Ph. D. Students

• Dr. David Onorato (co-advised with Dr. Eric Hellgren)
  • Dissertation Title: Conservation Ecology of an Isolated Population of Black Bears in the Big Bend Ecosystem.
  • Graduated: May, 2003
  • Current Position: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Naples, FL

• Dr. Steven Hoofer
  • Dissertation Title: Molecular phylogenetics of vespertilionid bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae).
  • Graduated: May, 2003
  • Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

• Dr. Gregory Wilson (co-advised with Dr. Karen McBee)
  • Dissertation Title: Phylogeography of four species of boreal-adapted rodents in the central Rocky Mountain region.
  • Graduated: August, 2001
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
  • Website: http://biology.ucok.edu/personalpage/gwilson/default.htm

• Dr. Terry Malloy (co-advised with Dr. Anthony Echelle)
  • Dissertation Title: Introgressive hybridization between native and non-native smallmouth bass in Oklahoma.
  • Graduated: August, 2001
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS

• Dr. Russell Pfau (co-advised with Dr. Karen McBee)
  • Dissertation Title: The major histocompatibility complex in the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus): Molecular evolution, evolutionary toxicology, and patterns of geographic variation.
  • Graduated: August, 2000
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Tarleton State Univeristy, Stephenville, TX

M.S. Students

• Lynne Gardner-Santana
  • Thesis Title: Patterns of genetic diversity in black bears (Ursus americanus) during a range expansion into Oklahoma.
  • Graduated: 2007
  • Current Position: Research Specialist, Johns Hopkins University, studying rodent-borne zoonotic pathogens and population genetics in Baltimore, MD.

• Joe Hackler
  • Thesis Title: Assesment of genetic variation within and among natural and captive populations of alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii).
  • Graduated: 2006
  • Current Position: Assistant Field Coordinator/Gopher Tortise Research Biologist; ITS Corporation; Camp Shelby, MS

• Stacey Davis
  • Thesis Title: Cytonuclear genetic structure of a locally endemic fish (Poeciliidae: Gambusia heterochir) and a widespread congener (G. affinis) in an area of hybridization.
  • Graduated: 2004
  • Current Position:

• Sarah Weyandt
  • Thesis Title: Population Genetics and Phylogeography: investigating the evolution of North American bats.
  • Graduated: December, 2004
  • Current Position: PhD program in Evolutionary Biology at The University of Chicago

• Raymond Ary
  • Thesis Title: Comparisons of genetic attributes within and among an urban, suburban, and rural population of raccoons (Procyon lotor) in northeastern Illinois using microsatellites.
  • Graduated: December, 2003
  • Current Position: Working in Oregon

• Derrick Chappell
  • Thesis Title:Genetic analysis of wolverine (Gulo gulo) populations from Canada: conservation implications.
  • Graduated: December, 2002
  • Current Position: Working in the research triangle of North Carolina

• Sarah Moore
  • Thesis Title: Reproductive success, multiple paternity, and inbreeding in a population of Gunnison's prairie dogs.
  • Graduated: August, 2002
  • Current Position: Ph.D. program, Miami University, Oxford, OH

• Warren Coughlin (co-advised with Dr. Anthony Echelle)
  • Thesis Title: Genetic structure of spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus) in the Red River basin.
  • Graduated: December, 2001
  • Current Position: Fisheries Biologist, Redmond, WA

• Michelle Haynie
  • Thesis Title: Parentage, multiple paternity, and reproductive success: Using microsatellites to study social interactions in two species of prairie dogs.
  • Graduated: December, 2000
  • Current Position: Ph.D. program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

• Stephanie Harmon
  • Thesis Title: Genomic variability and MHC class IIb1 characterization in a reintroduced population of eastern wild turkeys.
  • Graduated: May, 2000
  • Current Position: Biologist, US Fish & Wildlife, Tulsa, OK

• Tami Ross
  • Thesis Title: Genetic variation and population differentiation in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) revealed by PCR-SSCP of the major histocompatibility complex.
  • Graduated: August, 1999