Student researchers in the Rier Lab
Christina Walko, M.S. student
Stream temperature and the structure and function of fungal
communities
Emily Nienhueser, M.S. student
Distribution and potential ecological roles of aquatic mosses in the headwater streams of the upper Delaware River Watershed
Recent alumni
Emily Ashberry, M.S.
Emily Ashberry, M.S.
Emily Ashberry, M.S.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
M.S. thesis: Understanding the environmental context of algal priming of course particulate organic matter decomposition in streams
Corey Conville, M.S.
Emily Ashberry, M.S.
Emily Ashberry, M.S.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
M.S. thesis: Comparison of macroinvertebrate bioindicators to ecosystem function across a gradient of agricultural impairment
Ben Paul, M.S.
Emily Ashberry, M.S.
Mitchell Liddick, M.S.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
M.S. thesis: Influence of Cladophora sp. on the composition and spatial distribution of macroinvertebrate communities in streams
Mitchell Liddick, M.S.
Mitchell Liddick, M.S.
Mitchell Liddick, M.S.
Ph.D. Student
University of Notre Dame
M.S. thesis: Using mesocosms to investigate the effects of microfibers on stream biofilm taxonomic distributions and nutrient uptake
Braeden Gonzales, M.S.
Mitchell Liddick, M.S.
Braeden Gonzales, M.S.
Somerset County, MD Sanitary District
M.S. thesis: Microbial extracellular enzymes as indicators of riparian and upstream forest cover in headwater streams
Martina Bennick, M.S.
Mitchell Liddick, M.S.
Braeden Gonzales, M.S.
M.S. thesis: Assessing the impacts of anthropogenic acidification on autotrophic stream biofilms using pulse amplitude modulation fluorometry
Rebecca Burlingame, M.S.
Rebecca Burlingame, M.S.
Rebecca Burlingame, M.S.
M.S. thesis: Microbial enzyme activity of subaqueous soils in the long island sound