Our Marine and Aquatic Biology Laboratory conducts research on the influence of "infochemicals" on molluscan development and behavior; marine and freshwater biodiversity; the influence of environment on molluscan shell biomineralization and microstructure; molluscan functional microstructure and histology; the biology of nonindigenous bivalves, such as the Asian clam and the zebra mussel; and antipredator mechanisms.

Recent graduate student theses and undergraduate research projects have included:

1. A comparative GIS survey of the distribution and environmental correlates of the Asian clam Corbicula flumina.

2. Diphenhydramine Influences on the Development and Hatching of Freshwater Pulmonate Snails

3. Diversity of near shore benthic invertebrates from Long Island Sound (NY) with comparisons to historical surveys