Lab Members
Current and Alumni
The Spadefoot Squad!
Graduate Students
Andrew Isdaner
B.S. University of Chicago
Alumni
Pat Kelly
“Sexual selection and phenotypic plasticity”
Chris Akcali
Ph.D. 2019
“Evolution of precise versus imprecise mimicry”
Sofia de la Serna Buzon
Ph.D. 2019 (co-advised with Dr. Dr. Karin Pfennig)
“Carry over effects of resource polymorphism”
Lisa Bono
Ph.D. 2015 (co-advised with Dr. Christina Burch)
“Competition and the evolution of novel resource use in viruses”
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT TEXAS TECH U.
Bradley Allf
Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2015
“Evolution of the rattlesnake rattle”
graduate student at NC State Univ
Georgia Titcombe
Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2014
“Flicker-fusion as a defensive strategy in snakes”
Ph.D. student at UC-Santa Barbara
David Kikuchi
Ph.D. 2013
“Mechanisms of adaptation in coral snake mimicry”
Prof. Beren Robinson
Sabbatical Visitor 2012-2013
“Evolution of morph-specific genes in spadefoot toad tadpoles”
professor at U. of Guelph
Jeff Paull
M.S. 2012
“Competition as a cost of resource specialization”
Aquatic Scientist at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Aaron Leichty
M.S. 2011
“Evolution of morph-specific genes in spadefoot toad tadpoles”
formerly a Ph.D. student at U. of Pennsylvania
Cris Ledon-Rettig
Ph.D. 2010
“Phenotypic plasticity’s role in the origins and diversification of feeding strategies in spadefoot toad larvae”
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT INDIANA U.
Ryan Martin
Ph.D. 2010
“Evolution of resource polymorphism”
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT CASE WESTERN U.
Amber Rice
Ph.D. 2008
“Population genetic and phylogenetic studies of character displacement in spadefoot toads”
ASSOCIATE professor at Lehigh University
Matt McGee
Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2004-2007
formerly a PhD student at UC Davis
George Harper
Ph.D. 2006
“Evolution of a snake mimicry complex”
Allison Welch
Postdoc 2000-2004
associate professor at the College of Charleston
William Harcombe
Undergraduate Honors Thesis 1998-2001
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT U. OF MINNESOTA
Mike Loeb
Ph.D. 2001
“Evolution of egg dumping in an insect”
Currently a science writer
M.S. 1997
“Proximate causes of cannibalistic polyphenism in larval tiger salamanders”
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT U. OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
