Our current students:
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Belen Alvestegui |
Research Interests: Pollination of the Andean genus Symbolanthus (Gentianaceae); phylogenetics; evolution of floral diversity in tropical communities.
Contact: bb7n4@umsystem.edu
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John Bender |
Research Interests: Community ecology, food web dynamics, and species translocations. Work and research has been focused on Guam and Northern Mariana Islands since 2015 in various projects involving restoration ecology.
Contact: jvbgtk@umsl.edu
Websites: http://www.pacificbirdconservation.org/ http://ecologyofbirdloss.blogspot.com/
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Raj Prasai |
Research Interests: Ecology of nectarivorous and frugivorous bats.
Contact: rp2dq@umsystem.edu
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Kristen Rosamond |
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, immunology, disease ecology, ornithology, and conservation.
Contact: kmrd3c@umsl.edu
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George Todd |
Research Interests: Hoverflies, urban ecology, behavioral plasticity, pollination, ecological tradeoffs.
Contact: gt6gr@umsl.edu
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Andrea Trigueros El Salvador Parker Lab |
Research Interests: Avian disease ecology and population genomics in the context of invasion biology.
Contact: actn2v@umsl.edu
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Emily Beahm |
Research Interests: Effects of biopesticides on bumble bee cognition and behavior.
Contact: eabp4d@umsystem.edu
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Garrett Behrends Miller Lab |
Research Interests: Using molecular techniques to characterize insect diets and species interactions.
Contact: gjb5fy@umsl.edu
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Helen Clawitter USA Parker Lab |
Research Interests: Radioimmunoassay and Enzymeimmunoassay methods, animal behavior monitoring, reproductive and stress physiology.
Contact: hlcg2d@mail.umsl.edu
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Lindsey Dennison Missouri, USA Muchhala Lab |
Research Interests: Coming soon!
Contact: lrdvf2@umsl.edu
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Giulia de Gennaro USA Muchhala Lab |
Research Interests: Angiosperm systematics and taxonomy as well as the broader interactions between evolutionary biology and ecology.
Contact: gbdegennaro@mail.missouri.edu
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Sebastian Forward |
Research Interests: Evolution of bat and hummingbird pollination in the genus Burmeistera. Currently examining how floral traits such as nectar composition, scent, and color evolve across pollination syndrome shifts.
Contact: smf3kv@umsl.edu
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Becky Hansis-O'Neill |
Research Interests: Animal cognition and welfare, science communication and outreach, employing digital museum specimens for education and outreach using digital interactives, augmented reality, and virtual reality.
Contact: bhc35@umsl.edu
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Jordan Hathaway Missouri, USA Muchhala Lab |
Research Interests: Plant-pollinator interactions within agricultural systems.
Contact: jnhf2m@umsl.edu
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Webster Heffern |
Research Interests: Activity of and evolutionary responses to antimicrobials from the perspective of envisioning segues between viability and unviability. Seeks to find broader ecological parallels of population survival and decline, and diversity vividification versus narrowing in response to stressor levels.
Contact: ewhc77@mail.umsl.edu
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Jeremy Howard Maryland, USA Dunlap Lab |
Research Interests: Spatial behavior, spatial cognition, spatial memory, navigation, and learning, science and media.
Contact: jeremy.howard@mail.missouri.edu
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Erik Johnson Tobler Lab |
Research Interests: Evolution of asymmetrical traits. Current research focuses on how asymmetric traits influence behavior and how they are maintained broadly in livebearing fish. Also interested in how these morphological asymmetries are connected with other traits such as brain structure and gonopodial complexity.
Contact: ej7fq@umsl.edu
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Soren Johnson Tobler Lab |
Research Interests: Evolution of fish in caves, specifically the evolutionary mechanisms leading to gain or loss of traits. More broad interests include ichthyology, evolution, and population genomics.
Conact: sj6z9@umsl.edu
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Samir Kuinkel Miller Lab |
Research Interests: Thermal tolerance in paper wasps, including passive thermoregulation and metabolic responses to heat, with an emphasis on how nesting behavior and stress response respond to changes in temperature.
Contact: skkdd@umsl.edu
Last Updated: November 2023
Recent Alumni:
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Serena Achá |
Research Interests: Systematics of Prunus (Rosaceae) and Passiflora (Passifloraceae), species delimitation and geometric morphometry.
Contact: sia7vc@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Samoa Asigau Papua New Guinea Parker Lab |
Research Interests: Population genetics and spatial and demographic patterns of mosquitoes in implicating avian malaria in the Galapagos Archipelago.
Contact: ssacn6@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Rani Asmarayani Indonesia Stevens Lab |
Research Interests: Systematic study of Asian Piper (Piperaceae).
Contact: rawd5@umsl.edu
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Dr. Matthew W. Austin Missouri, USA Dunlap Lab |
Research Interests: Behavioral responses to anthropogenic environmental change; phenotypic plasticity; bumble bee ecology.
Contact: mwacpb@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Rachel Brant |
Research Interests:Native bee behavior, urban ecology
Contact: rabdxd@mail.umsl.edu
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Camilo A. Calderon-Acevedo Colombia Muchhala Lab |
Research Interests: Bat systematics and evolution, Bat-Plant interactions.
Contact: cackdb@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Miguel Chaves Fallas Costa Rica Marquis Lab |
Research Interests: Plant-insect interactions on tropical islands, plant taxonomy, restoration ecology and conservation.
Contact: chamiguel@gmail.com
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Dr. Eva Colberg Alaska, USA Marquis Lab |
Research Interests: Plant-animal interactions, seed dispersal, myrmecology, fire ecology, tropical ecology and conservation.
Contact: eva.colberg@gmail.com
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Dr. Estefania Fernandez Bolivia Marquis Lab |
Research Interests: Restoration ecology, tropical forests, bromeliaceae, facilitation cascades and networks.
Contact: epi.stef@gmail.com
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Dr. Andreia Figueiredo Brazil Dunlap Lab |
Research Interests: Cognitive ecology, animal learning, insect behavior, social behavior, pollination biology.
Contact: aqtbp@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Diana Gamba Colombia Muchhala Lab |
Research Interests: Biodiversity, biogeography, and evolution of flowering plants (specifically Melastomataceae). Focus in Neotropics, particularly in the Chocó and northern Andes.
Contact: dlgtk5@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Meghann Humphries |
Research Interests: Phylogeography, population genetics, host/parasite coevolution.
Contact: mhn83@mail.umsl.edu
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Jose Antonio Iturrizaga |
Research Interests: Behavioral ecology and disease ecology in Galapagos hawks.
Contact: jibyc@umsl.edu
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Dr. Mari C. Jaramillo Ecuador Parker Lab |
Contact:> mcj6fd@mail.umsl.edu
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Alex Laschner-Posner |
Research Interests: Evolution of Pollination Syndromes in the genus Burmeistera
Contact: aelwqb@mail.umsl.edu
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M. Isabel Loza Bolivia Ricklefs Lab |
Research Interests: Rarity and beta-diversity of trees of Bolivian forests.
Contact: milwc6@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Patricia Mendoza Becerra Peru Parker Lab |
Research Interests: Wildlife trafficking, primate rehabilitation and disease risk.
Contact: am632@umsl.edu
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Dr. Juan Moreira-Hernandez Costa Rica Muchhala Lab |
Research Interests: Vertebrate pollination and seed dispersal, plant evolution, ecology of Neotropical bats, biodiversity conservation.
Conact: juan.moreira@gmail.com or jimxx6@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Fidisoa Rasambainarivo Madagascar Parker Lab |
Research Interests: Conservation medicine, health and diseases at the human and wildlife interface.
Contact: ftrz98@mail.umsl.edu
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Dr. Sage Rohrer |
Research Interests: Avian diseases and microbial ecology in Galapagos marine birds.
Contact: sdrq5f@umsl.edu
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Dr. Amanda (Yingtong) Wu China Ricklefs Lab |
Research Interests: Origin and maintenance of biodiversity, the ecology and evolution of species range size, host-pathogen interaction.
Contact: yw3dp@mail.umsl.edu
Research Interests: Interactions between disease ecology and conservation biology, malaria parasite assemblages, and host/parasite interactions in neotropical birds of Gamboa, Panama.
Contact: emyoung90@gmail.com
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Rieka Yu |
Contact: rymcf@mail.umsl.edu
Last Updated: November 2023
