BAHS bids a fond farewell to Sean Hartzell

Sean Hartzell
BAHS sends its best wishes to Sean Hartzell, 2015 BA Biology and 2017 MS  Biology, as he begins his new position at the PA Fish and Boat Commission. This marks the end of Sean's seven years at BU,  first as an undergraduate, then as a master's student and finally as as an adjunct instructor, teaching invertebrate zoology and anatomy and physiology.  
Sean had a VERY successful academic career at BU.  He graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Biology, natural history option, and a minor in geology.  Sean was a member of Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society and honor society of Phi Kappa Phi. He conducted undergraduate research on newts and hellbenders. Sean's master's thesis was entitled "Behavior of Eastern Hellbenders and Native and Non-Native Crayfish from the Susquehanna Drainage of Pennsylvania."  Sean's broad research interests encompass herpetology, freshwater ecology, crayfish, invasive species, freshwater invertebrates. natural history and collections-based biology. Sean and his colleagues have presented this work in many venues including the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, the Commonwealth of PA University Biologists, the annual Susquehanna River symposium, the Northeast Natural History Conference, and the International Congress for Conservation Biology. 

 Sean has published manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals such as Freshwater Crayfish, the Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, and Freshwater Biology. He has published over a dozen research notes  and popular articles in Herpetology Notes, Herpetological Bulletin, and Herpetological Reviews.  He has also published a poem "Chelonian epitaph" in Chelonian Conservation and Biology.  Sean was featured in the "NextGen Voices" section  in the July 1, 2016 issue of Science, the magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Sean's 6-word submission in "Science in Brief" under the category of motivation was " Persist: You can make a difference." 
We will miss you Sean. You have indeed made a difference. You have our best wishes for continued success in your future endeavors. 

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