Past Lab Members

Past Graduate Students

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George Wheeler

PhD in Biological Sciences
current: Postdoctoral Fellow at Michigan Technological University


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Sara Reynolds

PhD in Mathematics, 2015


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Ben Nolting

PhD in Mathematics, 2013
1982-2020
Dr. Ben Carse Nolting Student Support Fund


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Jean Philippe Gibert

PhD in Biological Sciences, 2016 (in John DeLong's lab)
current: Biology faculty at Duke University


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TJ Bliss

MS in Biological Sciences, 2010
next: PhD program Educational Inquiry, Evaluation, and Measurement, Brigham Young University
current: Chief Advancement Officer at the Wiki Education Foundation


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Ian T. Waterman

MS in Biological Sciences, 2010


Past Undergraduate Students

Taylor Brandl

Taylor Brandl

Biological Systems Engineering
role: Undergraduate research


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Miranda Martin

Biology major, 2019
role: Undergraduate research


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Mia (Thao) Nguyen

Mathematics major, 2018
role: Undergraduate research


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Austen James

Biology and Mathematics major, 2017
role: Undergraduate research


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Mitch Matis

Biology and Mathematics major, 2016
role: Undergraduate research
next: Medical school at University of Nebraska Medical Center


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Daniel Aranda

Biology major
role: Undergraduate research


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Charrissa Zuerlein

Environmental Studies major
role: Undergraduate research


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Joe Phillips

Biology major, 2014
role: Undergraduate research
next: Graduate program in Ecology at University of Wisconsin
current: Assistant Professor at Creighton University


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Nathan Hubert

Biology major, 2015
role: Student worker
next: Dental school at University of Iowa


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Rachael Schmidt

Biology major, 2015 
role: Student worker
next: Medical school at University of Nebraska Medical Center


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Andrew Robinson

Biology major, 2015 
role: Student worker


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Cale Hadan

Fish & Wildlife major and Mathematics major, 2014
role:Undergraduate research and student worker


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Lizzie Novich

Environmental Studies major, 2013
role: Undergradaute research and Honors thesis
next:Position with Midwest Laboratories, Omaha, NE


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Emily Wynn

Biology major, 2012
role: Undergradaute research
next:Graduate program in Genetics at University of Nebraska


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Carole Kerrey

Environmental Studies major
role: Undergradaute research


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Katie Heineman

Biology major, 2010
role: Student worker
next:Graduate program in Biology at University of Illinois


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Marci Ihrig

Chemistry major
role: Student worker and UCARE


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Beth A. Tidemann-Miller

Statistics major, 2008
role: Undergraduate research and Honors thesis
next: PhD program in Statistics at North Carolina State University
current: Biostatistician at Biogen in Boston


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Noah Weiss

Mathematics major, 2009
role: Undergraduate research
next: PhD in Applied Math at Northwestern University
current: Instructor at Southeast Community College


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Frances Phang

Biology major
role: Undergraduate research
next: Medical school at University of Nebraska Medical Center
current: Desert West Surgery, Las Vegas, NV


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Heather Sammons

Biology major
role: Undergraduate research


Past Postdoctoral Fellows

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Andrew Merwin

Postdoc in the School of Biological Sciences
current: Biology faculty at Baldwin Wallace University


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Meredith Steck

Postdoc in the School of Biological Sciences
current: Assistant Director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Writing Center


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Colby Tanner

Postdoc in the School of Biological Sciences
current: Biology faculty at Misericordia University


Past Visiting & Affiliated Graduate Students

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Daniela Proano

MA in Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education with emphasis in Science Education, 2012