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
Advisers: Rafe Brown and Town Peterson
Research interests: Phylogeography of Central African reptiles
Hometown: Jefferson City, Missouri
Advisor: Jim Bever and Ben Sikes
Research interests: Community ecology, plant-fungal interactions and mutualisms, tripartite interactions, plant ecology
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Advisor: Andrew Short
Research Interests: Systematics of Noteridae (Coleoptera)
Hometown: Alburquerque, NM
Advisor: Michael Engel
Research Interest: phylogeny, reclassification and revision of Chrysopidae
Hometown: Berlin, Germany
Advisor: John Kelly
Research Interests: Metagenomics in artificially selected microbial communities; Epigenetic inheritance mechanisms; Mimulus transformation
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Advisor: Town Peterson
Research Interests: Modeling spatial distributions of disease hosts, vectors, and reservoirs
Hometown: MI
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research Interests: Systematics, phylogeography, Southeast Asian amphibians and reptiles
Hometown: Malaysia
Advisor: Paulyn Cartwright
Research Interests: Invertebrate phylogenetics and evolution, evolutionary developmental biology
Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland
Adviser: Rich Glor
Research interests: Squamate systematics and biogeography; vertebrate paleontology
Hometown: Houston, TX
Advisor: Jennifer Gleason
Research Interests: Insect Behavior, Entomology, Sexual Selection, Behavioral Genetics
Hometown: Rockford, IL
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: Jim Bever
Research interests: Tropical Ecology; Mycorrhizal, Plant, and Soil Ecology
Hometown: Pittstown, NJ
Advisor: Bryan Foster
Research Interests: Plant community ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, evolutionary ecology, tallgrass prairie conservation
Hometown:
Advisor: Andrew Short
Research Interests: Systematics, evolution, and behavior of the beetle family Staphylinidae
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
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: Bryan Foster
Research interests: Plant Community Ecology; Succession; Stochastic and Deterministic Processes; The Importance of Spatial Components in Ecological Analysis
Hometown: Endicott, NY
Advisor: Town Peterson
Research interest: Biodiversity informatics, distribution ecology, ecological niche modeling
Hometown: Greenville, Liberia
Advisor: Leo Smith
Research Interests: The anatomical 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
Advisor: Val Smith, Jerry deNoyelles, and Jennifer Graham (USGS)
Research Interests: Harmful algal bloom distribution, abundance, toxicity, and prediction.
Hometown: Greenville, IL
Advisor: Sharon Billings
Research interest: Biogeochemistry, soil ecology, nitrogen cycling
Hometown: Athens, Ohio
Advisors: Bruce Lieberman and Mark Holder
Research Interests: Phylogenetics, paleontology, arthropod systematics and evolution
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Advisor: Justin Blumenstiel
Research Interests: Molecular Evolution, Meiotic Recombination
Hometown: Lindsay, NE
Adviser: Joy Ward
Research interests: Effects of global change factors e.g. rising carbon dioxide on plant development
Hometown: Homer, Louisiana
Advisor: Jorge Soberón
Research Interests: Biomathematics, biogeography, ecological niche modeling
Hometown: anywhere, USA
Advisor: Kirsten Jensen
Research Interests: The host-parasite ecology and taxonomy & systematics of elasmobranch cestodes
Hometown: Delmar, NY
Adviser: Craig Martin
Reseach interests: Plant ecophysiology, Plant taxonomy, Ecology
Howetown: Taipei, Taiwan
Advisor: Rob Moyle
Research interests: Ornithology, Biogeography, Evolution, Systematics
Hometown: Rolla, MO
Advisor: Benjamin A. Sikes
Research interest: Population Biology, Restoration Ecology, Mycology, Fire Regimes, Plant-Soil Feedbacks
Hometown: Kokomo, Indiana
Adviser: Rob Moyle
Research interests: Avian phylogenetics, biogeography, and evolution
Hometown: Managua, Nicaragua
Advisors: Rafe Brown and Rich Glor
Research Interests: Biogeography, speciation, community assembly, systematics, macroevolution
Hometown: Shawano, Wisconsin
Adviser: Town Peterson
Research Interests: Biogeography and conservation biology of apex predators, development of open-access biodiversity informatics resources
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Adviser: Jorge Soberon
Research Interests: Statistical and ecological niche modeling, biodiversity, biogeography and Statistical Ecology
Hometown: Guanajuato, Mexico
Advisor: Chris Beard
Research interests: Bat paleontology and evolution; Mammal evolution and paleobiogeography
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Advisor: Rob Moyle
Research Interesets: Phylogeography and population genetics
Hometown: Cambridge, MN
Advisor: Benjamin A Sikes
Research Interests: mycology, microbial ecology, taphonomy, paleobotany, paleomycology, comparative plant anatomy
Hometown: Alberta, Canada
Adviser: Bruce Lieberman
Research interests: Paleoecology, Mass Extinction & Speciation Events
Hometown: Carbondale, IL
Adviser: Chris Beard
Research interests: Macroevolution of mammalian faunas within the Eocene
Hometown: Richmond, Kentucky
Advisor: Deborah Smith
Research Interests: Bee conservation; Foraging; Parasitism
Hometown: Hartford, KS
Adviser name: Ben Sikes
Research interests: Restoration ecology, grassland ecology and conservation, plant-soil interactions, microbial ecology
Home town: Santa Rosa, CA
Advisor: Jamie Walters
Research Interests: sexual selection, cryptic female choice, sperm competition
Hometown: Jonesboro, GA
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research Interests: Phylogeography, population genetics and conservation of mammals
Hometown: Jupiter, Florida
Advisor: Chris Beard
Research interests: I study what mammals were doing in the first ten million years after the extinction of the (non-avian) dinosaurs.
Hometown: Wichita, Kansas
Advisor: Jennifer Gleason
Research Interests: Courtship behavior, communication, signaling, sensory ecology, sexual selection
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Advisor: Lena Hileman
Research Interests:
- Understanding the origin and repeated recruitment of the CYCLOIDEA-dependent pathway in floral and fructal evolution.
- History of botany.
Hometown: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Advisor: Andrew Short and Andrew T. Peterson
Research Interests: Systematics and evolution of insects, molecular and morphological phylogeny and biogeography of Coleoptera
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research interests: Population genetics and phylogeography of chameleons in the Cameroon Volcanic Line
Hometown: Douala, Cameroon
Adviser: Jim Thorp
Research interests: Aquatic food web interactions focused around fish
Hometown: Blaine, MN
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research Interest: Herpetological evolutionary biology, Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Lineage diversification,
Community assemblage.
Hometown:
Advisor: Joy Ward
Research Interests: Effects of climate change of flower development in Arabadopsis
Hometown:
Advisor: Rafe Brown
Research interests: systematics, phylogenetics, herpetology, biogeography
Hometown: Gonzales, LA
