Bartol Marine Biomechanics Lab

Cephalopods Rule!

People

Lab Director

Ian Bartol, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences. I received my BS from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and my MS and PhD at the College of William and Mary/Virginia Institute of Marine Science. I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) before joining the faculty at Old Dominion University.

Current Graduate Students

Mel Lhuillier, MS Student, Department of Biological Sciences. Mel is interested in swimming behaviors of squid paralarvae.
Morgan Garrett, MS Student, Department of Biological Sciences. Morgan is interested in sea turtle swimming dynamics.

Current Undergraduate Assistants

Erin Coulter is undergraduate researcher working on collective behaviors of squid.
Katie Somers is an undergraduate volunteer helping out with animal husbandry, field work, and data analyses

Former Undergraduate Students

  • Eric Amrhein
  • Cathryn Bowling*
  • Tiffany Burkard
  • Jeremiah Clester
  • Rachael Crews*
  • Erin Coulter
  • John Paul Cross
  • Travis DeGraphenried
  • Jason Dunphy
  • Daryll Fox
  • Kelly Jacobson
  • Brenna Perez
  • Katie Somers
  • Emilie Stump
  • Brett Sweezey
  • Cydney Tutchton*
  • Elaine Walters

*College of Sciences/Department of Biological Sciences Outstanding Scholar

Former Graduate Students

William J. Stewart (MS 2007)

Angela M. Woolard (MS 2008)

Lory Scott (MS 2009)

Margaret Lynott (MS 2012)

Ashley Lavender (MS 2014)

Rachel Jastrebsky (PhD 2015)

Carly York (PhD 2016)

Kristy Volker (MS 2020)

Kelly Zalaskus (MS 2020)

Amanda Tumminelli (MS 2023)

Alissa Ganley (PhD 2024)

Visiting Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Angie Rivera

Dr. Carly York

Dr. Diana Li

Jahnita Demoranville

Lab Mascots

Fenway
Bernoulli aka Schmoopy