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Bryan McLean (PI)
Bryan is an Assistant Professor at UNC-Greensboro (since Fall 2019). He earned a PhD at University of New Mexico (2017) and was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Florida Museum of Natural History (2017-2019). He is interested in phenotypic and life history diversity in mammals in the context of past and present environmental change. |
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Helen Plylar. PhD
Helen is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biology (since Fall 2024) and also manages the CT lab at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. She earned a PhD in Biology and Ecology at Utah State University. She is interested in herpetology, vertebrate anatomy, and sensory biology of snakes and things that snakes eat. Email: hbplylar[at]uncg.edu |
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Amanda Weller
Amanda is a PhD student in the Department of Biology (since Fall 2020). She earned a B.S. in Biology at Ohio State University - Lima. She is interested in mammal evolution, ecology, and biogeography (especially of Palearctic mammals) with an emphasis on effects of climate change and conservation applications. Email: akweller[at]uncg.edu |
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Olivia Chapman
Olivia is a PhD student in the Department of Biology (since Fall 2022). She completed a MS at UNCG in 2022. She is from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and earned a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Michigan (2019). She is interested in mammal ecology and evolution, loves to travel, and often reads Stephen King novels in her spare time. Email: oschapman[at]uncg.edu |
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Wade Burris
Wade is a PhD student in the Department of Biology (since Fall 2023). He earned an M.S. in Natural Resources at Humboldt State University (2020). He is interested in ectoparasites of mammals and birds, phylogenetic inference, and disease ecology. Email: wmburris[at]uncg.edu |
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Kristin Stierman
Kristin is a PhD student in the Department of Biology (since Fall 2023). She earned a B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the University of Kentucky. Kristin is interested in wildlife response to climate change with an emphasis on adaptation, evolution, and conservation strategies. Email: kestierman[at]uncg.edu |
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Andre Plantinga-Kapetyn
Andre is an MS student in the Department of Biology (since Fall 2023). He earned a B.S. in Biology and Biochemistry at Calvin University. Andre is interested in disease ecology, response to climate change, and host-parasite networks. Email: aaplantinga[at]uncg.edu |
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Munkh-Orgil Sainzorigt
Orgil is an MS student in the Department of Biology (since Fall 2024). He earned a B.S. in Biology from the National University of Mongolia. Orgil is interested in evolutionary ecology, microbiomes, host-parasite communication, and behavioral ecology. Email: m_sainzorig[at]uncg.edu |
Lab Alumni (gone but not forgotten)
Amanda Reyes (MS 2024, NSF GRFP)
"Genes and Fleas (Siphonaptera) of the Long-tailed Ground Squirrel across Inner Asia" |
Anna Mellis (MS 2021)
"Spatial Variation in Mammal and Ectoparasite Communities in the Foothills Along the Southern Appalachian Mountains" |