Cristol Lab Alumni
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)