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Left to Right: Jen
Cudney, Chad Coggins, Ana Nelson,
Heidi
Alderman, Chad Smith, Dr. Donald Holbert and Dr. Roger A. Rulifson
not
pictured - Cameron
Pritchard
Jennifer
Cudney completed a dual B.S.
degree in Biology and
Environmental Studies from
Ohio Northern
University in the
spring of 2001, and is now a
graduate student in the Department
of Biology. She is
studying
population demographics and
critical
habitat of American eel in
Pamlico Sound and
Lake Mattamuskeet,
North Carolina.
Chad
Coggins recieved his B.S. degree in
Biology from ECU.
He is currently pursuing his
M.S. in
biology. Chad is studying
habitat
utilization and feeding
ecology of juvenile shad and herring in the
lower Roanoke River, NC.
Ana
is currently working on a Master's
Degree in Biology. She
is attempting to describe
endolithic preference or
zonation of microscopic conchocelis phase
of Porphyra in the shells of
mollusks and shell
litter. She is designing a
genetic probe to
detect the presence of the tiny seaweed.
She also earned a B.S. in
Biology at ECU and a B.A.
in Communications
from UNC Chapel Hill. Ana's
love for benchtop science and
marine studies led her
to become involved
in ECU-AFS.
Heidi
graduated summa cum laude from
Northeastern Illinois
University
in 1994.
She has been a
law enforcement ranger and resource technician for the
National Park
Service; a high school
science teacher; a wildlife biologist’s
assistant
for the State of
West Virginia; and raptor
caretaker at two
nature centers. Heidi is
currently investigating
the mercury accumulation in
osprey due to diet selection
at an area
lake, teaching introductory
biology labs, treasurer for
the ECU AFS chapter, and Mom to one.
Heidi expects to achieve
her masters in science in
December of 2004.
Chad Smith
completed a B.S degree in
Biology from East Carolina
University
in the Spring
of 2002 with a concentration in ecology and marine biology. He
is currently a graduate student
in the Department of Biology and is studying habitat utilization of
anadromous fishes in Tar River, North Carolina.
Dr. Roger A.
Rulifson
Fisheries Biology, Fisheries Management
Senior Scientist - Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources
Professor - Department of Biology
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1980
Research
Activity
Anadromous fish species --Life history
aspects, behavior,
reproduction,
migration, feeding habits,
bycatch, habitat utilization, resource
management.
Key species are
striped bass, American
shad, hickory shad, alewife,
and blueback herring.
Penaeid Shrimp --behavior, bycatch.
Power Production
effects on habitat
utilization --Tidal power
(Canada),
fossil fuel (Hudson River, nuclear
(New York, North Carolina), lowhead
hydro dams (North Carolina).
Commercial
fishing/gear development
--purse netters (menhaden), gill
netters (striped bass, alosids),
shrimp trawling (bycatch), skimmer
trawls
(gear development).
Director,
Field Station for Coastal
Studies at Mattamuskeet, an ECU
multi-disciplinary field station located in
Hyde County within the
Mattamuskeet
National Wildlife Refuge on the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula.
Dr. Donald
Holbert
Professor of Biostatistics
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1973
Research efforts are in supporting role as statistical consultant to applied researchers in health and life sciences.