Nick C. Brandley, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Wooster (2018-current)
Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Wooster (2017-2018)
Ph.D., Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC (2015; Dr. Sönke Johnsen advisor)
B.S. Ecology and Evolution, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2008)
Current IS students and projects
(# = Neurobiology, * = co-advised or double major)
Claire Campbell# ('23) Color signaling in grasshoppers
David Dotson# ('23) Meningioma treatment and growth (review)
Teddi Farson# ('23) Heart rate recovery in DIII athletes
Ben Greenwood* ('23) Shoulder Rehabilitation (review)
Christian Johnston ('23) Variability of biomechanics in DIII pitchers
Riley Thorr ('23) Stress, heart rate, and sleep measured over the course of a semester.
Previous IS students and projects
Atticus Moats# ('23) Retinal ganglion cells across taxa
Cameron Papp ('22) Escape tactics in the Carolina grasshopper
Z Martin ('22) High speed video analysis of coloration in flight
Julian Ballesteros ('22) ACL rehabilitation over time.
Kellen Calhoun ('22) Risk of knee injury and recovery in NFL athletes
Oscar Carmona ('21) Visual signaling in the Carolina grasshopper.
Jay Dibacco ('21) Risk factors for injury in youth baseball.
Hannah Greenland ('21) Visual pigments of Betta splendens.
Kelsey Stone* ('21) Respiratory control in religious meditation and Olympic sport. Co-advised with Dr. Graham (Religious Studies)
Jiyoung Min* ('21) Background matching and search images of the Carolina grasshopper. Co-advised with Dr. Abraham (Psychology)
Matthew Conrad* ('20) Water turbidity and eye scaling in PA fish. Co-advised with Dr. Crawford (Earth Sciences).
Frederick Gilbert# ('20) Variable body coloration and background matching in the Carolina grasshopper.
Vienna Howard ('20) Short-ranged visual behaviors of the Carolina grasshopper.
Kamba Kayoka ('20) Examining background matching in the Carolina grasshopper through a human-substitution approach.
Kay Schwab# ('20) Eye shape, visual parameters, and potential mutants in Drosophila melanogaster.
Sara Garcia* ('19): Sex differences in grasshopper vision. Co-advised with Dr. Beutner (English Department).
Andrew Klein ('19): The visual challenges faced by soccer referees in making offside calls.
Abbey Martin ('19): Between species variation in band-wing grasshopper coloration.
Mary Kate Norton* ('19): Bumblebees and the maintenance of white pollen in American Bellfower. Co-advised with Dr. Ison (Biology)
Patrick Johnson ('18): The effects of Vitamin D on endurance performance in rats.