Biology Graduate Student Organization

Biology Graduate Student Organization (BGSO)



  

 

The Biology Graduate Student Organization organizes social and educational outings, provides representatives of the organization to other student and administrative bodies, and invites a speaker of the students' choice each spring to give a seminar and workshop.

 

 

BGSO Representatives

 

President

Caleb McMahan

caleb.mcmahan@selu.edu
Vice President Justin Rheubert justin.rheubert@selu.edu 
Secretary Mindy Mayon mindy.mayon@selu.edu 
Treasurer Layla Freeborn layla.freeborn@selu.edu 
Web Coordinators

Lauren Smith
Malorie Hayes

lauren.smith-5@selu.edu
malorie.hayes@selu.edu
Faculty Advisor Brian Crother bcrother@selu.edu

 

BGSO Events--Click here to see what Southeastern's Biology Graduate Students have been up to!

 

Department of Biological Sciences Graduate Students

Hannah Albritton
B.S., Belhaven College, 2009

Office: 229 Biology Building

Phone: (985) 549-3503

Email: hannah.albritton@selu.edu

Advisor:  Dr. Gary Childers

Research Interests: Enteroccus

Josephine Antwi

B.S., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), 2005 

Office: 222 Biology Building

Phone: (985) 549-3008

Email: josephine.antwi@selu.edu

Advisor:  Dr. Janice Bossart

Research Interests:  Genetic Variation in butterflies

Susanna Wingard Brian

B.S., University of Delaware, 2004

Office:  222 Biology Building

Phone:  (985) 549-3008

E-mail: susanna.wingard@selu.edu

Advisor:  Dr. Roldan Valverde

Research Interests: Sea turtle conservation

Timothy Burks

B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2008

Office:

Phone: 
Email:  w0266178@selu.edu

Advisor:  Dr. Gary Howard

Research Interests: Microbiology and microbes

Ryan Clark

Ryan Clark 

B.S., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2005

Office: 222 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3008

Email:  ryan.clark-2@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. Janice Bossart

Research Interests: Insect Ecology 

 

Lauren Eserman

B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2009

Office: 325 Biology Building

Phone: 

E-mail: lauren.esermen@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. Rick Miller

Research Interests: Plant taxonomy, molecular systematics and evolution

Layla Freeborn

B.S., Utica College, 2008

Office: 222 Biology Building

Phone: (985) 549-3008

E-mail: layla.freeborn@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. David Sever

Research Interests:  Reproductive Biology

Aaron Geheber

B.S., Louisiana State University, 2005

Office: 122 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3007 

Email: aaron.geheber@selu.edu 

Advisor: Dr. Kyle Piller 

Research Interests: Fish Ecology

Malorie Hayes

B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2009

Office: 222 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3008

Email: malorie.hayes@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. Kyle Piller

Research Interests: Phylogeography of the black-banded darter (Pescina nigrofasciata)

James Hendrix

B.S., Mississippi State Univeristy, 2009

Office:

Phone:

Email: w0382255@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. Gary Childers

Research Interests: Microbiology

Jana Isaac

B.S., Mississippi State University, 2008

Office: 229 Biology Building 

Phone: N/A

Email: julianna.isaac@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. Gary Childers

Research Interests: Environmental Microbiology

Carys Kenway

B.S., Cambridge University, 2007

Office: 122 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3007 

Email: carys.kenway@selu.edu 

Advisor: Dr. Kyle Piller

Research Interests: Population Genetics, Phylogeography, & Ichthyology

Jennifer Lee

B.S., College of Charleston, 2008

Office: 222 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3008 

Email: jennifer.lee-3@selu.edu 

Advisor: Dr. Roldan Valverde

Research Interests: Reproductive Endocrinology

Sean Major

B.S.,

Office: 

Phone:

Email: 

Advisor:    

Research Interests:

Mindy Mayon

B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2007

Office: 222 Biology Building   

Phone: (985) 549-3008   

Email: mindy.mayon@selu.edu  

Advisor:  Dr. Janice Bossart   

Research Interests: Insect Ecology

Caleb McMahan

Caleb McMahan

B.S., Erskine College, 2007

Office: 122 Biology Building   

Phone: (985) 549-3007   

Email: caleb.mcmahan@selu.edu  

Advisor:  Dr. Kyle Piller   

Research Interests: Systematics, Ichthyology, and Herpetology

Chris Murray

B.S., Juniata College, 2008

Office: 122 Biology Building   

Phone: (985) 549-3007   

Email: W0402477@selu.edu  

Advisor:  Dr. Brian Crother

Research Interests: Evolutionary Ecology, Herpetology

Justin Rheubert

B.S., Wittenberg University, 2008 

Office: 122 Biology Building

Phone: (985) 549-3007

Email: justin.rheubert@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. David Sever

Research Interests: Reproductive Biology/Histology, Herpetology

Bonnie Richard

 

Bonnie Richard

B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2007

Office: 122 Biology Building

Phone: (985) 549-3007

Email: bonnie.richard@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. Erin Watson

Research Interests: Forensic Entomology

Lauren Smith

Lauren Smith 

B.S., SUNY Geneseo, 2004 

Office: 222 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3008

Email: lauren.smith-5@selu.edu  

Advisor: Dr. Roldan Valverde

Research Interests: Sea Turtle Conservation, Reproductive Physiology

Diana Solis

Diana Solis

B.S., University of Costa Rica, 2004     

Office: 122 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3007 

Email: diana.solis@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. Roldan Valverde  

Research Interests: Turtle Physiology

Joe Spangler

B.S., Louisiana State University, 2008

Office:  229 Biology Building

Phone:  N/A

Email: joseph.spangler@selu.edu

Advisor: Dr. Gary Childers 

Research Interests: Microbial Ecology

Nick VandenBroek

Nick VandenBroek 

B.S., Grand Valley State University, 2005

Office: 122 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3007 

Email: nicholas.vandenbroek@selu.edu 

Advisor:  Dr. Janice Bossart and Dr. Brian Crother 

Research Interests: Herpetology

Ryan Willis 

B.S., Ohio Wesleyan University, 2009

Office: 222 Biology Building 

Phone: (985) 549-3008 

Email: ryan.willis-3@selu.edu 

Advisor:  Dr. Sonny Fontenot

Research Interests: herpetology, ecology, behavior

 

 


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