Allen, Daniel C.
PhD student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; BS Macalester College; Research interests include stream ecology, benthic ecology, conservation biology, and invasive species ecology.

Atkinson, Carla
PhD student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; BS Missouri State University, MS University of Georgia; Research interests include aquatic ecology, ecosystem and community ecology, and conservation biology of aquatic ecosystems.

Barkstedt, Judith
MS student with Dr. Edie Marsh-Matthews; BS University of Georgia; Fish ecology and conservation.

Bright, Eric
PhD student with Dr. Liz Bergey; BS Wabash College, MS University of Georgia; Research interests include aquatic invertebrates, especially the community structure of wetland invertebrates.

Burba, Elizabeth Mosteller
PhD student with Dr. Gary Schnell; BS Northeastern State University; MS University of Oklahoma; research interests include mammalian ecology and conservation biology, environmental impacts of energy production and bat migration patterns.

Callahan, Ryan
PhD student with Dr. Michael Patten; BS Arizona State University; Research interests include tropical ecology, conservation biology ornithology.

Carlisle, Sharon
PhD student with Dr. Rosemary Knapp; BS and MS Arizona State University; Research interests include hormones, behavior and evolution.

Chen, Chien-Fu Fred
PhD student with Dr. Don Wilson; BS National Taiwan University, Taiwan; MS University of Texas-Dallas; Research interests include neural basis of olfactory perception and memory of rats.

Chen, Dahong
PhD student with Dr. Randy Hewes; BS Ocean University, China; Research interests include zebrafish development, genetics and genomics.

Clay, Natalie
PhD student with Dr. Michael Kaspari; BS Colby College; Research interests include tropical ecology of ants.

Colston, Tim
MS student with Dr. Laurie Vitt; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include ecology, evolution, and biology of reptiles.

Curry, Claire M.
PhD student with Dr. Michael Patten; Research interests include hybridization, speciation, behavioral ecology (especially competition and community interactions), biogeography, behavior and natural history of birds and odonates.”  

Das, Sunetra
PhD student with Dr. David Durica; BS & MS University of Burdwan, India; Research interests include characterizing genes involved in steroid hormone signaling in fiddler crabs.

Davis, Brian M.
PhD student with Dr. Richard Ciffeli; BS College of William and Mary; MS University of Oklahoma; Current research focuses on systematics and evolution of Cretaceous mammals; Research interests include vertebrate paleontology.

Donoso, David A.
PhD student with Dr. Michael Kaspari; BS Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito Ecuador; Current research focuses on spatial ecology of brown food webs; Research interests include Neotropical ant taxonomy, estudy of 'size' and 'shape' relationships in ants.

Dugas, Matthew B.
PhD student with Dr. Douglas Mock; BS Colgate University; Animal behavior.

Dusang, Daniel
MS student with Dr. Michael Patten; BS Purdue University; Research interests include community interaction, conservation biology and natural history of local bird species.

Fink, April
MS student with Dr. Janalee Caldwell; BS Pacific University, Oregon; Research interests include ecology, conservation of amphibians and reptiles.

Franssen, Nathan R.
PhD student with Dr. Edie Marsh-Matthews; BS and MS Kansas State University; Research interests include ecology and conservation of native fishes.

Gonzalez-Perez, Sara
MS  student with Dr. Gary Schnell; BS Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Research interests include ecology, natural history, GIS and conservation biology of mammals, mostly bats.

Gu, Tingting
PhD student with Dr. Randy Hewes; BS Soochow Univ., China; Research interests include peptidergic cell regulation in Drosophila.

Hao, Zhaozhe
PhD with Dr.  Ari Berkowitz; BS Nankai University, China; Research interests in neurobiology.

Irmscher, Pascal
PhD student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; MS University of Wisconsin; Research interests include stream (aquatic) ecology, population ecology, fresh water mussels, freshwater fish,  and biogeography.

Joachim, Brandon
MS student with Dr. Ingo Schlupp; BS University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Behavior, ecology and evolution of livebearing fishes.

Khambadakone, Deepak P.
PhD student with Dr. Penny Hopkins; BF College of Fisheries, India, MS Central Institute of Fisheries Education, India; Research interests include genetics, molecular endocrinology.

Landoll, Diane
MS student with Dr. Jeff Kelly; BS Cameron University; Research interests include ornithology field research and bird ecology.

Lee, Corey W.
MS student with Dr. William Shelton; BS University of Missouri-Columbia; Research interests include reproduction and homerange of blue catfish in Lake Texoma.

Lee, Eric M.
PhD student with Dr. David McCauley; BS & MS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include evolution of cartilage development in fishes

Lewis, Randy
MS student with Dr. Laurie Vitt; BS Benedictine College, Kansas; Research interests ecology,  evolution, biogeography, natural history and conservation biology of reptiles and amphibians.

Lin, Mingyan MS student with Dr. Lawrence Weider; BS Nanjing University, China; Research interests include molecular evolution, ecology and genetics.

Lo, Esther
MS student Dr. Tom Ray; BS University of Tulsa; Research interests include use of computers in biology.

Makowicz, Amber
MS student with Dr. Ingo Schlupp; BS University of Oklahoma; Research examines how sexual conflict influences the life history of individuals, specifically how sexual harassment affects the fitness in sailfin mollies.

Miller, Carrie
PhD student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; MS Texas A&M; Research interests include aquatic ecology, especially plankton (phytoplankton-zooplankton) interactions in fresh- and saltwater systems and both open-water and wetland systems.  Also interested in student learning using technology and inquiry-based science in the classroom.

Mui, Jonathan
MS student with Dr. Ari Berkowitz; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include neurobiology (memory and learning).

Niemann, Lauren
MS student with Dr. Jeffrey Kelly; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include ecology and ornithology, and how species spatial distributions are affected by environmental gradients.

Paritte, Jacqueline M.
PhD student with Dr. Jeff Kelly; BS Cook College, Rutgers University; Research interests include stable isotope analysis of shrub encroachment in the Chihuahuan desert on foraging in black-throated sparrow.

Poindexter, Cassie
MS student with Dr. Gary Schnell; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests basic ecology, behavior, and population ecology of Mexican small mammals.

Qu, Chunjing
PhD student with Dr. Randall Hewes; MS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Current research focuses on genetic interactions/regulation of neuropeptide cell development and defining molecular interactions in the dimmed pathway during Drosophila development. Research interest include neurobiology, functional genomics, molecular biology, and genetics.

Remmel, Emily
MS student with Dr. Dave Hambright; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include understanding the role of toxigenic golden algae on feeding behavior and life histories of daphniid zooplankton.

Rhodes, Samantha (Sam)
MS student with Dr. Ingo Schlupp; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include behavior and ecology of livebearing fishes.

Riesch, Ruediger W.
PhD student with Dr. Ingo Schlupp; Diploma in Biology University of Hamburg, Germany; Research interests include life history evolution of poeciliid fish.

Shao, Jie
PhD student with Dr. Thomas Ray; BS Capital University of Medical Sciences, China, MS Georgia Institute of Technology.

Shik, Jonathan Z.
PhD student with Dr. Michael Kaspari; BS McGill University; Research interests include food web dynamics in tropical leaf litter communities.

Strickler, Stephanie A.
Ph.D. student with Dr. Douglas Mock; BS & MS University of Tulsa; Behavioral ecology.

Sun, Yeqi
PhD student with Dr. Bing Zhang; BS Ocean University of China; Research interests include neurobiology and physiology.

Thomas, D. Andrew
MS student with Drs. Rich Cifelli and Cindy Gordon; BS University of Central Arkansas; Research interests include vertebrate paleontology.

Wesner, Jeff S.
PhD student with Dr. William Matthews; BS University of Oklahoma, MS Western Carolina University; Research interests include community ecology of freshwater fish.

White, Johnathan G.
MS student with Dr. Gary Wellborn; BS Juniata College; Research interests include evolutionary and reproductive ecology of aquatic invertebrates..

Wilkerson, Lauren
MS student with Dr. Micheal Patten; BS Oklahoma State University; Research interests include behavioral and evolutionary ecology, grassland ecology, biogeography and biological consequences of climate change.

Xu, Mingzi
PhD student with Dr. Ola Fincke; BS Fundan University, China; Research interests include animal behavior and tropical ecology.

Zamor, Richard M.
PhD student with Dr. David Hambright; BS University of Oklahoma, MS University of Georgia; Research interests include fish ecology and fish communities. I am currently studying the lethal effects of golden algae (Prymnesium parvum) on fishes.

Zhang, Feifei
PhD  student with Dr. Rich Broughton; BS & MS Qufu Normal University, China; Research interests include ecology and evolutionary biology of fishes.

Zhao, Tao
PhD student with Dr. Randall Hewes; BS Nanjing Medical University, China; MS Soochow University, China; Current research focuses on the regulatory mechanisms responsible for the specification and differentiation of peptidergic neurons; research interests include peptidergic neurons involved in insect ecdysis as well as systematic gain-of-function genetics in Drosophila.