
Master's Students (some coadvised with John Swaddle)
- Ohad Paris (2017)
- Juan Botero,
Superoxide Dismutase in
Songbirds: Effects of Mercury, Exercise, and Sex on an Enzymatic
Antioxidant
(2017)
- Virginia Greene,
The Effect of dietary Mercury Exposure on Male Attractiveness and Female Preference in Zebra Finches (2016)
- Sarah Wolf, The Effect of Methylmercury on the Auditory Brainstem Response of Zebra Finches. (2016)
- Stephanie Chin Goodnight, Mercury Reduces Avian Reproductive Success Through Direct Embryotoxicity Rather Than Altered Parental Behavior (2015)
- Jessie Ebers Smith, A Novel Test of the Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis (2014)
- Jessica Spickler, Effects of sublethal methylmercury exposure on pigment coloration in a model songbird (2014)
- Peggy Whitney, Impact of Mercury Exposure on Birds and the Effect of Molt on Mercury Depuration in Songbirds (2014)
- Megan Kobiela, Methylmercury Exposure Affects Risk-taking Behaviors in Zebra Finches: Tradeoffs Between Eating and Being Eaten (2013)
- Kenton Buck, Evaluating the potential for adaptive response to mercury in captive-dosed zebra finches (2013)
- Jenna Carlson, Sublethal Effects of Methylmercury on Flight Performance and Molt in European Starlings (Sturnus Vulgaris) (2013)
- Andrew McGann, Sexual dimorphism, diet, and body condition of Rusty Blackbirds wintering in Virginia (2011)
- Catherine Lewis, Sublethal Effects of Methylmercury on the Songbird
Immune Response:An Experimental Study
(2011)
- Sarah Lemelin Maddux, The effects of methylmercury on corticosterone and thyroid hormones in a breeding songbird model organism (2011)
- Amanda Bessler, Effects of dietary mercury exposure on spatial memory of Zebra Finches, Taeniopygia guttata (2011)
- Allyson Jackson, Survival in an urbanized landscape: radio tracking fledgling eastern bluebirds on golf courses (2010)
- Mikaela Howie, The lateral extent and spatial variation of mercury exposure in birds and their prey near a polluted river (2010)
- Ryan Burdge, Eastern bluebirds on golf courses: nestling pesticide exposure and diet (2009)
- Anne Condon, Mercury levels in newly independent songbirds (2008)
- Scott Friedman, Mercury exposure in terrestrial insectivorous birds (2007)
- Ariel White, Effects of mercury on the condition and coloration of the belted kingfisher (2007)
- Rebecka Brasso, Effects of mercury on Tree Swallow reproduction and survival (2007)
- Josh LeClerc, Conservation value of Virginia golf courses (2004)
- Phil West, Predictability in habitat use by resident Canada Geese (2003)
- Jeff Keiser, Homing by migrant and nonmigrant Dark-eyed Juncos (2003)
- David DesRochers, Bird communities of created and natural wetlands in southeastern Virginia (2003)
- Kendell Jenkins, Differential migration, molt and departure date in White-throated Sparrows (2001)
- Eric Dunlavey, Age-related differences in foraging in Herring Gulls (2001)
- Jenny Gamble, Suboptimal foraging behavior by Herring Gulls (2000)
- Karen Johnson, Timing of spring migration in White-throated Sparrows (1999)
- Valerie Weiss, Nest site selection of the Brown-headed Nuthatch in Virginia (1999)

Undergraduate Students (>1 year in the lab)
Nick Newberry (itinerate field biologist)
Rebecca Gilson (veterinary school)
Kalen Clifton (current)
Jess Benson (veterinary school)
Tess Kendrick (current)
Tessa Diehl (environmental education)
Elizabeth Ransone (current)
Rachel Layko (current)
Aaron Fanaee (current)
Andrew Elgin (ecology graduate school)
Christy Moore (veterinary school)
Mitch Caudill (veterinary school)
Mary Greathouse
Nelson Wu
Capwell Taylor (health sciences)
Greg Tito (ecology graduate school)
Megan McGeehan (DVM, veterinarian)
Katie Henry (laboratory analyst)
Josh Froneberger (environmental educator)
Giselle Spahr (RN, nurse)
Hanna Kim (medical lab technician)
Tim Putnam (health care)
Adam Pflugrath (medical school)
Molly Ross (veterinary school)
Conqi Yang
Andrew Bouland (medical school)
Kevin Lonabaugh (optometry school)
Alena Arkhipov
John "Jack" Reese (veterinary school)
Jessica Weeks (medical school)
Eliza Spear (urban environmental planning)
Julia Kihm (medical school)
Kaylor Wright (medical school)
Wes Northam (medical school)
Jacob Armiger (MS, bird artist)
Elena Grillo (MS, GIS speacialist)
Adrian Monroe (PhD; USGS biologist)
Sean Koebley (PhD; Postdoc)
Ravi Jefferson-George (graduate school)
Kelly Hallinger (PhD, Postdoc)
Rachel Fovargue (ecology graduate school)
Jef Akst (MS, science writer)
Jason Keagy (PhD, Postdoc)
Emilie Snell-Rood (PhD, Professor U. Minn.)
Erica Reynolds (MD, Physician)
Jason Riddle (PhD, Professor U. Wisconsin)
Dana Hawley (PhD, Professor Virginia Tech.)