Graduate Students
Note: we have a separate page listing recent graduates.
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research Interests: Amphibian life history & behavior, Biogeographic patterns
Hometown: Thiruvananthapuram, India
Adviser: Town Peterson
Research interests: Ecological Niche Modeling (Disease Modeling)
Hometown: Tripoli, Libya
Advisers: Rafe Brown and Town Peterson
Research interests: Phylogeography of Central African reptiles
Hometown: Jefferson City, Missouri
Advisor name: James Thorp
Research Interests: Food webs, stable isotopes, macrosystem ecology
Hometown: Branford, CT
Advisor: Richard Glor
Research Interests: Snake color and pattern genetics
Hometown: Milton, Massachusetts
Advisor: Andrew Short
Research Interests: Systematics of Noteridae (Coleoptera)
Hometown: Alburquerque, NM
Advisor: Bryan Foster
Research Interest: Restoration ecology, phenology, global change, invasive species
Hometown: Nashville, Indiana
Advisor: Joy Ward
Research Interests: Evolutionary plant physiology, climate change and plant responses, plant ecophysiology
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Advisor: Jim Bever
Research Interests: Plant-microbe ecology, mycorrhizal and pathogen influence on plant ecology and community dynamics
Hometown: Irivine, California
Advisor: Joy Ward
Research Interest: Plant responses to past environments through the analysis of pack rat (Neotoma) middens
Hometown: Navarre, Florida
Adviser: Rich Glor
Research interests: Squamate systematics and biogeography; vertebrate paleontology
Hometown: Houston, TX
Advisor: Maggie Wagner
Research interests: plant-microbe interactions and sustainable agriculture
Hometown: Farmington Hills, MI
Advisor: Town Peterson
Research interests: Ecology, Biogeography, Evolution, Biodiversity informatics
Hometown: Loja, Ecuador
Adviser: Richard Glor
Research interests: Biogeography, ecological speciation, ecology, phylogeography, phylogenetics
Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil
Advisor: Town Peterson
Research Interests: Museum and genomics approaches to understand the basis of avian diversity, evolution and behavior. Mechanisms for slowing /preventing the loss of biodiversity (in Sri Lankan ecosystems). Study of bird guilds as ecological indicators.
Hometown: Kandy, Sri Lanka
Advisor: Robert Moyle
Research interests: Avian phylogeography & taxonomy; museum collections growth, development, and use; avifauna of eastern Indonesia
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska
Advisor: Jim Bever
Research interests: Anthropogenic impacts on plant-microbe interactions, mycorrhizal ecology
Hometown: Pittstown, NJ
Advisor: Rob Moyle
Research Interests: Systematics, hybrid zones, divergence, genomics
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
Advisor: Lena Hileman
Research Interests: Paleobotany; Plant Evolution, Systematics, and Physiology
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Adviser: Sara Baer
Research Interests: Restoration Ecology, soils, ecosystem ecology, plant communities
Hometown: Tremont, IL
Advisor: Town Peterson
Research Interests: Biogeography, Phylogenetics and Speciation
Hometown: Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Adviser: Joy Ward
Research interest: The impacts of rising carbon dioxide from anthropogenic sources on leaf epidermal structures; from a whole leaf level to a molecular scale.
Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MO
Advisor: Town Peterson
Research interest: My research interests include conservation biology, ornithology, systematic conservation planning, distributional ecology, ecological niche modeling, biodiversity informatics and climate change biology in West Africa.
Hometown: Greenville, Liberia
Advisor: Sharon Billings
Research Interest: The Effects of Anthropogenic Change and Climate Change on Terrestrial Ecosystems; in particular Plant Communities, Monitoring and Modeling, Drought Management, Water Resources Management.
Hometown: Mashhad, Iran
Advisor: Leo Smith
Research Interests: Morphological and molecular evolution of carangiform fishes
Hometown: Miami, FL
Advisor: Andrew Short
Research Interests: Morphology, phylogeny, systematics, biodiversity and biogeography of Coleoptera
Hometown: Cali, Colombia
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jcgiron/home
Advisor: Dr. Sharon Billings
Research interest: Ecosystems ecology, rooting systems, nutrient and carbon cycling
Hometown: Athens, Ohio
Adviser: Joy Ward
Research interests: Effects of global change factors e.g. rising carbon dioxide on plant development
Hometown: Homer, Louisiana
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research interests: Biogeography and Evolutionary Ecology of Southeast Asian Herpetofauna.
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Advisor: Kirsten Jensen
Research Interests: Taxonomy and systematics of elasmobranch tapeworms; host-parasite cophylogeny
Hometown: Delmar, NY
Advisor: Rob Moyle
Research interests: Ornithology, Biogeography, Evolution, Systematics
Hometown: Rolla, MO
Advisor: Benjamin A. Sikes
Research interest: Community Ecology, Fire Ecology, Mycology, Nutrient Cycling
Hometown: Kokomo, Indiana
Adviser: Town Peterson
Research Interests: Distributional ecology, Biodiversity conservation, Development of open-access biodiversity informatics resources
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Adviser: Jorge Soberon
Research Interests: Ecological niche modeling, species distribution modeling, biodiversity, and statistical ecology.
Hometown: Guanajuato, Mexico
Advisor: Chris Beard
Research interests: Bat paleontology and evolution; Mammal evolution and paleobiogeography
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Advisor: Lena Hileman
Research interests: Nectar development and nectar production
Hometown: Olathe, Kansas
Advisors: Mark Mort and Dan Crawford
Research Interests: Plant systematics, biogeography, and population genetics
Hometown: Emporia, KS
Advisor: Rob Moyle
Research Interesets: Phylogeography and population genetics
Hometown: Cambridge, MN
Advisor: Paulyn Cartwright
Research Interest: Cnidarian venom and stinging cell evolution
Hometown: Worthington, Ohio
Advisor: Maggie Wagner
Research interests: plant-microbe interactions, population ecology and trends across environmental gradients.
Hometown: Houston, TX
Advisor: Jim Thorp
Research interests: Macroinvertebrates, aquatic ecology, food webs
Hometown: Rogers, MN
Advisor: Town Peterson
Research interests: Ornithology, Systematics, Biogeography, Evolution
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Advisor: Wm. Leo Smith
Research interests: Ichthyology, systematics, evolutionary biology, and phylogenetics/phylogenomics
Hometown: Vadnais Heights, MN
Adviser: Chris Beard
Research interests: The Great Old World Biotic Interchange: mammalian faunal exchange between Africa and Asia at the Oligocene – Miocene boundary; fossil primate systematics; Afrothere systematics
Hometown: Richmond, Kentucky
Adviser name: Ben Sikes
Research interests: Restoration ecology, grassland ecology and conservation, plant-soil interactions, microbial ecology
Home town: Santa Rosa, CA
Advisor: Chris Beard
Research Interests: early primate evolution and diversification during the Eocene Epoch.
Hometown: Littleton, CO
Advisor: Andrew Short
Research Interests: Ecological, Molecular, and Morphological Evolution, Entomology, Systematics, Biogeography, Population and Quantitative Genetics, Biodiversity Conservation
Hometown: Batavia, IL
Advisor name: Jorge Soberon
Research Interests: Ecology and conservation of Lepidoptera. Ecological Niche Modeling. Biogeography, Biodiversity informatics.
Hometown: Havana, Cuba
Adviser: Fola Agusto and Maria Orive
Research Interests: Mathematical Biology - using mathematical modeling approach to gain insight into the epidemiology of some emerging and re-emerging diseases
Hometown: Ibadan, Nigeria
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research Interests: Phylogeography, population genetics and conservation of mammals
Hometown: Jupiter, Florida
Advisor: Rob Moyle
Research Interests: Avian phylogenomics, avian parasites, biogeography
Hometown: Ambler, PA
Advisor: Amy Burgin
Research interests: Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, aquatic ecology, aquatic-terrestrial interactions, and climate change
Hometown: Ferndale / Detroit, MI
Advisor: James Bever
Research interests: Evolution and persistence of symbiotic relationships; Mycorrhizal fungi; Plant and soil ecology
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research interests: Herpetology, species/landscape ecology and conservation, science education
Hometown: Ozamiz, Philippines
Advisor: A. Townsend Peterson
Research interests: Parasitic diseases- Mapping the risk of infectious diseases- Ecological niche modeling applied to Public Health- Spatial epidemiology of vectors of infectious diseases
Hometown: Ecuador
Advisor: Chris Beard
Research Interests: Primate origins and evolution, phylogenetics, evolutionary morphology
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Advisor name: Sharon Billings
Research Interests: Soils; biogeochemistry; erosion
Hometown: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research interests: Phylogeography, Cameroon volcanic line, Amphibians, Reptiles, Congo Basin
Hometown: Douala, Cameroon
Advisor name: Bruce Lieberman
Research Interests: Invertebrate paleontology, macroevolution, phylogenetics, biogeography
Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia
Advisor: Richard Glor
Research interests: Evolution of Postmating Reproductive Isolation, Herpetology
Hometown: Havana, Cuba
Advisor: Paulyn Cartwright
Research Interests: Evolutionary and developmental biology of medusozoans
Hometown: Paris, France
Advisor: John Kelly
Research Interests: Population genomics of Cryptomonas; Quantitative genetics and genomics of mimulus.
Hometown: Kampala, Uganda
Advisor: Jorge Soberon
Research Interests: Animal Behavior, Movement and Spatial Ecology, Herpetology
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Advisor: Jim Bever
Research Interests: theoretical ecology, plant community ecology, plant-soil feedbacks, prairie conservation
Hometown: Washington, IL
Adviser: Sara Baer
Research Interests: Tallgrass prairie restoration, Conservation, Plant-Soil Interactions, Effects of Land Management Techniques
Hometown: Rockford, IL
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research interests: systematics, phylogenetics, herpetology, biogeography
Hometown: Gonzales, LA
Advisor: Amy Burgin
Research interests: Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, aquatic chemistry, water quality
Hometown: Oxford, OH
Adviser: Sara Baer
Research interests: Soil ecology, plant-soil-microbe interactions, nutrient dynamics, prairie restoration and conservation
Hometown: Downers Grove, IL
