Current graduate students
Graham Davis, M.S student (Oklahoma State University)
​Education:
​B.S. Entomology, Ohio State University (2006)
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​Research interests: Ecosystem services, urban conservation, citizen science, informal learning
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​Recent presentations and/or publications:
Mali Hubert, Ph.D. student (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
​Education:
B.S. in Biology, 2016, Pennsylvania State University, Erie
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​Research interests:
Disturbance ecology, invasion ecology, plant community ecology, plant succession, fire ecology, bio statistics, general wildlife conservation
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​Recent presentations and/or publications:
Great Smoky Mountain National Park Science Colloquium, March 2018
University of Tennessee Science Forum, September 2018
Lauren Lyon, Ph.D. student (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
​Education:
B.S. Biology (Organismal), University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2015)
M.S. Geosciences (Paleontology/GIS), East Tennessee State University (2017)
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​Research interests:
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​Recent presentations and/or publications:
Lyon, L. M., C. Powell, H. G. McDonald, and T. J. Gaudin. 2015. Premaxillae of the extinct megalonychid sloths Acratocnus, Neocnus, and Megalonyx, and their phylogenetic implications (Mammalia, Xenarthra). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 23:121–132.
Gaudin, T. J., and L. M. Lyon. Submitted. Cranial osteology of Holmesina floridanus
(Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata, Pampatheriidae) from the Pliocene of Florida. PeerJ.
Michael Lyonga Ngoh, M.S student (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
​Education:
B.Sc. Botany, University of Buea, Cameroon (2007)
M.Sc. Botany, University of Buea, Cameroon (2012)
​Research interests: Applied ecology, Conservation biology, Ecological Niche Modeling, Plant diversity, Ecological restoration
​Recent presentations and/or publications:
Sainge, M.N., Lyonga, N.M., Mbatchou, G.P.T., Kenfack, D., Nchu, F. & Peterson, A.T., 2019, `Vegetation, floristic composition and structure of a tropical montane forest in Cameroon’, Bothalia 49(1), a2270. https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v49i1.2270