Alumni

David Dimitrie - Ph.D. Biology 2021.

Hilary Rollins - Ph.D. Biology 2019.

Kacey (Dananay) Cope - Ph.D. Biology 2018. Dr. Dananay conducted her dissertation research on amphibian responses to salt pollution and artificial light at night. She is currently assistant professor at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Erin Conway. 2018.

Amanda Li. 2018.

Tim Nicholas. 2018.

India Johnson. 2017.

Briana Sealey. B.S. Biology 2017. Briana conducted her capstone research on habitat destruction and demography of Ambystoma salamanders. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas Austin.

Mimi Guo M.S. Biology 2016. In her Master's research, Mimi tested if amphibian larvae alter food consumption and diet preference in response to predation risk.

Alex Grossman - B.S. Biology 2016. Alex conducted research and completed a senior honors thesis on the interplay of chemical and visual cues used by tadpoles to detect predators.

Henry Hershey - B.A. Biology and Environmental Biology 2016. Henry was involved with several projects on snails and waterbugs. He is currently a graduate student at Auburn University.

Katherine Krynak Ph.D. Biology 2015. In her dissertation research, Dr. Kryank investigated how environmental change, particularly anthropogenic disturbance, affected two components of amphibain immune defenses: natural peptide secretions and skin-associated microbial communities. In 2016, Dr. Krynak started as an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University.

Laura Hill - B.A. Biology 2015. Laura conducted research on tadpole foraging behavior and interactions with snails. She has gone on to be a full-time zookeeper in the Amphibian Conservation Area at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

Kristen Zozulin - B.S. Systems Biology 2013. Kristen examined how limiting resources (calcium) affect the responses of freshwater snails to predatory water bugs. After graduation she joined the Peace Corps. She is currently in medical school.

Phoebe Edwards - B.A. Anthropology and Evolutionary Biology 2013. Phoebe conducted research on predator-prey interactions between water bugs and aquatic snails. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Toronto-Scarborough studying the interaction between population fluctuations and endocrine responses in mammals.

Matt Kluber - Research Assistant 2011-2012. Matt played a key role in several aspects of the lab's research, including monitoring Ambystoma texanum populations, surveying wetlands, and gathering data from experimental and survey samples.

Jeremy Rayl - B.A. Biology 2012. Jeremy conducted a capture-mark-recapture study of salamanders at the CWRU Farm. He is currently a DVM-PhD student at the University of Illinois.

Matt Boes - B.S. Biology & B.A. Psychology 2012. Case Western Reserve University. Matt conducted research in the lab from Fall 2010 to Spring 2012 on a variety of projects involving amphibian phenotypic plasticity, ecology and locomotor performance. As part of his research, Matt was supported on a summer SOURCE Fellowship to conduct research at the ES George Reserve. At graduation, Matt received the J. Paul Visscher Memorial Award of the Cleveland Audubon Society, awarded to the graduating CWRU senior "who demonstrates outstanding ability and promise in the field of ecology or environmental science."

Brittany Bogus - B.A. Biology 2012. Case Western Reserve University. Brittany conducted her Biology 388S Capstone research on Smallmouth Salamander demography and conservation. Additionally, she worked as a summer research assistant helping Kathy Krynak investigate the effects of larval environment on postmetamorphic immune defenses in amphibians. Brittany is now a veterinary student at Colorado State University.

Matt Conger - B.S. Biology 2012. Case Western Reserve University. Matt conducted research in the lab from Summer 2011 to Spring 2012 on a variety of projects involving behavioral ecology and conservation biology of amphibians and freshwater invertebrates. As part of his research, Matt was supported on a summer SPUR Fellowship to conduct research at the E.S. George Reserve.

Anna Droz - B.S. Biology 2012. Case Western Reserve University. Anna conducted her Biology 388 S Capstone research on relationship between tadpole morphology and ability to escape predators. Anna is now a PhD student at Kent State University.

Catherine Osborn - B.S. Biology & B.A. Anthropology 2012. Case Western Reserve University. Catherine conducted research in the lab from Fall 2010 to Spring 2012. Her research focused on phenotypic plasticity of tadpole oral morphology. Catherine was awarded first place in the Fall 2011 SOURCE Intersections Symposium Poster Session competition, and successfully defended her Honor's Thesis in April 2012.

Alexandra Medoro - B.S. Biology 2011. Case Western Reserve University. Alex conducted research on the relationship between tadpole morphology and ability to escape predators for Biology 390. She is currently in medical school.

Andrew Zajac - B.A. Biology 2010. Case Western Reserve University. Andrew did research on amphibian ecology and development through SPUR, his SAGES Capstone, and after graduation as a summer field assistant.

Letitia Jaques - B.A. 2010. University of Montana. Tisha was a research assistant in the lab in the summer of 2010. She assisted with mesocosm experiments, sampling wetlands in the midwest, and a capture-mark-recapture study of wood frogs.

John Vanek - B.S. 2010. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. John was a research assistant in the lab in the summer of 2009. He assisted with mesocosm experiments, sampling wetlands in the midwest, and a capture-mark-recapture study of wood frogs. He is now working on an M.S. at Hofstra University.

Tina Barbasch - B.S. 2009. Cornell University. Tina was a research assistant in the lab in the summer of 2009. She assisted with mesocosm experiments, sampling wetlands in the midwest, and a capture-mark-recapture study of wood frogs. Tina also pursued an independent research project on behavioral responses to predators that resulted in a paper ( Barbasch and Benard. 2011. Ethology. 117(5):367-373. ). She is currently a PhD student at Boston University.