We are a population and community ecology lab that uses decomposition systems to study interactions among insects, vertebrate scavengers, and microbial communities. We investigate how these groups interact with each other and their environment, and how those interactions' structure ecological communities, regulate resource use, and influence the movement of organisms and target analytes across ecosystems.
Research Space
The D.E.A.T.H. Ecology Laboratory is a BSL-2 Certified lab located in the Henry E. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at the University of New Haven.
As a highly collaborative research group with multidisciplinary research goals; students may cross-train with other faculty within and outside the university who specialize in genetics, physiology, biochemistry, and more.
Personal Awards
North American Forensic Entomology Association (NAFEA)
Travel Award
- Madeline Gray ('25)
Curry College
Research Leadership:
- Taylor Conley ('23)
Departmental Service:
- Sarah Corbin ('23)
Excellence in Research:
- William Noyes ('24)
- Dannielle Borrasso ('23)
Leadership and Service:
- Hailey Gonsalves ('23)
- Amelia Beauregard ('23)
- Caitlin O'Reilly ('23)
- Lily Turner-Burrell ('23)
Distinction in Forensic Science ('23):
- Hailey Gonsalves ('23)
Conference Presentation Awards
Steven Graham. Third Place Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award. Southwestern Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. 2022.
Abby Jones. Second Place Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award. 19th Annual Ecological Integration Symposium, College Station, TX. 2018.
Honors Distinction
Curry College
Amelia Beauregard. 2023
Hailey Gonsalves. 2023
Caitlin O'Reilly. 2023
Texas A&M University
Steven Graham. 2021
Abby Jones. 2018
Where are they Now?
Graduate School
- Mei Conlon [MS, University of New Haven]
- Sarah Corbin [MS, Arcadia University]
- Steven Graham [PhD, Colorado State University]
- Abby Jones [PhD, Mississippi State University]
Medical Examiner Assistant
- Brittany Bailey [MA State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner]
-Hailey Gonsalves [MA State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner]
- Jarrod Dean Horne [MA State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner]
Laboratory Technician
- Taylor Conley [Tufts University]
- Caitlin O'Reilly [IDEXX Laboratories]
- Benjamin Williams [Brigham and Women's Hospital]
- Jovina Monteiro [American Red Cross]
Animal Ambassador
- Sarah Channen [Franklin Park Zoo]