Summer 2024 research in Japan with Grace Ye (Takahashi lab), Yukio Nakajima (friend, the owner of Pawpaw guest house), Daniel Serpa (Takahashi lab), and Valeria Messina (University of Milano).
2025 graduating senior, Luna!
Our research group is broadly interested in ecology, ethology, and, conservation of amphibians (and some reptiles). Our current projects focus on: 1) Interspecific interactions between wood frogs and spotted salamanders, 2) Effects of road salt pollution on an aquatic community, 3) Parental care behavior of Japanese giant salamanders, and 4) Population assessment of giant salamanders using environmental DNA.
Three new students, Tabassom, Ella, and Brian, joined the lab, starting their work in the fall 2025 semester.
Eight different roots mix in our lab! - America, Bangladesh, Japan, Lesotho, Malaysia, Poland, South Korea, and Tibetan-India.
Palmo and Mia did summer research in Japan! A big thank you to the Waters family for their funds to support the trip.
Congratulations to the graduating senior, Luna!