M.S. 2015 (2012 B.S. in Zoology with Climatology minor, Kent State University, OH)

Currently: Research Entomologist, USDA APHIS, Buzzards Bay MA

URI-related publications

• Wilson, C.M., Schaeffer, R.N., Hickin, M., Rigsby, C.M., Sommi, A., Thornber, C.S., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2018. Chronic impacts of invasive herbivores on a foundational forest species: a whole-tree perspective. Ecology 99(8): 1783-1791. [PDF]
• Schaeffer, R.N., Wilson, C.M., Radville, L., Whitney, E.R., Barrett, M., Roitman, S., Miller, E.R., Wolfe, B.E., Thornber, C.S., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Individual and non-additive effects of exotic sap-feeders on root functional and mycorrhizal traits of a shared conifer host. Functional Ecology 31(11): 2024-2033. [PDF]
• Hickin, M., and E.L. Preisser. 2015. Effects of light and water availability on the performance of hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Environmental Entomology 44(1): 128-135 [PDF]