Meet the FWIS Officers!

KAREN CACERES
2nd year Biology Masters student in Dr. Whiteman's lab.
Combines captive and field studies to investigate energetics and water balance of ectotherms. 

DEVANI JOLMAN (she/her)
2nd year Ecological Sciences PhD student in Dr. Lisa Wallace's lab. 
Studying the ecological consequences of plant hybridization by comparing hybrid highbush blueberries with their parent species all over Virginia. Eating a lot of blueberries along the way.

AMANDA DEVLEESCHOWER (she/her)
​​Whaddupp!! Amanda here. 1st year Biology M.S. student in Dr. Dave Gauthier's lab. 
Studying climate change impacts on parasitic relationships between the White Grub trematode and snails/fish!

NICHOLE LEACH (she/her)
1st year, M.S. Biology student, Barshis Lab. Researching the evolution of reef-building corals in response to stress tolerance, particularly climate change.

ZACH DAVID  (he/him)
​4th year Ecological Science PhD student in Dr. Whiteman's Lab. 
Studying how thermal tolerances affect the geographic distribution of endotherms.