Postdoctoral Associates

Jeffery Benson Luzar (Anthropology), 2007-2011.
ESF-State University of New York & Stanford University
Present: American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, State Department, Washington DC

Johannes PM Overman (Ecology), 2008-2011.
ESF-State University of New York
Present: Environmental Consultant, Guyana, S. America

Oskar Burger (Mathematical Modeling), 2009-2010.
Stanford University & ESF-State University of New York
Present: Max Planck Institute, Germany

Josiefien Demmer (Zoology), 2009-2010.
ESF-State University of New York
Present: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Christopher Carrico (Anthropology), 2006-2007.
University of Hawaii
Present: Lecturer, University of Guyana.

John Polisar (Tropical Ecology), 2001.
Florida Atlantic University.
Present: Coordinator Jaguar Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society

Sérgio Luiz Gama Nogueira-Filho (Wildlife Management), 2005-2006.
Sabbatical Associate; University of Hawaii
Present: Professor, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil

Selene Siqueira da Cunha Nogueira (Animal Behavior), 2005-2006.
Sabbatical Associate: University of Hawaii
Present: Professor, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil

Graduate Students

April Huffman, M.S. (2001). Crawfish as a biological indicator of the health of aquatic systems in the Florida Everglades. Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA.

Karim Ledesma, MS. (2003, co-advised). Small mammal community of bamboo forests in the Peruvian Amazon. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Enzo Aliaga, M.S. (2004). The movements and ecology of agoutis 
on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, NY, USA

Nuria Bernal, M.S. (2004, co-advised). Impacts of forest fragmentation and habitat alteration on the community structure of small mammals of Andean dry forests. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, NY, USA.

Joel Strong, M.S. (2005). Tortoise ecology, movements and seed dispersal in Amazonia. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, NY, USA

Melanie Antonik, M.S. (2005). Population dynamics of Mauritia flexuosa: measuring the impact of white-lipped peccary foraging on plant community structure in a tropical forest. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, NY, USA

Sean Giery, M.S. (2008). Vertebrate ecology in the Amazon. University of Hawaii-Manoa, HI. USA
Malia Kipapa, M.S. (2008, co-advised). Conservation implications of exotic sheep diet on Hawai'i Island. University of Hawaii-Manoa, HI. USA

Enzo Aliaga, Ph.D. (2011). The cascading effect of mammal species defaunation on seed and seedling survivorship as a result of hunting: Testing the empty and half-empty forest hypothesis. University of Hawaii-Manoa, HI. USA

Rogerio Cunha de Paulo, M.S. (Brazil, in progress). Impact of anthropogenic activities on mammal diversity in the Cerrado habitat of Brazil. Florida Atlantic University.

Undergraduate Students

Kristy Markowitz, B.S., (2005). Ants on inaja palm fruits in an Amazonian forest in Brazil. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, N.Y.

Lindsay Cray, B.S., (2004). Preferred habitat characteristics of Tapirus bairdii on Barro Colorado Island. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, N.Y.