Gregory Alan Carter

Gulf Coast Geospatial Center
Department of Coastal Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS  39564
phone 228.818.8868
fax 228.818.8848
greg.carter@usm.edu

Professional Preparation

  • Auburn University, Botany, B.S., 1979
  • Auburn University, Botany, M.S., 1982
  • University of Wyoming, Botany, Ph.D., 1985
  • University of Maryland, College Park, Botany, 1985-1986

Appointments

  • 2004-present - Research Professor, Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi
  • 2003-present - Chief Scientist, Gulf Coast Geospatial Center, University of Southern Mississippi
  • 1986‑2003 - Research Scientist, Remote Sensing, NASA, Stennis Space Center

Research Interests

Remote sensing of vegetation and coastal aquatic systems; environmental biophysics; invasive species; biodiversity and barrier island ecology

Teaching, USM

  • Remote Sensing of the Coastal Environment
  • Readings in Remote Sensing
  • Digital Image Processing

Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)

  • Carter, G. A., J. H. Miller, D. E. Davis, and R. M. Patterson. 1984. Effect of vegetative competition on the moisture and nutrient status of loblolly pine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 14:1‑9.
  • Smith, W. K., D. R. Young, G. A. Carter, J. L. Hadley, and G. M. McNaughton. 1984. Autumn stomatal closure in six conifer species of the Central Rocky Mountains. Oecologia 63:237‑242.
  • Carter, G. A., and W. K. Smith. 1985. Influence of shoot structure on light interception and photosynthesis in conifers. Plant Physiology 79:1038‑1043.
  • Carter, G. A., W. K. Smith, and J. L. Hadley. 1988. Stomatal conductance in three conifer species at different elevations during summer in Wyoming. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 18:242‑246.
  • Smith, W. K., and G. A. Carter. 1988. Shoot structural effects on needle temperatures and photosynthesis in conifers. American Journal of Botany 75:496‑500.
  • Carter, G. A., and W. K. Smith. 1988. Microhabitat comparisons of transpiration and photosynthesis in three subalpine conifers. Canadian Journal of Botany 66:963‑969.
  • Carter, G. A., and A. H. Teramura. 1988. Vine photosynthesis and relationships to climbing mechanics in a forest understory. American Journal of Botany 75:1011‑1018.
  • Carter, G. A., and A. H. Teramura. 1988. Non‑summer stomatal conductance for the invasive vines Kudzu and Japanese honeysuckle. Canadian Journal of Botany 66:2392‑2395.
  • Carter, G. A., A. H. Teramura, and I. N. Forseth. 1989. Photosynthesis in an open field for exotic versus native vines of the Southeastern U.S.A.  Canadian Journal of Botany 67:443‑446.
  • Carter, G. A., K. Paliwal, U. Pathre, T. H. Green, R. J. Mitchell, and D. H. Gjerstad. 1989. Effect of competition and leaf age on visible and infrared reflectance in pine foliage. Plant, Cell, and Environment 12:309‑315.
  • Carter, G. A., A. F. Theisen, and R. J. Mitchell. 1990. Chlorophyll fluorescence measured using the Fraunhofer line‑depth principle and relationship to photosynthetic rate in the field. Plant, Cell, and Environment 13:79‑83.
  • Carter, G. A. 1991. Primary and secondary effects of water content on the spectral reflectance of leaves. American Journal of Botany 78:916‑924.
  • Cibula, W. G., and G. A. Carter. 1992. Identification of a far-red reflectance response to ectomycorrhizae in slash pine. International Journal of Remote Sensing 13:925-932.
  • Carter, G. A., R. J. Mitchell, A. H. Chappelka, and C. H. Brewer. 1992. Response of leaf reflectance in loblolly pine to increased atmospheric ozone and precipitation acidity. Journal of Experimental Botany 43:577-584.
  • Carter, G. A. 1993. Responses of leaf spectral reflectance to plant stress. American Journal of Botany 80:239-243.
  • Carter, G. A., and D. R. Young. 1993. Foliar spectral reflectance and plant stress on a barrier island. International Journal of Plant Sciences 154:298-305.
  • Downing, H. G., G. A. Carter, K. Holladay, and W. G. Cibula. 1993. The radiative-equivalent water thickness of leaves. Remote Sensing of Environment 46:103-107.
  • Carter, G. A., and D. C. McCain. 1993. Relationship of leaf spectral reflectance to chloroplast water content determined using NMR microscopy. Remote Sensing of Environment 46:305-310.
  • Carter, G. A. 1994. Ratios of leaf reflectances in narrow wavebands as indicators of plant stress. International Journal of Remote Sensing 15:697-703.
  • Carter, G. A., and R. L. Miller. 1994. Early detection of plant stress by digital imaging within narrow stress-sensitive wavebands. Remote Sensing of Environment 50:295-302.
  • Carter, G. A., J. Rebbeck, and K. E. Percy. 1995. Leaf optical properties in Liriodendron tulipifera and Pinus strobus as influenced by increased atmospheric ozone and carbon dioxide. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 25:407-412.
  • Carter, G. A., J. H. Jones, R. J. Mitchell, and C. H. Brewer. 1996. Detection of solar-excited chlorophyll a fluorescence and leaf photosynthetic capacity using a Fraunhofer line radiometer. Remote Sensing of Environment 55:89-92.
  • Carter, G. A., T. R. Dell, and W. G. Cibula. 1996. Spectral  reflectance characteristics and digital imagery of a pine needle blight in the southeastern U.S. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26:402-407.
  • Carter, G. A., W. G. Cibula, and R. L. Miller. 1996. Narrow-band reflectance imagery compared with thermal imagery for early detection of plant stress. Journal of Plant Physiology 148:516-523.
  • Carter, G. A. 1998. Reflectance wavebands and indices for remote estimation of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in pine canopies. Remote Sensing of Environment  63:61-72.
  • Knapp, A. K., and G. A. Carter. 1998. Variability in leaf optical properties among 26 species from a broad range of habitats. American Journal of Botany 85:940-946.
  • Carter, G. A., M. Seal, and T. Haley. 1998. Airborne detection of Southern Pine Beetle activity using key spectral bands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28:1040-1045.
  • Eckert, M. P., and G. A. Carter. 2000. Flowers produce variations in color saturation by arranging petals at oblique and varying angles. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 17:825-830.
  • Carter, G. A., R. Bahadur, and R. J. Norby. 2000. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and temperature on leaf optical properties in Acer saccharum. Environmental and Experimental Botany 43:267-273.
  • Carter, G. A., and A. K. Knapp. 2001. Leaf optical properties in higher plants: linking spectral characteristics to stress and chlorophyll concentration. American Journal of Botany 88:677-684.
  • Carter, G. A., and B. A. Spiering. 2002. Optical properties of intact leaves for estimating chlorophyll concentration. Journal of Environmental Quality 31:1424-1432.
  • Dong, W., G. A. Carter, and J. T. Barber. 2002. Spectral reflectance of Lemna gibba fronds exposed to ethylene glycol. Aquatic Botany 73:275-281.
  • Zhao, D., K. R. Reddy, V. G. Kakani, J. J. Read, and G. A. Carter. 2003. Corn (Zea mays L.)growth, leaf pigment concentration, photosynthesis and leaf hyperspectral reflectance properties as affected by nitrogen supply. Plant and Soil 257: 205-217.
  • Carter, G. A., A. Freedman, P. L. Kebabian, and H. E. Scott. 2004. Use of a prototype instrument to detect short-term changes in solar-excited leaf fluorescence. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25: 1779-1784.
  • Carter, G. A., A. K. Knapp, J. E. Anderson, G. A. Hoch, and M. D. Smith. 2005. Indicators of plant species richness in AVIRIS spectra of a mesic grassland. Remote Sensing of Environment 98: 304-316.
  • Estep, L., and G. A. Carter. 2005. Derivative analysis of AVIRIS data for crop stress detection. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 71: 1417-1421.
  • Peneva, E., J. A. Griffith, and G. A. Carter. 2007. Seagrass mapping in the northern Gulf of Mexico using airborne hyperspectral imagery: a comparison of classification methods. Journal of Coastal Research, in press.
  • Otvos, E. G., and G. A. Carter. 2007. Hurricane degradation – barrier development cycles, northeastern Gulf of Mexico: landform evolution and island chain history. Journal of Coastal Research, in press.
  • Carter, G. A., K. L. Lucas, G. A. Blossom, C. L. Lassitter, D. M. Holiday, D. Mooneyhan, D. Fastring, and T. Davern. Remote sensing and mapping of tamarisk along the Colorado River: a comparison of Hyperion, Thematic Mapper and QuickBird Imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, in review.
  • Lucas, K. L., and G. A. Carter. The use of remote sensing to assess vascular plant species richness on Horn Island, Mississippi. Remote Sensing of Environment, in review.
  • Smith, W. K., R. A. Feagin, N. P. Psuty, K. F. Nordstrom, G. A. Carter, J. N. Gemma, J. C. Gibeaut, D. H. Thomas, R. E. Koske, M. L. Martinez, J. C. Whitehead, and D. R. Young. Coastal barrier islands: coupling anthropogenic stability with ecosystem sustainability. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, in review.

Book Chapters

  • Carter, G. A., W. G. Cibula, and R. L. Miller. 1996. Narrow-band reflectance imagery compared with thermal imagery for early detection of plant stress. In Vegetation Stress (H. K. Lichtenthaler, Ed.), Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, 649 pp.
  • Carter, G. A., and L. Estep. 2002. General spectral characteristics of leaf reflectance responses to plant stress and their manifestation at the landscape scale. In From Laboratory Spectroscopy to Remotely Sensed Spectra of Terrestrial Ecosystems (R. S. Muttaih, Ed.), Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, 328 pp.
  • Carter, G. A., Accepted. Land and water use history of the Grand Bay NERR and vicinity, in Site Profile of the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (eds. M. Peterson et al.). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington D.C.

Proceedings, Full Papers

  • Carter, G. A., K. Paliwal, U. Pathre, R. J. Mitchell, and D. H. Gjerstad. 1988. Influence of competition‑induced stress on spectral reflectance in loblolly pine. In Remote Sensing for Resource Inventory, Planning, and Monitoring. Proceedings, 2nd Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, April 11‑15, 1988, NSTL, MS. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Falls Church, VA.
  • Carter, G. A., W. G. Cibula, and R. L. Miller. 1996. Narrow-band reflectance imagery compared with thermal imagery for early detection of plant stress. In Vegetation Stress (H. K. Lichtenthaler, Ed.), Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, 649 pp.
  • Craig, J. C., S. F. Shih, B. J. Bowman, and G. A. Carter. 1998. Detection of salinity stress in citrus trees using narrow-band multispectral imaging. Proceedings, American Society of Agricultural Engineers Annual International Meeting, July 12-16, 1998, Orlando, Florida. ASAE Paper No. 983076, CD-ROM.
  • Craig, J. C., S. F. Shih, B. J. Bowman, and G. A. Carter. 1998. Detection of salinity stress in citrus trees using narrow-band multispectral imaging. Proceedings, First International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry, June, 1998, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Veridian Conferences, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • Carter, G. A., and B. A. Spiering. 2001. Optimal reflectance, transmittance, and absorptance wavebands and band ratios for the estimation of leaf chlorophyll concentration. Proceedings, Remote Sensing 2000: From Spectroscopy to Remotely Sensed Spectra. Soil Science Society of America, Bouyoucos Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-25, 2000. pp. 143-156.
  • Carter, G. A. 2001. General spectral characteristics of leaf reflectance responses to plant stress and implications for the remote sensing of vegetation. Proceedings, 2001 ASPRS Annual Conference: Gateway to the New Millennium, April 23-27, 2001, St. Louis, MO. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD, CD-ROM.
  • Peneva, E. I., J. A. Griffith, and G. A. Carter. 2005. Mapping seagrass distribution on Horn Island, Mississippi using hyperspectral imagery. Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, March 7-11, 2005, Baltimore, MD.

Proceedings, Abstracts (previous-year)

  • Criss, G. Alan, Marc A. Foster and Gregory A. Carter. 2006. Vegetation Classification for Fire Fuel Model Assessment in the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. Twenty-Sixth Annual ESRI International User Conference. San Diego, California. August 7–11, 2006. Map Gallery Presentation.
  • Blossom, G., M. Davis, G. Carter, J. Griffith, and R. Diehl. 2006. Mapping and modeling pitcher-plant habitat using remote sensing, GIS, and expert classification. Abstracts of the 91st Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting, August 6-11, 2006, Memphis, TN, p. 37.
  • Carter, G., K. Lucas, and E. Otvos. 2006. Losses of vegetative cover on Mississippi barrier islands during Hurricane Katrina. Abstracts of the 91st Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting, August 6-11, 2006, Memphis, TN, p. 65.
  • Holiday, D., G. Carter, R. Gould, and H. MacIntyre. 2006. Remote sensing of harmful algal blooms in the turbid waters of Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay. Abstracts of the 91st Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting, August 6-11, 2006, Memphis, TN, p. 172.
  • Lucas, K., and G. Carter. 2006. Indicators of plant species richness in airborne hyperspectral imagery of Horn Island, Mississippi. Abstracts of the 91st Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting, August 6-11, 2006, Memphis, TN, p. 239.
  • Holiday, D., G. Carter, R.W. Gould, and H. MacIntyre. 2006. Harmful algal blooms in Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound. Abstracts of the Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium, November 27-29, 2006, Mobile, AL, p. 40.
  • Lucas, K.L., and G.A. Carter. 2006. The use of remote sensing to evaluate plant species richness on Horn Island, Mississippi. Abstracts of the Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium, November 27-29, 2006, Mobile, AL, p. 46.
  • Carter, G., K. Lucas, E. Otvos, and A. Criss. 2006. Changes in vegetative cover on the Mississippi Sound Barrier Islands during Hurricane Katrina. Abstracts of the Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium, November 27-29, 2006, Mobile, AL, p. 26.
  • Carter, G., K. Lucas, E. Otvos, and A. Criss. 2007. Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Vegetative Cover of the Mississippi Sound barrier islands. Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 17-21, 2007, San Francisco, CA.
  • Holiday, D., G. Carter, R. Gould, and H. MacIntyre. 2007. Harmful algal blooms in Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound: a one-year comparison of remote sensing and in situ data. Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 17-21, 2007, San Francisco, CA.
  • Lucas, K.L., and G.A. Carter. 2006. The use of remote sensing to assess plant species richness on Horn Island, Mississippi. Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 17-21, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Patents

  • Spiering, B. A. and G. A. Carter. 2000. Plant chlorophyll content meter. U.S. Patent Number 6,020,587.
    http://www.specmeters.com/Chlorophyll_Meters/CM_1000_Chlorophyll_Meter.html
  • Spiering, B. A. and G. A. Carter. 2000. Plant chlorophyll content imager with reference detection signals. U.S. Patent Number 6,114,683.
  • Spiering, B. A. and G. A. Carter. 2003. Plant chlorophyll content imager. Australian Patent Number 752172.

Current Grants

  • Carter, G. A. 2005-2007. Remote Sensing of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. EPA, Gulf of Mexico Program. Total award $100,000.
  • Lotz, J., E. Otvos, R. Heard and G. Carter. 2005–2007. Rapid Assessment of the Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Geological, Floral and Faunal Components of the Mississippi Barrier Islands. USDOI, National Park Service. Total award $34,500.
  • Grimes, D. J., A. DePaola, J. C. Bowers, and G. A. Carter. 2004–2007. The Use of Remote Sensing and Molecular Detection to Predict the Risk of Infection by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. USDOC, NOAA, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Total award $698,744.
  • Mooneyhan, D., and G. A. Carter. 2006-2007. NASA, Research Applications Program Coastal Disaster Inventory Assessment: The Impacts of Katrina and Previous Hurricanes on Barrier Island Vegetation, Habitats and Geomorphology in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Total award $928,983.
  • Carter, G. A. 2005-2007. The use of hyperspectral remote sensing to assess vascular plant species diversity on Mississippi’s barrier islands NASA, Graduate Student Researchers Program. Total award $48,000.
  • Carter, G. A. 2006-2007. Remote sensing of harmful algal blooms in the northern Gulf of Mexico. NASA, Graduate Student Researchers Program. Total award $24,000.
  • Carter, G. A. 2006-2007. The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Seagrasses of the Mississippi Barrier Islands NOAA, NCDDC. Total award $84,988.
  • Lohrenz, S.E., Asper, V., Chen, X., and Carter, G. A. 2006-2007. Satellite and in situ optical assessment of algal bloom events in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. NOAA, Northern Gulf Institute. Total award $100,000.
  • Carter, G. A., C. Del Castillo and R. E. Sterner II. 2007-2008. Rapid Prototyping of VIIRS Ocean Color Data for Coastal Management Applications in the Gulf of Mexico. NASA, Research Applications Program. Total award $320,562.

Invited Presentations

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University (1992)
  • Sigma Xi, Gulf Coast Chapter, Stennis Space Center (1992, 1999)
  • Park Visitor’s Center, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ocean Springs, Mississippi (1993)
  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg (1993, 2003)
  • Data Processing Management Association, Amarillo, Texas (1993)
  • Division of Biology, Kansas State University (1993, 1995)
  • Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University, New Orleans (1994)
  • Department of Botany and Wyoming Planetary and Space Science Center, University of Wyoming (1994)
  • European Symposium on Optics for Environmental and Public Safety, Vegetation Stress Conference, Munich, Germany (1995)
  • Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Tulane University (1997)
  • Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, Harrison Experimental Forest (1997, 1999)
  • XVI International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, Missouri (1999)
  • Kennedy Space Center (2000, 2001)
  • Remote Sensing 2000 Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas (2000)
  • Bayou Vision, South Louisiana Economic Council (2001)
  • ASPRS Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (2001)
  • Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi (2001)
  • Remote Sensing and Modeling Applications for Natural Resource Management, Mississippi State University (2002)
  • Online Course Development Symposium, University of Mississippi (2003)
  • Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA (2004)
  • Applied Science Directorate, NASA, Stennis Space Center (2005)
  • Department of Geography and Geology, University of Southern Mississippi (2007)

Honors and Awards

  • 1981 Gamma Sigma Delta Agricultural Honorary, Auburn University
  • 1984 Phi Kappa Phi, University of Wyoming
  • 1985 Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Biological Sciences, University of Wyoming
  • 1985 Outstanding Ph. D. Dissertation, Biological Sciences, University of Wyoming
  • 1993 Mentor of the Year, Federal Junior Fellowship Program, NASA, SSC
  • 1994 Space Act Award for Scientific Accomplishment, NASA Inventions and Contributions Board
  • 1997 On The Spot Award, Leadership and Support to Faculty and Students, NASA, SSC
  • 1998 Certificate of Recognition for Disclosure of Invention, Plant Chlorophyll Meter, NASA Inventions and Contributions Board
  • 1998 Certificate of Recognition for Disclosure of Invention, Plant Chlorophyll Imager, NASA Inventions and Contributions Board
  • 2000 Superior Accomplishment Award, NASA, SSC
  • 2000 Patent Award for Plant Chlorophyll Meter, NASA Inventions and Contributions Board
  • 2001 Patent Award for Plant Chlorophyll Imager, NASA Inventions and Contributions Board
  • 2001 Special Service Award for Leadership in Science and Management, NASA, SSC
  • 2003 Additional Space Act Award for Invention, Plant Chlorophyll Meter, NASA Inventions and Contributions Board
  • 2004 Certificate of Recognition, Creative Development of Significant Technical Contribution, NASA Inventions and Contributions Board

Professional Societies

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Association of American Geographers
  • Botanical Society of America
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Sigma Xi, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter
  • President-Elect 1993-94, President 1994-95, Past-President 1995-96

Service

Editorial Boards

  • Remote Sensing of Environment, 2004 – Present

Journal Reviews

  • Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica
  • American Journal of Botany
  • American Midland Naturalist
  • Annals of Botany
  • Australian Journal of Botany
  • Biotropica
  • Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • Canadian Journal of Plant Science
  • Crop Science and Crop Science Society of America Special Publications
  • Ecology/Ecological Monographs
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Geothermics
  • Gulf and Caribbean Research
  • International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Journal of Geophysical Research
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
  • New Phytologist
  • Oecologia
  • Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Scientia Horticulturae
  • Transactions of the ASAE
  • Tree Physiology
  • Weed Science

Proposal Reviews

  • Belgian Earth Observation Programme
  • Georgia Sea Grant College Program
  • Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
  • Israel Science Foundation
  • Maryland Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • NASA, Broad Agency Announcement, Remote Sensing Applications Program
  • NASA, Carbon Cycle Science Program
  • NASA, EPSCoR Program
  • NASA, Faculty Assistance to Research Program
  • NASA, Graduate Student Researchers Program
  • NASA, Land Cover-Land Use Change Program
  • NASA, Land Processes Program
  • NASA, New Investigator Program
  • NASA, SBIR Program
  • NASA, Terrestrial Ecology Program
  • National Science Foundation
  • Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • NOAA, Coastal Ocean Program
  • NOAA, National Estuarine Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • USDA, Competitive Grants Program
  • USDA, SBIR Program
  • USDOE, SBIR Program

National Review Panels

  • Joint NASA/NSF/DOE/USDA/NOAA Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change (TECO) Program, May 11-13, 1998.
  • NASA Broad Agency Announcement Abstract Review Panel, May 22-23, 2001.

Industry Expert Panels

  • John Deere and Company, Mobile Robotics in the 21st Century, Chicago, July 25-26, 2000.

Major Research Advisor

  • University of Southern Mississippi
    • Dan Holiday, Ph.D., in progress
    • Cheryl Jones, Ph.D., in progress
    • Kelly Lucas, Ph.D., in progress
    • Tami Wells, M.S., 2005

Member of Graduate Committees

  • University of Southern Mississippi
    • Brian Mitchell, Ph.D., 2005
    • Gabriel Blossom, M.S., 2007
    • Andrea Phillips, M.S., 2005
    • Nathan Hopper, M.S., in progress
    • Elitsa Peneva, M.S., 2005
  • Jackson State University
    • Livia Marian, Ph.D., in progress
    • James Kelly, M.S., 2006
  • University of Florida
    • John Craig, Ph.D., 2001
  • University of New Hampshire
    • Arnold Theisen, Ph.D., 1994
    • Petya Entcheva, Ph.D., 2000