People

Lab Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/McCluneyLab/

Current Lab Members

Dr. Lauren Brown

H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Plant Research Coordinator/Post-doc

Ewan Isherwood

H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Plant Research Coordinator

Ethan Glassman

H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Plant Research Technician

Jonathan Brokaw

MS Student
Interested in effects of wastewater chemicals on stream communities

Lakshan Beligala

MS Student
Interested in understanding soil health and water quality using isotopes

Salim Shamsudeen Mohammed

MS Student
Interested in understanding soil health and water quality using isotopes and molecular techniques

Gabriella Muller

Undergraduate Student
Helping with research on the climatic sensitivity of urban bees

Chloe Craft

Undergraduate Student
Helping with research on the climatic sensitivity of urban bees

Billi Shimkus

Undergraduate Student
Helping with research on the climatic sensitivity of urban bees

Graduate Student Alumni

Jacob Buchanan

PhD, 2024

Studied the population and community dynamics of invertebrates and plants, primarily in the prairie potholes of North Dakota
Currently TT Faculty at Bluffton University

Mica Rumbach

MS, 2024

Studied animal mediation of nutrient cycling in wetlands

Toby Shaya

MS, 2024

Studied bee thermal physiology and conservation


Alessia Saul MS, 2022

Currently with BSA Environmental Services

Studied effects of PFOA on mosquitoes and damselflies

Margaret Duffy MS, 2020

Currently a research technician with the USDA ARS

Studied how isotopes could be used to understand phosphate recycling in agricultural soils

Rachel Paull MS, 2020

Currently working for Ecoanalysts Inc

Studied how animals and plants influence nutrient cycling in agricultural ditches experiencing different management

Dr. Justin BurdinePhD, 2019

Currently TT faculty at Cornerstone University

Studied factors influencing pollination services in urban gardens
Website


Dr. Melanie MarshallPhD, 2019

Currently TT faculty at Wright State Lake Campus

Studied how trace chemicals influence aquatic-terrestrial linkages in riverine ecosystems

Melissa SeidelMS, 2019

Currently an Environmental Consultant with Davey Resource Group

Studied pollinator food webs

John WoloschukMS, 2019

Currently with GAI consulting

Studied bat and spider spillover predation


Gabrielle MetznerMS, 2018

Currently a project scientist at Kieser & Associates.

Studied rates of phosphorus flux via emergent insects across ditch management.

Jamie BeckerMS, 2017

Currently an ORISE EPA Research Fellow.

Studied how water balance interacts with life-history to influence foraging behavior.(Website)

Undergraduate Alumni


Ashlia TolesUndergraduate Student
Research on wetland plant-fungal interactions and freshwater crustaceans

Nicole HildebrandUndergraduate Student
Helping with H2Ohio wetland plant monitoring

Caitlyn SchankulaUndergraduate Student
Helping with H2Ohio wetland plant monitoring

Alaina EvingerUndergraduate Student
Helping with H2Ohio wetland plant monitoring

Connor McHughUndergraduate Student
Helping with H2Ohio wetland plant monitoring

Emily FargoUndergraduate Student
Helping with research on the climatic sensitivity of urban bees

Kaitlyn Niek Undergraduate student helping with research on the climatic sensitivity of urban bees

Rafael CastilloUndergraduate Student
Helping with H2Ohio wetland plant monitoring

Jenna WardUndergraduate Student
Helping with research on pharmaceuticals and aquatic food webs (pursuing a career in genetic counseling) 

Daniel ClarkUndergraduate Student
Interested in effects of waterfowl nutritional physiology on survival of branchiopod cysts (but pursuing a career in dentistry)

Jordan GessnerUndergraduate Student
Helped with research on waterfowl transportation of freshwater crustacean propagules

Jordan DavidsonUndergraduate Student
Helped with research on pharmaceuticals and aquatic food webs

Erin PlummerInvestigated urban bees
Kaleigh ObrockInvestigated bee physiology

Lana NeffHelped with ditch nutrient cycling project

Neal KolonayHelped with cyanobacterial algal bloom nutrition project and other projects

Ashley EverettInvestigated the influence of fluoride on biofilms
Andie FisherHelped with all aspects of research
Edward LaguckiStudied association between urbanization and flying arthropods (Lagucki et al. 2017)
Matt ZachStudied thermal and hygric limits of spiders and crickets

Nadya Mirochnitchenko Studied effects of washed-up algal blooms on lakeshore food webs along Lake Erie

Haley IngramStudied effects of different statements about water quality on human perceptions