University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30601
B.S. (Magna Cum Laude) - Biology / Ecology and Environmental Biology from Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
I am currently studying the impact of invasive species (such as the rat and mongoose below) on the scavenging pathway within Hawaiian food webs. I am also interested in how contaminants influence animal mating systems and reproductive structures.
Travel Grant from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia – November 2013
Society of Freshwater Science 2011 Endowment Award for Undergraduate Research – May 2011
Chancellor's Undergraduate Scholarship from Appalachian State University (ASU) awarded 2007-2011
Undergraduate Research Assistantship from ASU – 2010
Student Research (1) and Travel (2) Grants from ASU – December 2010, March 2011
Carolinas SETAC Student Poster Presentation Winner (3rd place) – March 2012
Abernethy, E., E. McCombs, L. Siefferman, M. Gangloff “Effect of small dams on freshwater mussel population genetics in two southeastern USA streams” Walkerana 16: 21-28.
Gangloff, M., B. Hamstead, E. Abernethy, P. Hartfield. “Genetic distinctiveness of Ligumia recta, the black sandshell, in the Mobile River Basin and implications for its conservation” Conservation Genetics 14: 913-916.