Student Publications

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Publications

Our Research Tradition

William & Mary's strong research tradition leads to a large number of undergraduate and Master’s students who co-author published research in refereed science journals. Over a typical five-year period, over 150 W&M students have co-authored over 100 articles.

Note: For more comprehensive lists of publications, please see individual faculty web pages.

Publication Archives by Year

Biology Department Refereed Publications with Student Authors Pre-2013
Biology Department Refereed Publications with Undergraduate Authors 2013-17
Biology Department Refereed Publications with Student Authors 2018-2023
Biology Department Refereed Publications with Student Authors 2024-2025

Recent Publications (2024–2025)

Key to Authors:

Faculty co-authors in bold
Undergraduate*
Graduate student**
Postdoc student***

Kalytiak-Davis, A.* and J.D. Allen. 2024. Settlement preferences and post-settlement cannibalism in the seastar Asterias forbesi. Accepted at Biological Bulletin. Cover Article
*Simsek, Y.K., **Tofil, H.P., *Rosenthal, M.I., **Evans, R.M., *Danielski, C.L., *Beasley, K.E.,
*Alsayed, H., *Shapira, M.E., *Strauss, R.I., **Wang, M., Roggero, V.R., Allison, L.A. (2024)
Nuclear receptor corepressor 1 levels differentially impact the intracellular dynamics of
mutant thyroid hormone receptors associated with Resistance to Thyroid Hormone
syndrome. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 594, 112373.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2024.112373, PMID: 39299378
*French, L.C., M.A. Jusino, R.M. Chambers, and J. Skelton. 2024. Community structure
and functional diversity of aquatic fungi are correlated with water quality:
Insights from multi-marker analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) in a coastal
watershed. Environmental DNA 6: e576. https://doi.or
*Ambrose, C., *A. DeCesare, and R.M. Chambers. 2024 In Press. Population demographics
of native red-bellied cooters and invasive red-eared sliders in a Virginia lake.
Chelonian Conservation and Biology. https://bioone.org/journals/chelonian-conservation-and-biology/volume-23/issue-1/CCB-1587.1/Population-Demographics-of-Native-Red-Bellied-Cooters-and-Invasive-Red/10.2744/CCB-1587.1.full
*Ormiston, Z.E. & Cristol, D.A. Are golf courses good or bad for birds: a synthetic review. 2024. Landscape and Urban Planning 235:105221. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105221
*Wolf, S., Woodruff, M., Chang van Oordt, M., Clotfelter, E., Cristol, D.A. Derryberry, E., Ferguson, S., Stanback, M., Taff, C., Vitousek, M., Westneat, D., Rosvall, K. Among-population variation in telomere regulatory proteins and their potential role as hidden drivers of intraspecific variation in life history. 2024. Animal Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.14071
*Phillips, G.E. & Cristol, D.A. 2024. Mechanisms of deer (Cervidae) impacts on birds: a comprehensive review. Conservation Biology 290:110454
Dalgleish, HJ, AAR Kula,*** SS Yair,* I Munkres,** J Mutterperl,* S Struckman,* MD
LaMar. In press. 2024. Herbivory as a continuous state variable in an IPM: Increasing
herbivory decreases population growth of Asclepias syriaca through its effects on
clonal reproduction. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution & Systematics.
Harmony J. Dalgleish, Abigail A. R. Kula, *Sivan S. Yair, **Ivan Munkres, *Joshua Mutterperl, *Soren Struckman, and Drew LaMar, Herbivory as a continuous state variable in an IPM: Increasing herbivory decreases population growth of Asclepias syriaca through its effects on clonal reproduction. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 62 (2024): 125779, doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2024.125779
Haines, A.M., D. Costante**, C. Freed*, G. Achayaraj*, L. Bleyer*, C. Emeric*, L.A. Fenton*, L. Lielbriedis*, E. Ritter*, G.I. Salerni*, C.R. Stieha, R.E. Isdell, and M. Leu. 2024. The impact of invasive alien species on threatened and endangered species: A geographic perspective. Wildlife Society Bulletin 2024;e1552. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1552
Bingham, A.**, Sur, A., Shaw, L.B., Murphy, H.A. (2024) The effect of recognition on competition
among clones in spatially structured microbial communities. PLoS One. 19(3):e0299546.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299546
Dana L Willner, Sudip Paudal**, Andrew D Halleran*, Grace E Solini,* Veronica Gray*, Margaret S Saha,Transcriptional dynamics during Rhodococcus erythropolis infection with phage WC1 BMC Microbiology 2024 Apr 1;24(1):107.doi: 10.1186/s12866-024-03241-4
Sudip Paudel,** Michelle Yue,* Rithvik Nalamalapu*, Margaret S. Saha, (2024). Deciphering the Calcium Code: A Review of Calcium Activity Analysis Methods Employed to Identify Meaningful Activity in Early Neural Development, Biomolecules 14(1) 2024 Jan 22;14(1):138.
Kate B.R. Carline, Megan S. Fleeharty, Lin Fang, Mahima Shijo, Mitchell K. Doherty, Zoe A, Riddick, Marcus O. Royster, Amiyah R Stukes, Bilalay V. Tchadi, Alana N. Thomas*, Kurt E. Williamson and Margaret S. Saha (2024) Sequence analysis of Discoknowium, an A5 mycobacteriophage. Microbiology Resource Announcements, Dec.2023, Vol 13(1)
Gillings, M. M.**, Ton, R. Harris, T.**, Swaddle, J.P., Taylor, M. P. and Griffith, S. C. 2024. House
sparrows as sentinels of childhood lead exposure. Environmental Science and Technology, 58,
10028-10040. DOI:10.1021/acs.est.4c00946
DiLiberto, J. F.**, Griffith, S. C., Hall, C. J.*, Mendelsohn, A. S.* and Swaddle, J. P. 2024. Exposure to sublethal concentrations of lead (Pb) affects ecologically relevant behaviors in house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
DOI:10.1007/00244-024-01-62-0
Hawkins, C. E.**, Pantel, J. H., Palia, S. T.*, Folks, C. C.* and Swaddle, J. P. 2024. Zebra finches
increase social behavior in traffic noise: Implications for urban songbirds. Acta Ethologica.
DOI:10.1007/s10211-023-00434-4
Rinehart, L**, Stewart, W*, Luffman*, N, Wawersik, M, Kerscher, O. (2024) Chigno/CG11180 and SUMO are Chinmo-interacting proteins with a role in Drosophila testes somatic support cells. PeerJ. 2024 – PMID: 38495765