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New Doctor at CBFS and DNRE
Alex Koeberle defended his thesis “POPULATION ECOLOGY OF ALEWIFE AND CISCO IN LAKE ECOSYSTEMS” and is now Dr. Alex Koeberle. Dr. Koeberle worked in two New York lakes – Keuka Lake and Otsego Lake – where the alewife population had declined...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Ecosystems
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A tale of two ponds sheds light on high emissions

The slight differences in depth and light in Mud Pond and Texas Hollow Pond led to surprising differences in carbon dioxide and methane emissions.

  • New York State Water Resources Institute
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Climate Change
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New CBFS Ph.D. - Dr. Brett Hayhurst
Brett Hayhurst successfully defended his PhD on November 18, congratulations! His dissertation is on evaluating the largescale application of clean dredge material as effective in aquatic habitat restoration in the Great Lakes. His project...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Ecosystems
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NY fish and wildlife research unit: 60 years of conservation, collaboration
New York’s fishing industry contributes $5 billion annually to the state economy and supports an array of other public goods, including food security, mental health, social connection and wildlife conservation. First established in 1864, the...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Animals
  • Environment
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New CBFS Ph.D. – Dr. Taylor Brown
Taylor Brown is a new PhD at the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Taylor defended her thesis “A tale of two species: Coregonine early life history and recruitment dynamics across the Laurentian Great Lakes “ in October 2025...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Ecosystems
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Meet our faculty: Brent Sinclair
Academic focus: Insect environmental physiology Research summary: I study how insects survive and thrive in harsh environments. Although we center our research on the insect, we follow mechanisms all the way to molecular biology and consequences...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Physiology
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Meet our faculty: Melissa Guzman
Academic focus: Biodiversity big data and insect conservation Research summary: The goal of my research is to help improve insect conservation by developing statistical methods that better use all available data. While the distribution of some...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Pollinators
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Meet our faculty: Steven Mana'oakamai Johnson
Academic focus: Ocean conservation and social-ecological systems. Research summary: I study the relationship between people and the ocean, ranging from Indigenous Pacific Islander communities traditionally managing coral reefs to geopolitical...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Development Sociology
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