While we are privileged to be in positions to do science, we view this opportunity as luck as much as effort (à la Sapolsky). We aim to make this chance count by verifying dogma across biology, and by diversifying not only strategies for solving longstanding problems, but also the socioeconomic backgrounds of investigators engaged in scientific discovery.
I received my early training in classical biology at Madras Christian College (Chennai, India), and earned graduate degrees in field biology at the Salim Ali School of Ecology (Pondicherry, India) and Murray State University (Kentucky, USA). I completed my terminal degree at the University of Oklahoma (Norman) under the guidance of Prof. Larry Weider, and trained as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Bob Sterner at the University of Minnesota (St. Paul). I have been enjoying life and science in Stillwater, Oklahoma, since 2009.
Ankur Biswas (2023 – )
Cyanotoxin anabolism
Parna Ghosh (2021 – )
P-Mg interaction in growth
Yetkin Ipek (2018 – )
Harmful algal blooms
Kate Kazmaier (2024 – )
Potassium demands in Daphnia
Clay Prater (2020 – 2023)
Rachel Hartnett (2018 – 2021)
Ryan Sherman (2014 – 2019)
Patrick Lind (2013 – 2018)
Adam Simpson (2012 – 2017)
Co-advised with Jason Belden
Jared Goos (2011 – 2016)
Priyanka Roy Chowdhury (2010 – 2014)
Danielle Alba (2015)
Co-advised with Michi Tobler
Ben Nelson (2018 – 2021)
Protein accrual in Daphnia
Niblack Scholar
PAG: Medical school
Tyler Johnson (2017 – 2021)
Iron–fecundity relationships in zooplankton
PAG: Graduate school
Taylor Brooks (2017 – 2018)
Honors thesis, co-advised with Wilder
PAG: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intern
Kristina Baker (2013 – 2017)
Niblack and Wentz Scholar
PAG: PhD program
Asad Rehman (2013 – 2014)
Wentz Scholar
PAG: Medical school
Marc Cordi (2011 – 2013)
Wentz Scholar
PAG: Law School
Rosa Yorks (2009 – 2013)
Wentz, Niblack, and Goldwater Scholar
PAG: DPharm program
Britney Nelson (2020 – 2021)
Dietary phosphorus–iron interactions in Daphnia
Morrison High School, OK
Nicole Biddinger (2012 – 2013)
Heat tolerance of ancient Daphnia genotypes
Bartlesville High School, OK.
Lab group photos
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
2017-18
2016 Fulbright Sabbatical
Jyväskylä, Finland
2016-17
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11