Current Graduate Students (as of Spring 2013)
Colter Chitwood (Ph.D.. Student)– White-tailed deer fawn mortality, especially predation by coyotes. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Morgan Elfelt (M.S. Student) - Coyote habitat use and movement in relation to prey availablity. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Marcus Lashley (Ph.D. Student) - The effects of growing-season prescribed fire on white-tailed deer habitat use and movements. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Maria Palamar (Ph.D. Student) - Reducing the burden of zoonotic diseases associated with raccoons in urban environments: program developmentfeasibility study (Co-advisor - Dr. Maria Correa)
Annemarie Prince (M.S. Student) - The effects of growing-season prescribed fire on fox squirrel habitat use and food habits. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Aimee’ Rockhill (Ph.D. Student) – Using bobcat (Lynx rufus) as anindicator species in developing a management plan for Bull Neck Swamp Research Forest, North Carolina.
Liz Rutledge (Ph.D. Student) – Assessing the movement,site preferences, and environmental and social impacts of Canada geeseacross an urban landscape. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Ellinor Sahlen (Ph.D. student) - The factors affecting browsing patterns on woody plants by ungulate herbivores. (Co-advised with Dr Goran Spong, Swedish Agricultural University)
Eric Kilburg (M.S. Student) - The effects of prescribed fire on wild turkey habitat use and nest success during the nesting and brooding periods. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Recent Graduate Students
Todd Brinkman (M.S. Student) - Mortality of white-tailed deer in southwest Minnesota. Co-advised with Dr. Jonathan A. Jenks, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota. Graduated 2003. Completed a Ph.D. at University of Alaska-Fairbanks in 2009.
Currently, a Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Artic Biology, University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
Chris C. Swanson (M.S. Student) - Movement and association of white-tailed deer in southwest Minnesota. Co-advised with Dr. Jonathan A. Jenks, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota. Graduated 2005. Completed a Ph.D. at South Dakota State University in 2009.
Currently, the USFWS Region 6 Planning Team Leader, Lakewood, Colorado.
Stan Hutchens (M.S. Student) - Inventory and assessment of the herpetofauna of Bull Neck Swamp, Washington County, North Carolina. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2008.
Currently, working as a Transportation Aid with the City of Durham Transportation Department.
Gabe Karns (M.S. Student) - Movement, activity, and habitat use of adult male white-tailed deer related to hunting pressure and breeding season at Chesapeake Farms, Maryland. Co-advised with Dr. Richard A. Lancia, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2008.
Currently, pursuing a Ph.D. at Auburn University.
Chris Ayers (M.S. Student) – Effects of different mowing regimes on the efficacy of Anthraquinone (FlightControl Plus TM) as a Canada Goose repellent. Co-advised with Dr. Christopher E. Moorman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2009.
Currently, pursuing a Ph.D. at Mississippi State University.
Colter M. Chitwood (M.S. Student) – Assessment of hunters and white-tailed deer of Hofmann Forest, North Carolina. Co-advised with Dr. Richard A. Lancia, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2010.
Currently, pursuing a Ph.D. at North Carolina State University.
Mark Sandfoss (M.S. Student) – Population modeling of feral pigs and white-tailed deer at Howell Woods, North Carolina. Co-advised with Dr. Richard Lancia, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2010.
Currently, pursuing a Ph.D. at University of Florida - Gainesville.
Brandon Sherrill (M.S. Student) – Movement, habitat selection, and baseline condition of deer on Bald Head Island, North Carolina. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2010.
Currently, the Curator of the Naturalist Center, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Katherine Golden (M.S. Student) – Surveying North Carolina Non-Industrialized Private Landowner. Co-advised with Dr. Chris Moorman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2010.
Currently, pursuing a Ph.D. at Oklahoma State University.
Sara Marschhauser (M.S. Student) – Ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) abundance and depredation on Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings on Onslow Beach, North Carolina. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2011.
Currently, the Conservation Coordinator at the Piedmont Wildlife Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Emily Blackman (M.S. Student) - American Woodcock Winter Habitat Use in an Agricultural Landscape. Co-advised with Dr. Nils Peterson amd Dr. Chris Moorman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2011.
Currently, attending Rutgers University and is pursuing a Master of City and Regional Planning degree. Also, she works at D&R Greenway Land Trust (Princeton, NJ) to increase public use and knowledge of D&R Greenway preserved property.
Melissa Turner (M.S. Student) - Paternity and intracranial abscessation in white-tailed deer under quality deer management. Co-advised with Dr. Richard Lancia North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2011.
Currently, employed as a health/medical editor for SmartBrief Incorporated, Washington D.C.
Amy Raybuck (M.S. Student) - Short-term response of small mammals and Plethodon salamanders following oak regeneration silvicultural treatments. (Co-advisor – Dr. Chris Moorman)
Shannon Bowling (M.S. Student) - Multi-scale factors that influence northern bobwhite and songbird use of CP33 borders. Co-advised with Dr. Chris Moorman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Graduated 2012.
Currently, employed with Pheasants Forever in Colorado.
Kimberly Porter (M.S. Student) - Vegetative impact of feral horses, feral pigs, and white-tailed deer on the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.
