People

Michael Gangloff

Dr. Michael Gangloff

Associate Professor

Office: RSW 257 and RSW 166 (shared molecular lab)
Lab: Southeastern USA
Email: gangloffmm@appstate.edu
Office Phone: 828-262-7790
Cell Phone: 334-332-1533

Laboratory Manager

Elijah Thompson

I started out as an undergraduate assisting in Dr. Gangloffs lab during the Fall of 2018. I have since gathered experience working in many aquatic ecosystems and with diverse animal taxa.

Molecular Lab Manager

I have worked with Dr. Gangloff for multiple years on multiple phylogenetic projects involving freshwater invertebrates and vertebrates. I maintain the Molecular Lab and the many parts that are involved.

Graduate Students

	Hannah Woodburn Hannah is an App State alum, and returned for the biology master's degree program. Through her courses at App State, she was able to cultivate her love for the environment and specifically, water quality.
	Rebekah Ewing Graduate student focusing on hatchery work with the Appalachian Elktoe and Long solid freshwater mussels.
	Tyler Hickman I joined Dr. Gangloff's lab as a graduate student in 2020, after volunteering for several semesters as a graduate student assisting in a variety of freshwater research projects.
	Henry Gates Hello all, my name is Henry, and I am a graduate student of the Gangloff Lab. I became a member in the fall of 2020. I have studied freshwater ecosystems, fish communities and niche roles of certain species.
	Brandon Williams I earned my Bachelor's degree in Environmental Biology and Ecology in Spring 2019 and joined the lab as a graduate student the following Fall.

ABT

	Vincent Santini Brushy Fork Environmental Consulting
	Tori Fowler SEPI Biological Consultant

Emeritus

	Freddy Ortega Currently working with Wildlands Engineering Inc. as an Environmental Scientist.
	Amber Olson Currently working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as a Freshwater Mussel Biologist.
	Sam Fritz Currently studying at Montana State University in Bozeman MT for his PhD.
	Chantelle Rondel Currently works with the NCWRC as a Field Technician for freshwater ecosystems.
	Michael Thompson Currently working with the NCDMF.
	Hans Lohmeyer
	Byron Hamstead MS student, graduated in August 2013. Currently employed by USFWS in Charleston, SC.
	Ray Kessler I am broadly interested in the mechanisms that help facilitate or limit biological invasions. I am currently studying a small exotic population of Orconectes rusticus crayfish in the Little Tennessee River of North Carolina.
	Jordan Holcomb MS student, graduated August 2013. Currently employed by Florida FWC, Gainsville, FL.
	Dan Walker Currently a MS Student at UTK, Knoxville, TN.
	Katie Rifenburg MS student, graduated 2013. Currently a professor of Biology in Quito, Ecuador.
	Erin Abernathy Currently a MS Student in the UGA Biology Department, Athens, GA.
	Worth Pugh Graduated in 2013. Currently empolyed as the Appalachian State University Vertebrate Collections Manager, Boone NC.
	Thomas "Tommy" Franklin Tommy is currently emplyed as the eDNA Program Coordinator at the National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation with the US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station in Missoula, MT.
	Ryan Thoni Currently a MS Student at St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO.
	Rachael Hoch MS student, graduated December 2012. Currently employed by NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
	Elyse Russing MS Student graduated Spring 2015. My thesis research primarily focused on the impact of low head dams on stream ecosystem processes. During the first year of my graduate career I developed a project to see whether or not dam status played a role in leaf breakdown rates.
	Megan McCormick MS student, graduated May 2012.
	Michael Perkins Graduated December 2014. Currently employed by NC Wildlife Resource Comission, Marion NC. Read more about the spinymussel project here.
	Erin Singer McCombs MS student, graduated May 2010. Currently employed as the Associate Director of Southeast Conservation with American Rivers in Asheville, NC.
	Raquel Fagundo In 2014, I entered the Gangloff lab with previous experience in West Virginia crayfish taxonomy and ecology. Overall, I am broadly interested in the systematics and conservation of aquatic invertebrates.
	Justin Fischer I joined the Aquatic Conservation Research lab as a graduate student in the spring of 2015. As a graduate researcher I will be investigating the influences of artificial light sources on benthic and emergent aquatic insects in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
	Gary Pandolfi Currenlty employed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as a Freshwater Mussel biologist at the Austin Texas Ecological Services Field Office.
	Daniel Mason I have been assisting the ACRL lab since 2013 as an undergraduate and have gotten the opportunity to work closely with Dr. Gangloff and his graduate students on projects across western NC and MS.
	Susan Geda I joined the lab in February of 2014, shortly before receiving my undergraduate degree. I was doing a phylogenetic analysis based independent study for Dr. Gangloff and was offered the opportunity to become involved in molecular projects, field work, and collections curation year round.