UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
Mary Jane BAUER
Senior Undergraduate
2025-2026
Mary Jane is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Northern Michigan University pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Biology. She has a background in rope access and is skilled in ecological rope access data collection. Her research interests include wildlife species interactions, and conservation biology - specifically the effects of climate change and habitat loss on wildlife behavior and survival. Currently she is using camera trap data to determine the nature and the seasonal occurrence of wildlife around the facility shed housing a colony of Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus). She hopes to further examine whether or how wildlife presence patterns around the Squirrel Colony Facility Shed (SCFS) affect the phenological habits of the squirrels inside.
Camden STEWART
Junior/Senior Undergraduate
2024-2026
Camden is a third-year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor in Fisheries and Wildlife Management at Northern Michigan University. He has keen research interests in Animal Behavior and Environmental Physiology. Specifically, Camden's research project aims at understanding how anxiety and exploratory behaviors in a small obligate hibernator, the Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) are impacted by winter thermal conditions. More broadly, Camden develops a large interest in Animals Species Adaptive Responses to Environmental Climatic Changes.
Korben MOELTER
Junior/Senior Undergraduate
2024-2026
Korben is a third-year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor degree in Biology with a concentration in Ecology. He is an avid outdoorsman and wildlife photographer. His research interests include migration biology, predator-prey interactions, behavioral ecology, and the effect of changing climates on an organism’s physiology. Currently he is finishing his work analyzing Bergmann's gradients in heterothermic species across North America and partnering with the Michigan DNR to assess deer population size and dynamics on Presque Isle in Marquette, Michigan.
FORMER UNDERGRADUATE TRAINEES
Silas PICKHARDT
Bachelor of Science, BSc
2024-2025
Silas graduated from Northern Michigan University with a Bachelor's in Fisheries and Wildlife Management in May 2025. During his time with the Energetics Lab, his interests guided him to study the ecophysiology of the hibernator’s heart and work on summarizing a comprehensive proteomic dataset on hibernating hearts from the Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus), a European species. Aside from his work with the Energetics Lab, Silas’ research focused on topics such as landscape ecology, fire ecology, and forestry. In June of 2025, he began a Master of Science at the University of Tennessee, where he is pursuing a Thesis research focused on tick and tick-borne disease responses to prescribed fire.
Madeline INDERMUEHLE
Junior/Senior Undergraduate
2024-2025
Maddie graduated from Northern Michigan University with a Bachelor's in Biology & Biochemistry in May 2025. During the time with the Energetics Lab, Maddie’s interests lied in the ecophysiology of the hibernator’s heart. She worked together with Silas on summarizing a comprehensive proteomic dataset on hibernating hearts from a European hibernating species, the Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus). Aside from her work with the Energetics Lab, Maddie has great interests in the management of wildlife species including small rodents found under natural habitats. Since June 2025, Maddie works in an animal’s shelter in Northern Wisconsin, her native region with her family. She is looking forward to the next step to continue developing her passion for animal species welfare.
Undergraduates & Internships
Including trainees involved in specific tasks such as animals husbandry & care, samples collection, data entry, and not assigned to a specific project.
2009-2010
Pierick Mouginot
Cécile Person
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2011-13
Ines Hofer
Lea Weiß
Roland Tulzer
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2013-14
Stefan Stumpfel
Stefanie Jernej
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2016-17
Juraj Trecer
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2019-2021
Laura Steininger
Sabrina Rosner
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2021-22
Marta Grossiak
Camille Marie-Jean-Robert
2024-25
Madeline Indermuehle
Silas Pickhardt
Katelyn Younglove
Korben Moelter
Camden Stewart
Kinzey Heikkinen
Chris Ricker
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2025-26
Korben Moelter
Camden Stewart
Mary Jane Bauer
Yanni Dunkas
Ashe Hartrick
Jessica LaPonse
Riley Paschall
Matiana Molano
Dominick Sumeracki
Andrea Temple
Corinn Torma
Anna Schnizler