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Current and Future Projects
Current and Future Projects
I am currently working with an undergraduate student, as well as another faculty member in my department to investigate biodiversity of fungi, and fungall community structure in woodlands in Missouri. More on this as we move forward with data analysis.
I am currently working with an undergraduate student, looking at female mosquitofish morphology. We are currently starting on data analysis.
My big project currently, is creating a teaching collection for Northwest. I am currently working through fish specimen, sorting, and entering them on a database. As of now, we have established collections of 26 species, across 24 genera and 16 families.
Dissertation Research
Dissertation Research
My dissertation research was focused on the influence of predation pressure on the morphology of small species of freshwater fishes. Species that reside in environments with predators present have the ability to adapt to survive in these environments. My research aims to investigate how these predator-induced morphological changes can impact fish survival, and swimming ability. My intention is to investigate the influence of morphology not only on burst swimming speed, which is used to evade predators, but also its influence on steady swimming ability, which is utilized for dispersal. Additionally, my dissertation focused on sexual dimorphism in western mosquitofish, as well as using mark-recpature methodology to track, and predict current, and future invasions of the western mosquitofish
Additional Projects
I've been collaborating with researchers across the country to look at morphology of western mosquitofish across their native and invasive range. This project is currently in review at a journal. More updates will be provided as it moves through the publication process.
I've recently been working on a multi-university study to investigate adaptations to seasonality along the native range of the western mosquitofish. This project is currently in its final writing stages before publication.
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