GraduateStudents


 * Past and Present Graduate Students in NCSU's Urban Ecology Lab**

__**Graduated**__

Keto, Evan. (M.S., December 2009). Composition and value of parking lot trees in Raleigh, NC. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. (Co-Advised by Melissa McHale and George Hess)

Lawler, Meg. (M.S., August 2011). Alternative Biomass Utilization in Wake County, NC. Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.(Co-Advised by Melissa McHale and Nils Peterson)

Nelson, Cara. (M.S., August 2011). The influence of landscape choices and lifestyles on residential household energy consumption. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. (Advised by Melissa McHale)

Inkilainen, Elina. (M.S., Graduated 2012). The effects of urban canopy cover on rain interception in Beaver Creek Watershed, Raleigh, NC. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. (Co-Advised by Melissa McHale as part of the Atlantis Program)

Youth, Michael. (M.S., Graduated 2013). An analysis of socio-economic status around 66 urban drinking water reservoirs in North Carolina. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. (Co-Advised by George Hess and Melissa McHale)

__**Current Ph.D.**__

Bigsby, Kevin. (Ph.D., In Progress). Spatial patterns and ecological processes associated with land cover in Raleigh, NC. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. (Advised by Melissa McHale)

Tsai, Wei-Lun. (Ph.D., In Progress). Land Cover and Human Health – A spatial analysis at multiple scales across the U.S. Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. (Co-Advised by Yu Fai Leung and Melissa McHale).

Aloyo, Naum (Ph.D., In Progress). Ecosystem Services of Johannesburg’s Urban Forest. Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. (Co-Advised by Peter Baur at University of Johannesburg and Melissa McHale)

__**Current M.S.**__

Metzger, Alex. (M.S., Defended, Graduation 2013). Metabolism and sustainability of three counties in the Triangle Region of North Carolina. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. (Advised by Melissa McHale)

Scott, Beck. (M.S., In Progress). Land cover and water quality: An broad scale and high resolution assessment of urban heterogeneity across the NC Triangle. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC