faculty
Sarah Donelan, PhD she/her
Assistant Professor
Biology
Education
Northeastern University | PhD |
Wesleyan University | BA |
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Courses
The principles and practices of the scientific discipline of ecology. Interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment will be emphasized. Interactions will be described and analyzed at the organismal, population, community, and ecosystem levels. In the laboratory, students will use hypothesis-testing and experimentation to examine theoretical and empirical aspects of ecology.
Terms and hours to be arranged. Graded A-F.
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature culminating in an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of Integrative Biology. Doctoral research contributes to the student's dissertation and should be presented at major conferences and ultimately published in refereed journals. A written dissertation must be completed and defended in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the Integrative Biology PhD Program.
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature culminating in an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of Integrative Biology. Doctoral research contributes to the student's dissertation and should be presented at major conferences and ultimately published in refereed journals. A written dissertation must be completed and defended in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the Integrative Biology PhD Program.
Research
Research awards
- $ 215,690 awarded by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science for Collaborative Research: ORCC Carryover effects of multiple climate change stressors in oysters: mechanisms and consequences across stages of ontogeny
- $ 304,351 awarded by National Science Foundation for Participant Support-Collaborative Research: ORCC: Carryover Effects of Multiple Climate Change Stress
Research interests
- Transgenerational plasticity
- Carryover effects
- Marine ecology
- Climate change
- Predation risk