| Publications: Vink CJ, Steven M. Thomas, P Paquin, CY Hayashi and M Hedin. 2005. The effects of preservatives and temperatures on arachnid DNA. Invertebrate Systematics 19:99-104 Steven M. Thomas and M Hedin. 2006. Natural history and distribution of the enigmatic southern Appalachian opilionid, Fumontana deprehendor Shear (Laniatores: Triaenonychidae), with an assessment of morphological variation. Zootaxa 1242, 21-36 James Starrett and M Hedin. 2007. Multilocus genealogies reveal multiple cryptic species and biogeographic complexity in the California turret spider Antrodiaetus riversi (Mygalomorphae, Antrodieatidae). Molecular Ecology, 16:583-604 Steven M. Thomas and M Hedin. 2008. Multigenic phylogeographic divergence in the paleoendemic southern Appalachian opilionid Fumontana deprehendor Shear (Opiliones, Laniatores, Triaenonychidae). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 46, 645-658  | Oral Presentations at National Meetings: James Starrett - 2003 American Arachnological Society Meetings, Denver, CO James Starrett - 2004 Society for the Study of Evolution Meetings, Ft. Collins, CO Steven Thomas - 2005 American Arachnological Society Meetings, Akron, OH Steven Thomas - 2005 American Arachnological Society Meetings, Akron, OH Robin Keith - 2005 American Arachnological Society Meetings, Akron, OH Robin Keith - 2006 Society for the Study of Evolution Meetings, Stony Brook, NY Scholarships: Steven Thomas - 2004 Undergraduate Fellowship in Karst Studies, $5000 Robin Keith - 2004 Jarrett Meeker Scholarship (San Diego), $5000 Awards & Fellowships: Robin Keith - Best Student Paper Award, 2004 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Competition Robin Keith - Best Student Paper Award, 2005 CSU Undergraduate Research Competition Steven Thomas - Best Student Paper Award, 2005 American Arachnological Society Meetings, Akron, OH James Starrett - Summer 2004 NSF REU Fellowship Joe Deas, Jr., Summer 2005 M.O.R.E. (Minority Opportunities for Research on Evolution) Fellowship |
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