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Current Lab Members Jacqueline Dillard, Ph.D. Student.
Research: Parental care and cooperation in Passalid
beetles. David Moldoff, Ph. D. Student.
Research: Cognition and parental care in house sparrows. Ben Cloud, Ph. D. Student.
Research: Behavior and hybridization in birds Katherine Sasser, M. S. Student.
Research: Indirect effects of density dependent nest competition in house
sparrows. Come and Gone but not
Forgotten! Post-docs Ian Stewart, Post-doc and
Research Associate. As of March 1, 2011, a post-doc at the University of
Delaware. Contact: itsacharliebrownchristmas
[at]hotmail.com Joseph Poston, Post-doc. Currently
Associate Professor of Biology at Catawba College, NC Sarah Sloane, Post-doc. Currently
Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Maine-Farmington. Graduate Students Daniel
Wetzel,
Ph. D. (2013). Thesis: The causes and consequences of individual variation in
parental care behavior. Current
Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University. Sanh Kin Diep, Ph. D. (2012). Thesis: Role of social interactions on the
development and honesty of a signal of status. Bridget
Sousa,
Ph. D. (2012). Thesis: Ecology of
mating patterns and sexual selection in dickcissels
breeding in managed prairie. Current Position:
Ecologist, H. T. Harvey and Associates. Amanda
Ensminger, Ph.D. (2011). Thesis: Personality
and plasticity of house sparrow foraging behavior. Current Position: NSF Post-doc with Esteban Fernandez-Juricic at Purdue University Scott Lynn, Ph.D. (2006) Thesis: Cloning and
expression of key endocrine genes in a study on estrogen stimulated sexual
size dimorphism (SSD) in yellow perch (Perca flavescens). Current Position:
Wildlife toxicologist for the US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention Margret Hatch, Ph.D. (2003). Thesis: Parental care
as a life history trait in house sparrows, Passer domesticus. Current Position: Associate Professor at Penn
State University-Worthington/Scranton. Herman Mays, Ph.D. (2000) Thesis: Sexual
conflict and constraints on female mating tactics in a monogamous passerine,
the yellow-breasted chat. Current Position:
Curator of Zoology, Cincinnati Natural History Museum. Katherine “Utah”
Newman, M.S. (2011). Currently a tutor in Seattle, Wa. Emily Morrison, M.S.
(2003) Thesis: Plumage
signals and male-male competition for nest sites in house sparrows. Recently
defended her Ph. D. at Michigan State University. Contact: ebmorris at msu.edu Tria Kinnard,
M.S. (2002) Thesis: Analyses of Phenotypic
Variation through the Life History of House Sparrows. Currently a physician’s
assistant. Wendy Hein, M.S.
(2001) Thesis: Dominance
relationships and patterns of aggression in flocks of house sparrows, Passer
domesticus. Current Position: 4H educational specialist
faculty member at Oregon State University. Contact: wendy.hein
at orst.edu. Gina Hupton, M.S. (2000) Thesis: Bacteria in
the guts and ejaculates of Red-winged Blackbirds: Implications for multiple
mating. Richard Hanschu, M.S. (1999) Thesis:
Microsatellite based genetic studies of paternity in House Sparrows.
Currently working in computer systems in New Zealand. Tamara Roush,
Principal Lab Technician (1996-1999). Received Ph.D. in Entomology at the
University of California-Davis. Patricia Hartman, Ph.D. student. Project on hybridization between
Golden- and Blue-winged Warblers. Currently seeking MLS degree. Damon Orsetti, Ph.D. student. Project on multiple mating in Colorado
Potato Beetles. Doug Schaefer, Ph.D. student. Cooperative breeding in the monomorphic
and ornamented Magpie Shrike. Sarah Martin Stewart,
Ph. D. Student. Research: Male advertisements in Indigo Buntings. |
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