People
Dr. Chelsea N. Miller
I am an ecologist and an Assistant Professor of Biology in the Department of Biology at the University of Akron (UA). My research aims to characterize the shifting dynamics of plant-insect interactions under anthropogenic change, (i.e., climate change, habitat fragmentation, invasive species effects, etc.). I received my Ph.D in 2020 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. I also hold an M.S. in Statistics from UT, and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Central Arkansas. I held postdoctoral positions in the Gandhi Forest Entomology Lab at the University of Georgia and was an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology under Dr. Katie Stuble at The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, OH. In 2023, I started at UA, where I lead a vibrant research group with diverse research interests, and teach courses in Global Change Biology and Ecology, among others.
Stephanie Wilhelm
Stephanie is a Ph.D student in the Miller Ecology Lab researching reproductive strategies and pollination ecology for understudied native mustards, and the potential for mutualism disruption by invasive garlic mustard, in forests of northeast OH. Stephanie received her BS in Biology from Ohio University and worked as an AmeriCorps Intern at the Dawes Arboretum in Newark, OH.
S M Tanveer Ahmad
Tanveer is a Ph.D student in the Miller Ecology Lab with interests in sustainable forestry and climate change mitigation. His research combines distribution modeling, comparative ecology, and microhabitat characterization for the threatened endemic species, Northern Monkshood. He has a BS in Forestry from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, and a Master's degree in Climate Change and Development from Independent University Bangladesh.
Louis Bou Samra
Louis is a Master's student studying the potential for vegetation colonization of exposed sediments following the scheduled removal of the Edison Dam in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. He is interested in determining whether common Ohio invasive weeds will fare better in these novel habitats than native early-successional plants.