Swierk Lab Members
Dr. Lindsey Swierk
Principal Investigator
Assistant Research Professor, State University of New York, Binghamton
Director of Scientific Research, The Morpho Institute
Associate Director of Research, Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies
Dr. Swierk received her BA in Biology and Environmental Science and a MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and her PhD in Ecology from Penn State. She completed a Vision and Change Postdoctoral Fellowship at Penn State and a Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellowship at Yale University.
Graduate Students
Allie Martin
PhD Candidate
Ecophysiology of water anole diving behavior
Janelle Talavera
PhD Student
Sexual traits and speciation in water anoles (co-advised, Dr. Tom Powell)
Undegraduate Students
Andrés Rojo
Biological Sciences (major), Spanish (minor)
Animal vision and visual modeling
Lyra Lu
Biological Sciences (major), Digital & Data Studies (minor)
Global change and lizard locomotion
Fiddi Hilmi
Biological Sciences
Lizard microbiomes
Samantha Garnsey
Biological Sciences
Lizard microbiomes
Collin Kapusinsky
Biological Sciences
Peruvian fisheries
Elizabeth Croft
Biological Sciences
Bioacoustics of wood frog choruses
Roshan Marquez
Environmental Studies
Speciation and sexual traits in lizards
Audrey Warburton
Biological Sciences, Pre-Veterinary Concentration
Wood frog histology/physiology
Lab Alumni and their last known whereabouts
Shola (Mohammed) Akinlolu (Biological Sciences MA) Albany Medical College MD Program
Ryn Baker (Environmental Sciences BS) Weill Cornell Medicine
Katie Bradbury (Biological Sciences BS) LIU College of Veterinary Medicine
Vanessa Farrell (Integrative Neuroscience BS) Columbia University - Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Jaedyn Lalonde (Biological Sciences, Integrative Neuroscience BS) Penn State Ecology - MSc Program
Jake McCarthy (Environmental Science, Biological Sciences BS) Stonybrook University, Microbiology and Immunology - PhD Program
Maxwell Meadow (Biological Sciences BS) University of Queensland-Ochsner MD Program
Kelly Sisson (Integrative Neuroscience BS) Widener University Graduate School
Allison Squillante (Integrative Neuro / Biol Anthropology BS) SUNY Downstate MD Program
Kelly Wuthrich (Biological Sciences BS) Florida International University, Biological Sciences (Ecology) - PhD Program
WALL OF FAME - Summer Water Anole Team
Jane Boyer, REU 2015
Determinants of anole color change
Maria Petelo, REU 2015
Sexual signal allometry
Amber Morgan, REU 2016
Camouflage in water anoles
Jennet Chang, REU 2016
Conspicuousness of anole sexual signals
Kimberly Guo, Yale University, 2016
Thermal constraints on anole locomotion
Diana Lopera, REU 2018
Anole thermal responses to simulated climate change
Maegan Delfin, REU 2018
Microhabitat preferences and home ranges of water anoles
Austin Carriere, REU 2018 (co-mentored)
Intersexual differences in boldness and activity
Andrea Fondren, REU 2018 (co-mentored)
Anole responses to anthropogenic colors
Denise Ortega, REU 2019
An ethogram for water anoles
Mykel Lizama, REU 2019
Sexual signaling in water anoles
Michael-Luca Natt, REU 2019 (co-mentored)
Antipredator behavior
Janelle Talavera, REU 2019 (co-mentored)
Boldness and predation risk
Deborah Meleiseā, REU 2021
Diel variation in lizard performance
Jada Williams, REU 2021
Sex variation in lizard locomotion
Diane Cordero, REU 2022
Microhabitat and anole dive duration
Alva Mihalik, REU 2022
Thermoregulation and refuge use
You?
Interested in joining the water anole team? Check out the application site: NSF LSAMP REU
or
NSF Binghamton Biofilms REU
The Swierk Lab is privileged to work on land that constitutes the the traditional territories of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee) and Onundagaonoga (Onondaga) in the USA,
the Tjer-di/Teribe Broram in Costa Rica, and the Maijuna and Kichwa del Río Napo in Perú.