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April Barreca |
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Biological Sciences |
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Herpetology |
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April's research interests involve overwintering and seasonal microhabitat selection of Rana cascadae (Cascade frogs). In broader terms, she is interested in amphibian adaptation to extreme conditions including arid and temperate habitats, and investigating factors that influence amphibian declines. |
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BarrecaA@cwu.edu |
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Susan Brady |
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Biological Sciences |
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Herpetology |
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Susan’s research interests are in herpetology and amphibian disease and decline. She is particularly interested in the challenges that amphibian embryos must overcome during development. Susan is interested in investigating the interactions between different strains of Saprolegnia, a fungus-like organism that infects both salmonid and amphibian eggs. She is also interested in the identification and role that symbiotic algae play in development and survival of local amphibian species. |
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BelmontS@cwu.edu |
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Brittany Best |
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Chemistry |
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Brittany's research interest is in the development of materials that could potentially be used for water purification/filtration and water disinfection. This will require a broad range of analysis including UV-vis, FTIR, and possibly HPLC and Fluorescence, and will interface the fields of physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, and material science. The ultimate goal is to produce a stable material that has commercial and industrial application in removing organics and pharmaceuticals from water. |
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BestB@cwu.edu |
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Christopher Hilferty |
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Geography |
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GIS, Water Quality |
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Christopher's research interests focus on water quality assessment, hydrology, GIS, and GIS modeling. Christopher's thesis research will assess of non-point source pollution on small coastal watersheds around the Puget Sound, which will also include GIS modeling in order to help assess water quality trends across time and space. |
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HilfertC@cwu.edu |
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Amanda Ketsdever |
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Geography |
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Geomorphology |
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Amanda is interested in geomorphology, glaciology, and paleoenvironments. She also enjoys conducting soil studies and environment interpretation. |
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KetsdevA@cwu.edu |
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James Lamperth |
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Biological Sciences |
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Ichthyology |
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Jamie is broadly interested in salmon, trout, and char fish species ecology, biology, and conservation. Research themes he finds most interesting are salmonid population response to both disturbed and restored habitat, juvenile salmonid stream microhabitat distribution, and the effects of hatchery-reared anadromous stocks to survival rates and productivity of wild/natural populations. |
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LampertJ@cwu.edu |
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Clayton Larkins |
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Geological Sciences |
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Carbon Efflux and Climate Change |
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Clayton's research interests focus on oxygen isotope ratio of soil carbon dioxide efflux across a climate gradient in the northeaster Cascade mountains. He plans to use mass balance equations to model how carbon dioxide source influences carbon dioxide concentrations in terrestrial soil, which help predict how soil as a carbon sink will be influenced by climate change. |
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LarkinsC@cwu.edu |
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Caitlin Orem |
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Geological Sciences |
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Fluvial Geomorphology |
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Caitlin is interested in fluvial geomorphology, geochronology, and climate change. Rivers play a role in her academic and personal interests. Caitlin enjoys studying geological and environmental changes in rivers over the geologic time scale. Thesis research will focus on studying remnants of lava dams and subsequent lake deposits on the Owyhee River in southeast Oregon. |
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OremC@cwu.edu |
