Completed graduate students

2015Chris Baker PhD student, completed 2015Ada KaliszewskaPhD student, completed 2015Jon SandersPhD student, completed 20152012Lukas Rieppel History of Science PhD student, completed 20122011Dino Martins PhD student, completed 20112010Eunsuk Kim PhD student, completed 20102009Michael Schindlinger PhD student, completed 2009On Parrots and Pupae: Quantitative Approaches to Diversity of Acoustic Signals at Multiple Scales in Exemplary Animal Communication Systems2008Tiago Quental PhD student 2002-2008 Systematics, Sexual Selection and Evolution of Secondary Sexual Characters in Neotropical Eumaeini Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Santiago Ramirez PhD student 2002-2008 Diversification and Specialization of Orchid Bees and their Orchid Hosts 2007Adam Bahrami PhD student, completed 2007 Pathogen Manipulation of Plant Resistance to Herbivory Katherine A.W. Charles Master's thesis, Harvard Extension SchoolRelationship of Host Use to Taxonomic and Molecular Diversity in the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) Corrie Saux Moreau PhD student 2002-2007Evolution and Diversification of the Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 2006Michael R. Canfield PhD student, completed 2006 The Ecology and Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity: Case Studies in Lepidoptera Luke M. McKneally Master's student, Harvard Extension School North American Malacasoma (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae): A Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Inferred from Seven Gene Regions (won award for best Master's thesis in Biology)2005Nikolai P. Kandul PhD student, completed 2005 Speciation in the Genus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): Karyotypic Diversification and Reinforcement of Pre-zygotic Isolation 2004Glenn Adelson PhD student, completed 2004 A Phylogenetic Approach to Studying Mutualism and Parasitism in the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera)Jianping Cui PhD student, completed 2004 Coordinated Defense Response in Three-way Interaction between Plants, Insects and Pathogens: Arabidopsis, Trichoplusia ni, and Pseudomonas syringae (co-advised with Fred Ausubel)David Lohman PhD student, completed 2004 Cuticular Hydrocarbons and Chemical Camouflage in Butterfly-ant Symbioses (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Swee-Peck Quek PhD student, completed 2004 Evolutionary Ecology of the Crematogaster – Macaranga Mutualism and an Ant’s-Eye View to Southeast Asian Rain Forest History' (co-advised with Stuart Davies) 2003Richard Macniven Master's student, completed 2003 A Molecular Phylogeny of the Polyommatini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): Testing the Origin of the Neotropical Fauna (Masters degree, co-advised with Amanda Benson) (awarded Dean's Prize for the most outstanding thesis in natural sciences)John Mathew PhD student, completed 2003 Aphytophagy in the Miletinae (Lycaenidae): Phylogeny, Ecology and Conservation (degree from Old Dominion University, co-advised with Deborah A. Waller)2002Manda Jost PhD student, completed 2002 Phylogeny and Parallel Evolution of Acoustic Morphology in Crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera): A Comparative Approach to the Relationship between Acoustic Communication and Flying (co-advised with Kerry Shaw)1999Sandra Andaluz Masters student, completed 1999 Molecular Phylogeny of the Polyommatini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)Adriana Briscoe PhD student, completed 1999 Color Vision in Heliconius Butterflies (co-advised with R.C. Lewontin)Dana Campbell PhD student, completed 1999 Higher-level Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera) (co-advised with Phil DeVries)1997Ann Fraser PhD student, completed 1997 Evolution of Specialization in Lycaenid Butterfly-ant MutualismsManWah Tan PhD student, completed 1997 The Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity of the Bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa Attacking the Cruciferous Plant, Arabidopsis thaliana (co-advised with Fred Ausubel)Douglas Yu PhD student, completed 1997 Parasitic Castration of the Ant-plant Cordia nodosa and the Consequences of a Metapopulation Model of Species Coexistence1995Belinda Chang PhD student, completed 1995 Opsin Phylogeny and Evolution (co-advised with R. C. Lewontin)1994Diane Wagner PhD student, completed 1994 Species-specific Effects of Tending Ants on the Life History of Hemiargus isola, a North American Lycaenid Butterfly (co-advised with Henry Horn)Catherine Lindell PhD student, completed 1994 Nest Placement among Coexisting Bird Species: An Investigation of Interspecific Usurpation of Phacellodomus rufifrons Nests in a Tropical Savanna (co-advised with Steve Austad)1989David R. Nash PhD student, completed 1989 Cost-benefit Analysis of a Mutualism between Lycaenid Butterflies and Ants (co-advised with John Krebs)Matthew Baylis PhD student, completed 1989 The Role of Nutrition in an Ant-lycaenid-hostplant Interaction (co-advised with T.R.E. Southwood)