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Nelson G. Hairston, Jr.

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I am Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science, Emeritus, former Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, past Sr. Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, and former member of the Cornell Board of Trustees. Before retiring, I taught a variety of courses including Ecology and the Environment, Limnology, and Tropical Field Ecology.
​My current research is on the ecology of populations of an invasive copepod in ponds on Hawaii Island.

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​email: ngh1@cornell.edu

Former Members of the Hairston Lab


PhD students – current position
David H. Kesler, Professor Retired, Rhodes College
Bart T. De Stasio,
Dennis and Charlot Nelson Singleton Professor, Lawrence University   
Valerie S. George, Law Firm, Vermont
K. David Hambright, Regents’ Professor of Biology
, University of Oklahoma; Editor in Chief Limnology and Oceanography  
Gregory T. Epp, Freelance editor, Buffalo, NY
Carla E. Cáceres, Professor & 
Director, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois
Andrew J. Bohonak, Professor & 
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, San Diego State University
Cami L. Holtmeier, Science Teacher, Washington state  
David M. Post, Professor,
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty, Yale University
Jennifer A. Fox, Teaching Professor, Director of Biology Major, Georgetown University
Gretchen Gerrish, Associate Professor & Director of Trout Lake Station, University of Wisconsin
Rebecca Doyle-Morin, Professor, University of Wisconsin – Platteville  
Michael Booth, Assistant Unit Leader and Associate Professor – Michigan State University
Cayelan Carey, Professor,
Roger Moore and Mojdeh Khatam-Moore Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech. University
Juniper Simonis, Founder, Dapper Stats, Portland, OR, and Analyst, Oregon Department of Human Services
Sarah Collins, Associate Professor, University of Wyoming
Christopher Dalton, Science Teacher, The Rivers School, Weston, MA
Lily Twining, Assistant Professor, ETH, Zurich & Group Leader, Eawag, Switzerland
Katherine Sirianni, Technical Curriculum Developer, Starburst 
Rachel Wilkins, STEM Instructional Designer, eCornell, Cornell University
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MS students – current position
Kao T. Li - Principle-Retired - Cultural Brokerage Business Consulting, Massachusetts
Carol J. Meise - Scientist-Retired, National Marine Fisheries Service

Valerie S. George - Law Firm, Vermont
Jacqueline V. Jackson - unknown
Sara F. Tjossem - Sr. Lecturer, Columbia University

Alene M. Onion - Coordinator, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Lindsay R. Schaffner - Graduate Field Assistant, Molecular Biology and Genetics

Postdocs – current position
Robert W. Black II, Professor - deceased, Cornell College, IA                  
William E. Walton, Professor - deceased, Univ. California, Riverside                      
Marc G. Boileau, self-employed, Ontario, Canada                                   
Anne-Mette Hansen, Research Scientist, Department of Environment, Odense, Denmark  
Elisabeth M. Gross, Professor, Université de Lorraine, France  
Gregor F. Fussmann, Professor, McGill University                                 
Janet M. Fischer, Dr. E. Paul & Frances H. Reiff Professor of Biology, Chair of Biology, Franklin & Marshall College
Takehito Yoshida, Professor, University of Tokyo, Komaba
Ryan Thum, Professor, Montana State
Lutz Becks, Professor, University of Konstanz     
Mikael Gyllström, Government position, Sweden
Aldo Barreiro Felpeto, Researcher, CIIMAR, University of Porto
Teppo Hiltunen, Professor, University of Turku
Masato Yamamichi, 
Associate Professor, National Institute of Genetics/Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, Japan
Brooks Miner, Associate Professor, Ithaca College
Allie King, Environmental Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Lab technicians – current position
Lindsay R. Schaffner, Executive Administrative Assistant, Cornell Institute of Biotechnology
Colleen M. Kearns,
Team Lead & CALS Grants and Contracts Officer, Cornell University
Julie Geyer, Postdoc, Cancer Screening Technology, University of North Carolina
Becky Poulson, 
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
Justin Meyer, Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego
Terry Dillon
Emily Olds
 
Visiting French MS student Ludi Sanchez Arias and tech Lindsay Schaffner sampling Honeoye Lake
PhD student Sarah Collins and undergrad assistant at Adirondack sampling site
Chemostat conference
PhD student Cayelan Carey at Lake Sunapee
Students, postdoc, and tech at ice cream stand after day of lake work
Group photo of attendees at chemostat research meeting
PhD student Becky Doyle Morin setting up experiment at Sterling Pond
PhD student Chris Dalton at his mesocosm experiment
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Corson Hall @ Cornell

Cornell University offers a variety of excellent opportunities for in situ study of living organisms from fresh water. Off-campus locations such as the Cornell Experimental Ponds Facility and Cornell Biological Field Station provide facilities for replicating experiments in natural and controlled aquatic environments.​

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