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Team: Current Lab Members

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  • Tamara Masters
    8 November, 2024 by

    I joined the Venturelli Lab as a MSc student in Fall 2024. I graduated from Butler University with my BSc in biology in 2011. During my time at Butler University, I interned and worked at the Indianapolis Zoo as a Conservation Educator where my love for ecology, conservation, and teaching deepened significantly. In 2013, I […]

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  • Olivia Cervantez
    31 October, 2024 by

    I joined the Venturelli lab as an MSc student in the summer of 2024. I obtained my BSc in Biology at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, WA, where my research centered around invasive aquatic and terrestrial species. During the summers, I worked for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on an Aquatic Invasive Species […]

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  • Mackensie Shears
    7 November, 2023 by

    I joined the lab as an undergraduate student in the fall 2023. I was motivated to join due to my summer as an REU intern at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. I am pursuing a B.S. in General Biology with a focus on fisheries and a minor in Meteorology and Climatology. My research interests […]

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  • Rocco Boyd
    16 August, 2023 by

    I joined Venturelli lab Fall 2023 as a MSc student. I am a recent graduate of Old Dominion University where I majored in Marine Biology and minored in conservation and sustainability leadership. During the summer of 2023, I interned at Lynnhaven River NOW where I did research on how we can improve the resilience of […]

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  • Wade Schaeffer
    1 June, 2023 by

    I joined the lab as a MSc student in the summer of 2023.  Before joining the lab, I attended Iowa State University, receiving my Batchelor’s in fisheries and a minor in biology.  The last two summers, I have interned with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources as an Aquatic Invasive Species intern and a Hatchery […]

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  • Paton Willbanks
    16 May, 2023 by

    I joined the lab as a MSc student in summer 2023. Before joining the lab, I earned my BSc from Texas Tech University where I also did independent research in an eDNA lab. During the past three summers, I worked as a marine biologist for the Coastal Marine Education and Research Academy in Clearwater, FL […]

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  • Aaron Muehler
    20 April, 2023 by

    I joined the Venturelli lab as a PhD student in the Spring of 2023. Prior to joining, I received my B.S. from South Dakota State University, managed a private aquaculture research lab in Brookings, SD, and am currently finishing up my M.S. at Missouri State University. Broadly speaking, my research interests are centered around using […]

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  • Josef (Josh) Hrabowski
    23 September, 2022 by

    I joined the Lab in May 2022 as a PhD candidate. Before joining the lab, I led a project on local European Whitefish for a state research institute in norther Germany. I earned my M.Sc. in Marine Biology at the University of Rostock (Germany) and my B.Sc. in Marine Biology at Texas A&M at Galveston. […]

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  • Paul Venturelli
    5 June, 2018 by

    I am an Associate Professor of Fisheries in the Department of Biology at Ball State University, and direct the PhD in Environmental Sciences. I joined the faculty in 2017 after 6 years at the University of Minnesota. I received my academic training at York University (BSc), the University of Alberta (MSc), and the University of […]

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