Theresa Hudson is a M.S. student at the Odum school of Ecology in the Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development program. She earned her B.S. in Environmental Science from Indiana University. Her current research/thesis, being completed under Dr. Catherine Pringle, looks at how algal communities in a tropical montane stream are affected by the subsequent occurrence of droughts and hurricanes in Puerto Rico. Theresa plans to focus her future career on the conservation of endangered animal species.