Dr. John Rodgers, Jr.

John Rodgers is a professor of environmental toxicology in the department of forestry and natural resources at Clemson University, SC and he is co-director of the Clemson Environmental Institute.  He has worked on water resources for thirty years.

Derek Eggert
Derek received his B.S. in Biology from The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. He spent his junior summer assisting with mosquito research under Dr. Lance Wallace, and graduated with honors. After his undergraduate degree, he spent one year working on mosquito control in southern Florida. In 2004, he received his MS in Environmental Toxicology with Dr. William Bowerman. His masters research included a field study on traditional and conservation tillage agriculture and the effects on the native bobwhite quail. He started his PhD work in May 2004 with Dr. John Rodgers. He is working on remediation techniques for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) water with constructed wetland treatment systems (CWTS).

Brenda Johnson
JBrenda received a B.S. (2000) in environmental science from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and a M.S. (2006) in environmental toxicology from Clemson University.  Her masters thesis involved design of constructed wetland treatment systems for produced water.  She started her PhD program with Dr. Rodgers in the fall of 2006. Her dissertation research will focus on mitigating impacts of invasive Lyngbya on manatees and other endangered species in Crystal River, FL.

Vanessa Molina
Vanessa is a graduate research assistant in the ENTOX Ph.D program at Clemson University, SC working with Dr. Alan Johnson. She received a B.S. (2004) in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University at Galveston, and a M.S. (2007) in Environmental and Chemical Science from McNeese State University. Her master’s thesis involved the comparison of vegetation coverage in Louisiana’s Sabine National Wildlife Refuge artificially created and natural marshes. She started her dissertation research in the fall of 2007, and her interests are in risk characterization of toxins produced by cyanobacteria.

Andrew McQueen
Andrew attended college at University of Louisiana at Monroe where he received a B.S. in Toxicology with a minor in Chemistry. Undergraduate research involved remediation of a golf course pond in order to establish a wetland area with native plant species. As a senior he also interned in an industrial hygiene position at Graphic Packaging International Inc. where he develop skills in both environmental and employee safety issues. He is currently a research assistant perusing a M.S. in Environmental Toxicology under the guidance of Dr. John Rodgers at Clemson University. Current research involves the characterization of parking lot stormwater and remediation of associated risks.

Matthew Osborne-Koch
Matt is from Portland, OR. He received a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Oregon. He began his graduate studies at Clemson in January 2007. Matt is currently working on research involving FGD and ash basin waters which include treatment strategies and mixture toxicity of specific constituents.

West Bishop
West Bishop is a graduate research assistant in the Forest and Natural Resources masters program at Clemson University, SC working with Dr. John Rodgers. He received a B.S. (2006) in biology from Western Michigan University. He joined the lab in Summer of 2007 and his research will focus on risk mitigation of problematic algal species

Esther Young
Esther is a native South Carolinian, coming from North Augusta/Clearwater, SC. In 2006, Esther received her B.S. in environmental biology with honors from Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. After graduation she took a year away from school to volunteer with two Americorps programs: Iowa Keepers of the Land-trail crew and Maryland Conservation Corps-bay crew. In August 2007, Esther started her masters work in fisheries and wildlife biology. She will be working with Dr. John Rodgers and Brenda Johnson on mitigating impacts of invasive Lyngbya on manatees and other endangered species in Crystal River, FL.

Michael Carrey
Michael received a B.S. (2004) in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina. He started his masters work in August 2007. The focus of his Masters thesis will involve the design of constructed wetland treatment systems for mitigating risks from thermoelectric cooling waters.

Latice Fuentes
Latice is a graduate research assistant in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology working with Dr. William Bowerman. She received her B.S. from Clemson University in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology with a minor in Forest Resource Management. Her thesis research involves evaluating responses of six amphibian species to exposures of Roundup® brand herbicides in the laboratory and under realistic field conditions. The laboratory study design will be used to develop a model based on the “concentration-response approach” across a range of exposures. The field study design will examine the potential for adverse effects from application of realistic product use rates.

Lindsay Moore
Lindsay is a Wildlife and Fisheries Biology graduate research assistant working with Dr. William Bowerman. Lindsay is from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and received her B.S. in biology with a minor in chemistry from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her current research involves testing the toxicity of Roundup® brand herbicides on larval frog species

Jenn Horner
Jenn received her B.S. (2007) in Earth and Environmental Science at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. For her masters thesis she will conduct pilot scale wetland tests to determine constituent removal rates in produced water from Chad.

Adam Rose
Adam Rose is currently an undergraduate in the Environment and Natural Resource major. He is currently employed as a lab assistant working with students on algal research. His future plans include graduate school, a doctoral degree, and eventually taking up a position in environmental research.