffield
Rebecca Weeks (U. Sheffield), now postdoc at James Cook U.
Natasha Leaver (U. Sheffield), now school teacher
Former Undergraduate Students:
Sanaz Hossain, now student and cancer research coordinator at UTHSC
Breanna Slessman, now a UTK PhD student.
Riley Speas, now a research assistant and GIS Analyst
Cole West, now an Attorney in Nashville.
Abbie Percifield, now a doctoral student at Adler University
Amy Benefield, now a PhD student at U. Colorado.
Patrick McKenzie, now a PhD student at Columbia U.
Lindsey Transue, now a research assistant at Oak Ridge National Lab
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Former Technicians:
Lisette Cantu-Salazar (U. Sheffield), a researcher with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Mark Parnell (U. Sheffield), now head of en:mapping, a GIS consultancy
Andrew Skinner (U. Sheffield)
Vera Borgwardt (U. Sheffield), now Master's student at U. Bangor
Jennifer Gilbert (U. Sheffield), now at Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust
Kerry Skelhorn (U. Sheffield)
Sarah Roth, now a PhD student at U Maryland