Current Grad Students: G–O

Email: laci@ku.edu

Advisor: Joy Ward

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.S. in biology from the University of Kansas.

Hometown: Hutchinson, KS

Research Interests: Physiological and evolutionary responses of plants to changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentrations over geologic time

Publications:

• Barve, N, AJ Bonilla, J Brandes, JC Brown, N Brunsell, FV Cochran, RJ Crosthwait, J Gentry, LM Gerhart, T Jackson, AJ Kern, KS Oberhauser, HL Owens, AT Peterson, AS Reed, J Soberón, AD Sundberg LM Williams (in press) Climate-change causation of mass mortality events in overwintering monarch butterflies. La Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad.

• Gerhart LM, JM Harris, JB Nippert, DR Sandquist, JK Ward. (2012) Glacial trees from the La Brea tar pits show physiological constraints of low CO₂. New Phytologist, 194(1): 63-69
  • Commentary: Tissue DT, JD Lewis. (2012) Learning from the past: how low CO₂ studies inform plant and ecosystem response to future climate change, New Phytologist, 194(1):4-6

• Gerhart L.M., Ward J.K. 2010. Tansley Review: Plant responses to low CO₂ of the past, New Phytologist 188: 674-695.

Presentations:

• Gerhart, L.M. and J.K. Ward, Interannual responses of glacial Juniperus to atmospheric [CO2], Biological Sciences Alumni Seminar Student Research Symposium, April 12, 2012. (Poster)
• Gerhart, L.M. Interannual Physiological Responses of Juniperus to Changes in Atmospheric [CO2] Since the Last Glacial Maximum. Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Competition, Lawrence, KS, March 7, 2012.
• Gerhart, L.M., J.M. Harris, J.K. Ward. Interannual Physiological Responses of Glacial Juniperus to Changes in Atmospheric [CO2] Since the Last Glacial Maximum. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 4-10, 2011.
• Gerhart, L.M. Climate and Communities in Crisis: Ecological and Cultural Complexities in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacán, Mexico, Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Annual Meeting and Conference, Burlington, VT, June 23-26, 2011.
• Johnson, J.T. and L.M. Gerhart. Defining Traditional Ecological Knowledges, NSF Workshop on Understanding Rapid Environmental and Social Change in the Arctic: Bridging Traditional Knowledge and Interdisciplinary Science across IGERTs, Juneau, AK, March 22-24, 2011.
• Gerhart,L.M. Interannual responses of glacial Juniperus to atmospheric [CO2], NSF Workshop on Understanding Rapid Environmental and Social Change in the Arctic: Bridging Traditional Knowledge and Interdisciplinary Science across IGERTs, Juneau, AK, March 22-24, 2011 (Poster)
• Gerhart, L.M., J. M. Harris, and J.K. Ward. Interannual responses of ice age trees to changes in atmospheric [CO2] since the Last Glacial Maximum, BIO3 Seminar Series, KU Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, August 24, 2010.
• Gerhart L.M, Harris J.M., Ward J.K. 2010. Interannual physiological responses of glacial trees to changes in atmospheric [CO2] since the Last Glacial Maximum, Ecological Society of America 95th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 3.
• Gerhart, L.M., Harris, J.M., Ward, J.K. 2009. Evolutionary responses of trees to changes in atmospheric CO2, Ecological Society of America 94th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, August.
• Gerhart, L.M. and J.K. Ward. 2008. Evolutionary responses of tree growth to geologic changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentrations; Ecological Society of America 93rd Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, August. (Poster)
• Gerhart, L.M. and J.K. Ward. 2008. Carbon assimilation in Ice Age trees growing at low atmospheric CO₂; Gordon Research Conference —CO₂ Assimilation in Plants: Genome to Biome, Biddeford, ME, August. (Poster)

Awards:

• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, "The El Nino Southern Oscillation and Glacial Juniperus Physiology". $11,740. 2012
• KU Libraries, 56th Annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest, First Place Graduate Student Division: 2012
• KU Office of Graduate Studies, Graduate Student Distinguished Service Award, Honorable Mention: 2012
• Sigma Xi Student Research Paper Competition, Third Place Advanced Graduate Student Section: 2012
• Arthur J. Mix Botany Scholarship, 2010
• Mary Harkey Hall Award in Plant Biology, 2009
• Sigma Xi Student Research Paper Competition, 1st Place Early Graduate Student Section, 2009
• IGERT C-Change: Climate Change, Humans and Nature in the Global Environment Fellowship, 2009-2010
• Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship, 2008-2012

Email: grismer@ku.edu

Mentors: Rafe Brown and Linda Trueb

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.S. in biology from Villanova University, 2010

• B.S. in biology from Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, 2007

Research Interests: Phylogeny and biogeography of Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian herpetofauna

Recent Publications:

• Portik D. M. P. L. Wood Jr., J. L. Grismer, E. L. Stanley, T. R. Jackman. 2011. Identification of 104 rapidly- evolving nuclear protein-coding markers for amplification across scaled reptiles using genomic resources. Conservation Genet Resour DOI 10.1007/s12686-011-9460-1.
• Grismer L.L., J.L. Grismer, P.L. Wood, Jr., V.T. Ngo, T. Neang, K.O. Chan. 2011. Herpetology on the fringes of the Sunda shelf: A discussion of discovery, taxonomy, and biogeography. Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 57: 57-97.
• Chan. K. O., L. L.  Grismer, J. L. Grismer. 2011. A new insular, endemic frog of the genus Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from Tioman Island, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3123: 60–68
• Grismer L. L., E. Quah, S. Huat, C. D. Siler, K. O. Chan, P. L. Wood Jr, J. L. Grismer, S. Anuar Mohd Sah, N. Ahmad. 2011. Peninsular Malaysia’s first limbless lizard: a new species of skink of the genus Larutia (Böhme) from Pulau Pinang with a phylogeny of the genus . Zootaxa 2799: 29–40
• Bauer, A. M., , J. F. Parham, R. M. Brown, B. L. Stuart, L. L. Grismer, T. J. Papenfuss, W. Böhme, J. M. Savage, S. Carranza, J. L. Grismer, P. Wagner, A. Schmitz, N. B. Ananjeva, R. F. Inger. 2010. Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278: 490–492.
• Grismer, L. L.,  S. Anuar, E. Quah, M. A. Muin, K. O. Chan, J. L. Grismer, N. Ahmad. 2010. A new spiny, prehensile-tailed species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia with a preliminary hypothesis of relationships based on morphology. Zootaxa. 2625: 40-52.
• Grismer, L. L., M. Sumonthat, M. Cota, J. L. Grismer, P. L. Wood Jr., O. S. Pauwels, K. Kunya. 2010. A revision and redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis (Taylor 1925) Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa. 2576: 1–55.
• Chan, K. O., L. L. Grismer, S. Anuar, E. Quah, M. A. Muin, A. E. Savage, J. L. Grismer, N. Ahmad,C. Remigio, L. F. Greer. 2010. A new endemic rock Gecko Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Gunung Jerai, Kedah, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa. 2576: 59–68.
• Ngo, V. T., L. L. Grismer, J. L. Grismer. 2010. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Phu Quoc National Park, Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, Southwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa. 2604: 37–51.
• Grismer, L. L., C. K. Onn, E. Quah, M. A. Muin, A. E. Savage, J. L. Grismer, N. Ahmad, L. F. Greer III, A. C. Remegio. 2010. Another new, diminutive rock gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch) from Peninsular Malaysia and a discussion of resource partitioning in sympatric species pairs. Zootaxa. 2569: 55–66.
• Grismer, L. L., C. K. Onn, J. L. Grismer, P. L. Wood Jr., A. Norhyati. 2010. A checklist of the herpetofauana of the Banjaran Bintang, Peninsular Malaysia. Russian Journal of Herpetology.  17: 147–160.
• Grismer, J. L. 2009. Battle Sexes: Asexuality verses Sexuality. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians. 16:1.
• Grismer, L. L., P. L. Jr. Wood, J. L. Grismer. 2009. A New Insular Species of Skink of the Genus Sphenomorphus Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Pulau Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. Tropical Life Science Research. 20:1.
• Chan, K. O., L. L. Grismer, P. L. Jr. Wood, J. L. Grismer, A. Norhayati. 2009. Preliminary Checklist of the Herpetofauna of Pulau Besar, Melaka, Malaysia. Tropical Life Science Research. 20:1.
• Grimser, L. L., N. V. Tri, J. L. Grismer. 2008. A new species of pitviper of the genus Cryptelytrops (Squamata: Viperidae) from a small island off the southern coast of Vietnam. Zootaxa. 1715: 57-68.

• Grismer, J. L. 2008. Book review of Amphibians and Reptiles of Bali. Herpetological Review. 39: 124-125.

Recent Presentations:

• Asexuality on the Beach: Phylogeny, Biogeography and the Origin of Parthenogenesis in Leiolepis. Stowers Institute for Medica Research, Kansas City, MO. November 2010. Invited Seminar Speaker.
• Grismer, J.L. 2009. Asexuality on the Beach: Phylogeny, Biogeography and the Origin of Parthenogenesis in Leiolepis. Joint Meetings of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the Herpetologists' League. Portland, Oregon.
• Grismer, J.L. 2009. Rumble in the Jungle: The displacement of Leiolepis belliana form northwestern Peninsular Malaysia by the parthenogenic species Leiolepis triploida. Tropical Vertebrates Symposium. Bonn, Germany.
• Grismer, J.L. 2008. Preliminary Phylogeography of Leiolepis belliana and Leiolepis reevesii. Joint Meetings of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the Herpetologists' League. Montreal, Canada.
• Grismer, J.L. 2008. Whos Who: The Specific Status of Leiolepis belliana and Leiolepis reevesii. First Annual Agamid Lizard Symposium, Bonn Germany.

Email: d460h434@ku.edu

Advisor: Bryan Foster

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evoluationry biology

• B.S. in biology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Magna Cum Laude, 2010

Research Interests: Ecology and prairie restoration

Publications:

• Reed, A.W., D. Hall, and N.A. Slade. In preparation. Climate induced changes in growth rates of prairie vole and cotton rat populations: Evidence of demographic buffering.

Presentations:

• A.W. Reed, D. Hall, and N.A. Slade. 2010. Effects of climate variability on populations of cotton rat and prairie vole. 90th Annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. Laramie, WY. June.

Email: charper@ku.edu

Advisor: Thomas N. Taylor

Education:

• Currently a doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionar biology
• B.S. in plant biology from Purdue, 2010

• B.S. in plant breeding and genetics from Purdue, 2010

Hometown: Del Rio, Texas

Research Interests: Paleobotany, paleomycology, and plant evolution

Recent Publications:

• Krings, M., T.N.Taylor, H. Hass, N. Dotzler, E.L. Taylor, H. Kerp, and C. Harper. 2012. Microfossils from the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert with possible affinities to the Peronosporomycetes. Journal of Paleontology 86(2): 358-367.

Recent Presentations:

• Harper, C. J., T.N. Taylor, M. Krings. 2011. Fossil fungi from the Permain and Triassic of Antarctica. Botanical Society of America. St. Louis, MO, July 9-13.
• Harper, C. Molecular approaches in determining phyB association with glyphosate resistance in weeds. 2009 Purdue University Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium, W Lafayette, IN (Poster)
• Harper, C. Trichome distribution in flowers of Abutilon theophrasti, Velvet Leaf. 2008 Purdue University Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium, W Lafayette, IN (Poster)
• Harper, C. Starch Granule Architecture. 2007 Agronomic Society of America Undergraduate Poster Contest, New Orleans, LA (Poster)
• Harper, C. Starch Granule Architecture. 2007 Purdue University Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium, West Lafayette, IN (Poster)

• Harper, C. Starch Granule Architecture and Starch Digestibly. 2007 Maize National Genetics Conference, St. Charles, IL (Poster)

Recent Awards:

• 2010. Botany Endowment Fund. The University of Kansas. $350
• 2010. Women in Science. Botanical Society of America. $200
• 2009. American Society of Plant Biologists Undergraduate Film Competition. 1st place. $500
• 2009. Purdue Undergraduate Research Symposium. College of Agriculture Dean’s Choice Award. $250
• 2008. Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Summer Scholar
• 2007. Purdue Undergraduate Research Symposium. 3rd Place Life Science. $200

Email: hensz@ku.edu

Mentor: Jorge Soberon

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S. in biology from Washington State University, 2010

Research Interests: Biomathematics, biogeography, niche-modeling

Recent Awards:

• 2010. NSF C-Change IGERT, Climate Change Humans and the Global Environment Trainee. 

Email: hosner@ku.edu

Advisor: Robert Moyle

Education:

• Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S. in natural resources from Cornell University, 2003

Hometown: Holly, MI

Research Interests: Diversification, biogeography, population history, molecular systematics, conservation, neotropical and SE Asian birds

Recent Publications:

• Hosner, P.A., and R.G. Moyle. 2012. A molecular phylogeny of the black tyrants (Tyrannidae: Knipolegus) reveals strong geographic patterns and homoplasy in plumage and display behavior. Auk 129(1): 156-167.
• Stouffer, P.C., Cockle, K.L., Aleixo, A.A., Areta, J.I., Barnett, J.M., Bodrati, A., Cadena, C.D., Giacomo, A.S., Herzog, S.K., Hosner, P.A., Johnson E.I., Nkak, L.N., Sánchez, C. 2011. No evidence for widespread bird declines in protected South American forests. Climate change 108:383–386.
• Styring, A.R., Ragai, R., Unggang, J., Stuebing, R., Hosner, P.A., and F.H. Sheldon. 2011. Bird community assembly in Bornean industrial tree plantations: effects of forest age and structure. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 531–544.
• Hosner, P.A., Sheldon, F.H., Lim, H.C., and R.G. Moyle.2010. Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Asian trogons (Aves: Trogoniformes) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 1219–1225.
• Sheldon, F.H., Hosner, P.A., and Styring, A. 2010. Use of industrial and agricultural tree plantations by Bornean forest birds: a long term perspective. Biological Conservation.
• Peterson, A.T., M.J. Andersen, S. Bodbyl-Roels, P.A. Hosner, A Nyári, Carl Oliveros, Monica Papes.2009. A prototype forecasting system for bird-borne disease spread in North America based on migratory bird movements. Epidemics. 1(4): 240-249.
• Sheldon, F.H., H.C. Lim, J. Nais, M. Lakim, A. Tuuga, P. Malin, J. Majuakim, A. Lo, M. Schilthuizen, P.A. Hosner, R.G. Moyle. 2009. Observations on the ecology, distribution, and biogeography of forest birds in Sabah, Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57: 577–586.
• Hosner, P.A., Behrens, K.D., and N.E.L. Huanca. 2009. The first records of Red-fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons) in Bolivia, and other notes on Bolivian Bird Distribution. Boletin SAO 18.
• Huanca, N.E., Hosner, P.A., Hennessey, A.B. 2009. Nests, vocalizations, and conservation status of endangered Cochabamba Mountain-Finches (Compsospiza garleppi). Journal of Field Ornithology 80: 215-223.
• Hosner, P.A., Behrens, K.D., and Hennesey, A.B. 2009. Birds (Aves) Serrania Sadiri, Paque Nacional Madidi, Depto. La Paz, Bolivia. Checklist 5: 222-237.
• Hosner, P.A. and N.E.L Huanca. 2008. The nest, eggs, and breeding behavior of the Puna Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120 473-477.
• Tobias, J.A., Lebbin, D.J., Andersen, M.J., Hosner, P.A., Seddon, N., Guilherme, E. and A. Aleixo. 2008. Vocal repertoire, behavior, and distribution of the Rufous Twistwing (Cnipodectes superrufus), including the first records for Bolivia and Brazil. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120: 38-49.
• Moyle, R.G. and P.A. Hosner. 2008. Taxonomic status of the Kinabalu Swiftlet. Bull. British Ornithologists Club 198: 94-100.
• Lebbin, D.J., Hosner, P.A., Andersen, M.J., Valdez, U., and Tori, W.P. 2007. First description of the nest and eggs of the White-lined Antbird (Percnostola lophotes) and breeding observations of poorly known birds inhabiting Guadua bamboo in Southeastern Peru. Boletin SAO 17:119-132.
• Andersen, M.J., Lebbin, D.J.L., and P.A. Hosner. 2007. First photographic evidence of Verry (Catharus fuscescens) for Peru. Boletin SAO 17: 36-38.

• Hosner, P.A. and D.W. Winkler. 2007. Dispersal distances of tree swallows from continent wide data and a local area study. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: 290-293.

Recent Presentations:

• Hosner, P.A. Testing the Pleistocene aggregate island complex (PAIC) model of diversification in co-distributed avian lineages. AFO/COS/WOS, Kearney, NE March 2011
• Hosner, P.A. Pleistocene island groups do not sufficiently explain diversification in eight Philippine bird lineages. NHMGSO retreat, Lawrence, KS October 2010.
• Hosner, P.A. Molecular Phylogeny and biogeography of the Knipolegus Black-tyrants . American Ornithologists’ Union meeting, San Diego, CA, 2010.
• Hosner, P.A. Biogeography of Asian trogons. NHMGSO retreat, Lawrence, KS October 2009.
• Hosner, P.A.Natural history and conservation of the endangered Cochabamba Mountain-Finch. NHMGSO retreat, Lawrence, KS, November 2007.

Awards:

• KU Graduate Studies Summer Research Fellowship. $5,000. 2012.
• KU Graduate Student Research Fund/KUBI Panorama Fund: $3000. 2011
• Michael S. Gaines award for excellence in teaching principals of biology (KU). 2011
• American Museum of Natural History Chapman Fund: $2000. 2011
• American Ornithologists’ Union Alexander Wetmore Award. $2500. 2011.
• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. Testing the Pleistocene aggregate island complex (PAIC) model of diversification in co-distributed avian lineages. $14,824. 2011-2013.
• National Geographic Society Committee for Exploration and Research. An avifaunal inventory of Ayacucho, Peru: speciation across dry valley and an underappreciated center of endemism. $13,533. 2011.
• American Philosophical Society: Lewis and Clark Fund for Research and Exploration. $3,500. 2010
• Tinker Foundation Travel grant. $850. 2008.
• KUNHM Panorama Fund. $700. 2008.

Email: kate.ingenloff@ku.edu

Advisor: A. Townsend Peterson

Education:

• Current master's aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.Sc. in wildlife and fisheries sciences, Texas A&M University

Hometown: San Antonio, TX

Research Interests: Ecological niche modeling, apex predator ecology, impacts of climate change across trophic scales

Prior Employment:

• Disease Vector Field Biologist, Genesis Laboratories (Bihar State, India & Fort Collins, CO)

• Environmental & Natural Resource Management Volunteer, US Peace Corps (Republic of the Gambia, West Africa)

Publications:

• Ingenloff, K., R. Garlapati, D. Poché, I. Singh, J. Remmers & R. Poché. In press. Feed-through insecticides for the control of Phlebotomus argentipes.  Journal of Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
• Poché, D., R. Garlapati, K. Ingenloff, J. Remmers, & R. Poché. 2011.  Bionomics of phlebotomine sandlies from three villages in Bihar, India:Preliminary Report. Journal of Vector Ecology. DOI:10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00119.x

Email: m707j068@ku.edu

Advisors: Robert Moyle and A. Townsend Peterson

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.Sc. in natural resource management from Andalas University, Indonesia, 2007

• B.Sc. in animal taxonomy and ornitholoogy from Andalas University, Indonesia, 2003

Hometown: Padang, Indonesia

Research Interests: Population divergence and speciation of forest birds, geographical isolation

Publications:

• Hua, F., W. Marthy, D. Lee and M.N. Janra. 2011. Globally threatened Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus: Synthesis of global records and recent records from Sumatra. Forktail 27 (2011) pp: 83-85.
• M.N. Janra, W. Novarino, D. Gusman and Aadrean. 2010. Morphological comparison of Grey-throated babbler (Stachyris nigriceps Blyth 1844) from three mountain area in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Proceedings of the 7th IMT-GT UNINET and The 3rd International PSU-UNS Conferences on Bioscience. Prince Songkla University, Bangkok, Thailand, 7-8 October 2010. pp: 93-95.
• Janra, M.N. and W. Novarino. 2010. Status of Babblers Stachyris (family: Timaliidae) in some localities in West Sumatra. Proceeding of XXIIIth Scientific Meeting of Western Indonesian Universities at University of Riau, 10-11 Mei 2010. pp: 692-697.
• Novarino, W., A.Mardiastuti, L.B. Prasetyo, R. Widjakusuma, Y.A. Mulyani, H. Kobayashi, A. Salsabila, Jarulis and M.N. Janra. 2008. Guild composition and niche breadth of understorey birds in Sipisang, West Sumatra. Biota 13(3): 156- 163.

• Novarino, W., S.N. Kamilah, A. Nugroho, M.N. Janra and M. Silmi. 2007. Visitation of mammals on salt licks in protected forest of Taratak, Pesisir Selatan District of West Sumatra. Biota 12(2): 100-107.

Presentations:

• Janra, M.N., W. Novarino, D. Gusman and Aadrean. 2010. The study on montane birds in two mountains of West Sumatra. Poster presented in the 2010 International Meeting of the Association for the Tropical Biology and Conservation. Bali, Indonesia, July.

Awards:

• 2010-2011. Small-scale Research Grant Programme. Year II. Nagao Natural Environment Foundation Japan. Ecology of Avian Community in Singgalang Mountain, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
• 2010-2011. Future Conservationists Award from Conservation Leadership Program (CLP) UK. Facilitating Avian Conservation in Post-logging Lowland Rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
• 2009-2010. Small-scale Research Grant Programme. Year I. Nagao Natural Environment Foundation Japan. Ecology of Avian Community in Singgalang Mountain, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
• 2009. Indonesia Educational Office Research Grant, Department of Education and Cultural of Republic of Indonesia. Ecology and Biodiversity of Mountainous Birds in Sumatra.
• 2008. IdeaWild, USA. Digiscoping Equipments for Birdwatching Activity.
• 2006. HEDS Small Grant. Utilization of artificial nestbox as a conservation effort of avifauna biodiversity in the area of Andalas University Grand Forest.
• 2005. HEDS Small Grant. Morphology of Alcedo meninting (Alcedinidae) in Andalas University Grand Forest.
• 2005-2007. Ford Foundation Fellowship.

Email: robinmei@ku.edu

Advisor: Robert Moyle

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S. in ecology, behavior, and evolution from the University of California, Los Angeles, 2009

Research Interests: Avian speciation and brood parasitism

Publications:

• Kaiser K, Scofield DG, Alloush M, Jones RM, Marczak S, Martineau K, Oliva MA, and Narins PM. In press. When sounds collide: The effect of anthropogenic noise on a breeding assemblage of frogs in Belize, Central America. Behaviour.
• Siler CD, Fuiten AM, Jones RM, Alcala AC, and Brown RM. 2011. Phylogeny-based species delimitation in Philippine slender skinks (Reptailia: Squamata: Scincidae) II: Taxonomic revision of Brachymeles samarensis and description of five new species. Herpetological Monographs.
• Siler CD, Jones RM, Welton, LJ, and Brown, RM. 2011. Redescription of the rare, tetradactyl, Philippine slender skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Brachymeles) from northern Luzon island, Philippines. Herpetologica 67(3): 300-317.
• Oliva, MV, Jones, RM, Kaiser, K, Alloush, M, Marczak, S and Martineau, K. 2010. Dendropsophus microcephalus. Predation. Herpetological Review 41 (2): 195.
• Marczak, S, Alloush, M, Jones, RM, Martineau, K, Oliva, M, and Kaiser, K. 2010. Geographic distribution: Sibon dimidiata (Slender snail-sucker). Herpetological Review 41(1): 111.

• Kaiser, K, M Alloush, RM Jones, S Marczak, K Martineau, and MA Oliva. 2009. Use of Visual Implant Alpha (VIAlpha) Fluorescent Tags in a Small Hylid Frog with a New Technique for Application. Herpetological Review 40(4): 421-422.

Presentations:

• Jones, RM, Schlunegger, J., Pollinger, J., and Wayne, R. CSI Santa Monica Mountains: Social structure of the mountain lion (Puma concolor) using molecular genetics. Presentation at UCLA Science Poster Day, Los Angeles, CA, 2009.

• Kaiser, K., Alloush, M., Jones, RM, Marczak, S., Martineau, K., Oliva, M.V., and Narins, P.M. When sounds collide: Effects of anthropogenic noise on frog calling behavior. Presentation at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Portland, OR, 2009.

Awards:

• 2012. University of Kansas, Ida H. Hyde Scholarship.
• 2012. University of Washington, Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics Scholarship and Travel Grant.

Email: klymiuk@ku.edu

Education:

• 06/2011 – present
  University of Kansas, College of Liberals Arts and Sciences
  Aspirant to Ph.D. Botany, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• 09/2009 – 05/2011
  University of Alberta, Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research
  M.Sc. Systematics and Evolution, Department of Biological Sciences
  Fossils, Phylogeny, and the Family Pinaceae, co-advised by Ruth A. Stockey and Jocelyn C. Hall
• 09/2004 – 04/2009
  University of Alberta, Faculty of Science
  B.Sc. Paleontology, Specialization with Distinction

Citizenship: Canada

Research Interests: paleomycology, fungi, Coniferales (Pinaceae), comparative plant anatomy, taphonomy, early diagenesis mineralization

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

• Klymiuk, A.A., T.N. Taylor, E.L. Taylor, and M. Krings.  Paleomycology of the Princeton Chert. II. Dark septate fungi in the aquatic angiosperm Eorhiza arnoldii indicate a diverse assemblage of root-colonizing fungi during the Eocene. Mycologia; in press.
• Klymiuk, A.A., T.N. Taylor, E.L. Taylor, and M. Krings.  Paleomycology of the Princeton Chert.  I.  Saprotrophic hyphomycetes associated with an Eocene angiosperm, Eorhiza arnoldii.  Mycologia; in press.
• Bronson, A.W., A.A. Klymiuk, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu.  2013.  A perithecial sordariomycete (Ascomycota) of diaporthalean affinity from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada).  International Journal of Plant Sciences 174:278-292.
• Klymiuk, A.A., C.J. Harper, D.M. Moore, E.L. Taylor, T.N. Taylor, and M. Krings.  2013.  Reinvestigating Carboniferous “actinomycetes”: authigenic formation of biomimetic carbonates provides insight into early diagenesis of permineralized plants.  PALAIOS 28: 80-92.
• Klymiuk, A.A., and R.A. Stockey. 2012. A Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) seed cone provides the earliest fossil record for Picea (Pinaceae).  American Journal of Botany 99:1069-1082.
• Klymiuk, A.A., R.A. Stockey, and G.W. Rothwell.  2011.  The first organismal concept for an extinct species of Pinaceae: Pinus arnoldii Miller.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 172: 294-313.
  

Presentations at Meetings (*presenting author):

• Klymiuk, A.A.*, T.N. Taylor, E.L. Taylor, M. Krings.  The Princeton Chert:  an unprecedented window into fungal diversity during the Eocene.  22nd Canadian Palaeontology Conference, University of Toronto, ON.  September 2012.  Contributed short paper and oral presentation.
• Klymiuk, A.A.*, T.N. Taylor, E.L. Taylor, M. Krings.  Anamorphic fungi from the Princeton Chert: new insights into paleomicrobial diversity.  Bio3 weekly colloquium, Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas. August 2012.  Oral presentation.
• Klymiuk, A.A.*, T.N. Taylor, M. Krings.  Anamorphic fungi from the Princeton Chert: new insights into paleomicrobial diversity.  Botany 2012, 105th  meeting of the Botanical Society of America; Columbus OH, July 2012. Contributed oral paper.
• Klymiuk, A.A.*, C.J. Harper, D.M. Moore, E.L. Taylor, T.N. Taylor, M. Krings.  Reinvestigating Carboniferous “actinomycetes”: authigenic formation of biomimetic carbonates and implications for microbial paleoecology.  Botany 2012, 105th  meeting of the Botanical Society of America; Columbus OH, July 2012. Contributed oral paper.
• Bronson, A.W.*, A.A. Klymiuk, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu.  A perithecial sordariomycete (Ascomycota) of diaporthalean affinity from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada). Botany 2012, 105th  meeting of the Botanical Society of America; Columbus OH, July 2012. Contributed oral paper.
• Klymiuk, A.A.*, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell.   A new taxodioid (Cupressaceae) seed cone from the Upper Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada.  Botany 2011, 104th meeting of the Botanical Society of America; St Louis, MO, July 2011. Contributed oral paper.
• Klymiuk, AA*, RA Stockey.  Evolution of Pinaceae: a new seed cone from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island.  Botany 2010, 103rd meeting of the Botanical Society of America; Providence, RI, August 2010. Contributed oral paper.  
• Klymiuk, AA*, RA Stockey, GW Rothwell.  The first organismal concept for an extinct species of Pinaceae: Pinus arnoldii Miller.  Botany 2009, 102nd meeting of the Botanical Society of America; Snowbird, UT, July 2009. Contributed oral paper.
• Stockey, RA*, GW Rothwell, AA Klymiuk.  2009.  Is Doylea a cupulate seed fern, a conifer, or neither? Botany 2009, 102nd meeting of the Botanical Society of America; Snowbird, UT, July 2009.

Grants and Proposals:

• Klymiuk, A.A.  Diversity and palaeoecology of fossil microbes associated with vascular plants, and their contribution to early diagenesis mineralization of plant tissue. $42 000 over 24 months.  PGS D Competition, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).  2013.
• Klymiuk, A.A. Travel for presentation at the 22nd Canadian Palaeontology Conference, Toronto ON.  $300.  Panorama Small Grants Award, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas. 2012.
• Klymiuk, A.A. Travel for presentation at the 22nd Canadian Palaeontology Conference, Toronto ON.  $300.  Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Travel Award.  2012.
• Klymiuk, A.A. Competitive Summer Graduate Research Assistantship.  $2,000. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. 2012
• Klymiuk, A.A. Travel for presentation at Botany 2012, Columbus, OH.  $300.  Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Travel Award. 2012.
• Klymiuk, A.A. Travel for presentation at Botany 2011, St. Louis, MO.  $300. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Travel Award. 2011.

Awards and Honors:

• Isabel C. Cookson Paleobotanical Award.  Botanical Society of America.  $500.  2012.
• Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Teaching Award.  University of Alberta.  $500.  2010.
• Botanical Society of America’s Young Botanist Award.  Non-monetary.  2009.
• Dept. of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Award.  University of Alberta.  $250.  2009.
• Dean’s Honour Roll, First Class Honours.  University of Alberta.  2008.
• Jason Lang Memorial Scholarship.  University of Alberta.  $1 500.  2008.
• Voices for Education Scholarship.  Privately endowed.  $2 500.  2005.
• Faculty of Science Academic Excellence Scholarship.  University of Alberta.
  $1 000.  2004.
• Peace River Pioneer Memorial Scholarship.  University of Alberta.  $2 500.  2004.
• Governor General’s Academic Medal.  Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada.  2004. 

Email: boryana@ku.edu

Advisor: John K. Kelly

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S. in interdisciplinary studies in mathematical biology from Truman State University, 2011

Research Interests: Bioinformatics

Presentations

• Koseva, B.S., S.M. Quinn. April 2011. Modeling Energy Allocation In A Generalist Snake Predator, N.sipedon. Student Research Conference. Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
• Koseva, B.S., S.M. Quinn. 2010. Modeling Energy Allocation in a Generalist Snake Predator, N.sipedon.
  2nd annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and
  Mathematics. NIMBioS, Knoxville, TN.
• Koseva, B.S., A.F. Tougas. 2010. Modeling Optimal Foraging in a Generalist Snake Predator,
  N.sipedon. Student Research Conference. Truman State University, Kirksville, MO.
• Koseva, B.S., A.F. Tougas. 2009. Modeling Optimal Foraging in a Generalist Snake Predator,
  N.sipedon. 1st annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and
  Mathematics. NIMBioS, Knoxville, TN.
• Koseva, B.S., A.H. DeBrot, D.R. Elliott, C.M. Owens, and C.E. Montgomery. 2009. Digestive
  Physiology of three Missouri Snake Species. Missouri Herpetological Association, Bull
  Shoals, MO.

Email: e346k458@ku.edu

Mentor: Ford Ballantyne IV

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.A. in anthropology from New York University, Magna Cum Laude, 2004.

Hometown: Arlington, Virginia

Research Interests: Global climate change, animal behavior models

Presentations:

• Krueger, E.  2011. EEB GSO Retreat.  EEB and NHM Graduate Student Organization sponsored. Lawrence, KS, November.

Email: alira@ku.edu

Advisors: A. Townsend Peterson and Jorge Soberon

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; M.S. in environmental biology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; B.S. in biology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Hometown: Zamora, Michoacán, México

Research Interests: Description and analysis of species’ distributions at multiple spatial scales, the scaling of the factors that determine the presence of a species’ in a particular site and its entire geographic range. I will use a real case incorporating population dynamics and a mechanistic approach as the means for understanding the area of distribution of a species. I am also interested in the analysis of general diversity patterns at local and regional levels, as well as the evaluation and assessment of beta-diversity, in its relationship to ecological niche theory.

Recent Publications:

• John M. Schukman, Andrés Lira-Noriega, and A. Townsend Peterson. 2011. Multiscalar ecological characterization of Say’s and Eastern phoebes and their zone of contact in the Great Plains. Condor 113: 372-384.
• Barve, N., V. Barve, A. Jimenez-Valverde, A. Lira-Noriega, S. P. Maher, A. T. Peterson, J. Soberon, and F. Villalobos. 2011. The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling. Ecological Modelling 222:1810-1819.
• Banks, W. E., T. Aubry, F. d'Errico, J. Zilhao, A. Lira-Noriega, and A. T. Peterson. 2011. Eco-cultural niches of the Badegoulian: Unraveling links between cultural adaptation and ecology during the Last Glacial Maximum in France. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 30:359-374.
• Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza, Andrés Lira-Noriega, María del Coro Arizmendi, Humberto Berlanga, Patricia Koleff, Jaime García-Moreno y A. Townsend Peterson. Áreas de conservación para las aves de México: integrando criterios de priorización. CONABIO. (Book chapter—In press)
• Tania Urquiza Haas, Patricia Koleff, Andrés Lira Noriega, Melanie Kolb, Jesús Alarcón. Selección de áreas prioritarias para la conservación de los vertebrados terrestres: ¿es posible usar un grupo como indicador? CONABIO. (Book chapter—In press)
• López Acosta, J. C., A. Lira Noriega, I. Cruz y R. Dirzo. 2011. La proliferación de luces nocturnas: Un indicador de actividad antrópica en México. CONABIO. Biodiversitas, 94:1-5
• Jiménez-Valverde, A., A. Lira-Noriega, A. T. Peterson, and J. Soberón. 2010. Marshalling Existing Biodiversity Knowledge to the Challenge of Evaluating Biodiversity Status and Trends in Regional Planning Exercises. Ecological Research 25(5): 947-957.
• Jiménez-Valverde, Alberto, Narayani Barve, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Sean P. Maher, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Monica Papeş, Jorge Soberón, Jeet Sukumaran, and A. Townsend Peterson. 2010. Dominant Climate Influences on North American Bird Distributions. Global Ecology and Biogeograpy 20(1):114-118.
• Vega, Rodrigo, Camilla Fløjgaard, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Jens-Christian Svenning and Jeremy B. Searle. 2010. Northern glacial refugia for the pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) in Europe revealed by phylogeographic analyses and species distribution modelling. Ecography 33:260-271.
• Jiménez-Valverde, Alberto, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Andrés Lira-Noriega and A. Townsend Peterson. 2009. Environmental Correlation Structure and Ecological Niche Model Projections. Biodiversity Informatics, 6, 28-35
  
• Urquiza-Haas, T., M. Kolb, P. Koleff, A. Lira-Noriega, J. Alarcn. 2009. Methodological approach to identify Mexico’s terrestrial priority sites for conservation. Gap Analysis Bulletin. 16: 60-70
• A. T. Peterson, N. Barve, L. Mauricio Binib, J. A. Diniz-Filhob, A. Jiménez-Valverde, A. Lira-Noriega, J. Lobo, S. Maher, P. de Marco, Jr., E. Martínez-Meyer, Y. Nakazawa and J. Sobern. 2009. The climate envelope may not be empty. PNAS, vol. 106, no. 16, E47.
• Koleff, P., M. Tambutti, I. March, R. Esquivel, C. Cantú, y A. Lira-Noriega. 2009. Identificacin de prioridades y análisis de vacíos y omisiones en conservacin de la biodiversidad de México, en Capital natural de México, vol. II: Estado de conservacin y tendencias de cambio. Conabio, México, pp. 651-718.
• Koleff, P., J. Sobern, H.T. Arita, P. Dávila, . Flores-Villela, J. Golubov, G. Halffter, A. Lira-Noriega, et al. 2008. Patrones de diversidad espacial en grupos selectos de especies, en Capital natural de México, vol. I: Conocimiento actual de la biodiversidad. Conabio, México, pp. 323-364.

Recent Presentations:

• Lira-Noriega, A., J. Soberón and A.T. Peterson. 2011. A comparison of mechanistic and correlative modeling approaches to understand species distributions at different spatial scales. 96th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas. August 8.
• Miller, C.P., A. Lira-Noriega and J. Soberón. 2011. Modeling of processes of a mistletoe population in the Southwestern United States. 96th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas. August 11. Poster presentation.
• Fabricio Villalobos, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Jorge Soberón and Héctor T. Arita. 2011. Range-diversity plots for conservation planning: using richness and rarity in priority setting. International Biogeography Society (IBS), Crete. January 10.
• Lira-Noriega, A. 2010. Insights on the distribution of the desert mistletoe. Center of Latin American Studies—Meriendas (KU), October.
• Lira-Noriega, A. 2010. A GIS and object oriented classification application to the problem of scaling ecological patterns and processes. GIS Day, KU, November.
• Schukman, J.M., Andrés Lira-Noriega and A. Townsend Peterson. 2009. Ecological characterization of Say’s and Eastern Phoebes at multiple spatial scales. 127th Stated AOU Meeting (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12-15 August 2009).
• Jorge Soberón and Andrés Lira-Noriega. 8th Annual Symposium GIS Day at KU. Presentation. 2009. An analysis of conservation gaps for Mexico. November 18, 2009.
• Lira- Noriega, A. Jorge Soberón, Patricia Koleff,Héctor T. Arita, Patricia Dávila, Oscar Flores-Villela, Gonzalo Halffter, Claudia E. Moreno, Elizabeth Moreno, Mariana Munguía, Miguel Murguía, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza, Oswaldo Téllez, Leticia Ochoa-Ochoa, A. Townsend Peterson and Pilar Rodríguez. 2008. Spatial diversity patterns of the Mexican vertebrales. 93^rd Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 4.
• Soberón, J. and A. Lira-Noriega. 2008. The association of environmental variables with diversity measures at different spatial scales. 93^rd Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 4.

Recent Awards:

• 2010.  Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Grant. 4,000 euros. “A Comparison of Correlative and Mechanistic Ecological Niche Modeling Approaches for Understanding Biodiversity Pattern”
• 2010. GIS Day at KU, 2nd Place Speaker.  $150 US.
• 2010. Tinker Summer Field Research Grant. $1350 US dls (includes a matching fund from the Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas). “Mapping of the distribution of the hemiparasitic plants Phoradendron californicum and P. serotinum (Viscaceae) at different spatial scales.”
• 2009. Marcia Brady Tucker Student Travel Award for presenting at the 127th Stated AOU Meeting (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12-15 August)
• 2009—NHM Panorama Fund—$1000.00
• 2008-present—CONACYT Fellowship

Email: l447l824@ku.edu

Mentor: James Thorp

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.A. in biology from the University of Minnesota - Morris, 2011.

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN

Research Interests: Freshwater ecology, ecosystem services and conservation

Presentations:

• Luce, L. and Anderson T. Use of Terrestrial Organic Matter by Macroinvertebrate Shredders in a West Central Minnesota Lake. University of Minnesota, Morris- Undergraduate Research Symposium.. April 23, 2010. Poster

Awards:

• 2011. Jay Y. Roshal Award.

Email: cmaier@ku.edu

Mentor: Andrew Short

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in entomology
• M.S. in entomology from Montana State University, 2010
• B.S. in fisheries science from Virginia Tech, 2007

Hometown: Jersey City, NJ

Research Interests: Systematics, evolution, and biology of Dryopoidea and Myxophagan beetles

Recent Publications:

• Maier, C.A., and P.J. Spangler, 2011. Hypsilara royi gen. n. and sp. n. (Coleoptera, Elmidae, Larainae) from Southern Venezuela, with a revised key to Larainae of the Western Hemisphere. Zookeys 116: 25-36.
• Maier, C.A., M.A. Ivie, J.B. Johnson, and D.R. Maddison, 2010.A New Northern-most Record for the Family Hydroscaphidae LeConte, with Description of a New Nearctic Species(Coleoptera: Myxophaga). The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(3): 289-302

Recent Presentations:

• Maier, C.A. 2011. Beetles with wet feet: studies on Venezuelan Larainae (Coleoptera: Elmidae) EEB GSO Graduate Student Retreat, 19 November 2011.
• Maier, C.A. 2011. Beetles with wet feet: studies on Venezuelan Larainae (Coleoptera: Elmidae) Entomological Society of America annual meeting, 21 November 2011. Reno, Nevada.
• Gimmel, M.L. andC.A. Maier, 2010.The Scirtid Fauna of Louisiana.Display Poster Presentation, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2010, San Diego, CA.
• Maier,C.A.and M.L. Ferro, 2010. Elmidae of Missouri State Parks.Display Poster Presentation, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2010, San Diego, CA.
• Parys, K.A., M.L. Gimmel, M.L. Ferro, S.A. Gil,C. A. Maier, J.-S. Park, E. Schoeller, & L. Lawton, 2010.Promoting Entomology at LSU:The Mad Dog Marathon. Display Poster Presentation, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2010, San Diego, CA.
• Maier, C.A., M.A. Ivie, and R.C. Winton, 2010. Hot Hydroscapha:Finding potentialhydroscaphid habitat in Idaho’s hotsprings (Coleoptera: Hydroscaphidae). Contributed Oral Paper, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2010, San Diego, CA.
• Ivie, M.A., D.E. Bright, A.R. Cline, I.A. Foley, M.L. Gimmel, K.J. Hopp, E.A. Ivie, L.L. Ivie, J.B. Johnson, C.A. Maier, S.B. Peck, R.C. Winton, 2009. The beetles of St. Lucia, West Indies: literature records vs. expedition findings vs. predicted outcomes; Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN.
• Maier, C.A., M.A. Ivie, M.Yu. Kalashian, M.G. Volkovitsh, 2009. Not-so-boring metallic woodboring beetles: systematic studies in the genus Sphenoptera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae); Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN.
• Ivie, M.A., D.S. Sikes, C.A. Maier, R.C. Winton, 2009. The Coleoptera of Saba, West Indies; Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN.
• Maier, C.A., M.Yu. Kalashian, M.A. Ivie, M.G. Volkovitsh, 2008. A LUCID® key to the subgenera and species-groups of Sphenoptera Dejean of the Palaearctic (Coleoptera: Buprestidae); Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Reno, NV.

Recent Awards:

• 2011. KU Entomology Endowment Travel Award. $819.00. November.
• 2011. KU Entomology Endowment Summer Scholarship. $5000.00. May.
• 2010. KU Entomology Endowment Travel Award. $782.00.

Mentor: Robert Moyle

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.S. in integrative genomics from Black Hills State University, 2011

• B.S. in genetics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008

Hometown: Fond du Lac, WI

Research Interests: Speciation and biodiversity

Website: http://people.ku.edu/~j460m658/index.shtml

Publications:

• Siemens DH, Duvall-Jisha J, Jacobs J, Manthey JD, Haugen R & Matzner S. 2012. Water deficiency induces stress-tolerance-chemical defense evolutionary tradeoff that may help explain local range limits in plants. Oikos doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19944.x
• Manthey JD, Klicka J & Spellman GM. 2011.Isolation driven divergence: speciation in a widespread North American songbird (Aves: Certhiidae). Molecular Ecology. 20: 4371-4384.

• Manthey JD, Klicka J & Spellman GM.  2011. Cryptic diversity in a widespread North American songbird: phylogeography of the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana).  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 502-512.

Select Presentations:

• Manthey JD, & Spellman GM.  2011 Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic Biologists and the American Society of Naturalists.  The fast-Z effect: increased efficacy of fixation in Z-linked markers in Certhia americana.  Norman, OK.
• Manthey JD & Spellman GM.  2010 Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic Biologists and the American Society of Naturalists. Asymmetric gene flow following secondary contact in the Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli). Portland, OR.

• Manthey JD, Klicka J & Spellman GM.  2010 Joint Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists. Multi-Locus Phylogeography of the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana).  San Diego, CA.

Awards:

• 2011 - NSF IGERT C-CHANGE Fellowship.  The University of Kansas.
• 2010 - South Dakota Space Grant Consortium Fellowship ($1750).
• 2010 - South Dakota Ornithologists’ Union – Husmann Memorial Scholarship ($500).
• 2010 - South Dakota Ornithologists’ Union –Whitney Memorial Research Grant ($500).
• 2010 - Cooper Ornithological Society Graduate Student Membership 2-year Award.
• 2009 - Master of Science in Integrative Genomics Research Fellowship.  Black Hills State University.

Email: kjmin@ku.edu

Advisors: Sharon Billings

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evoluationary biology
• M.C.P. in environmental studies from Seoul National University, 2010
• B.S. in immunology from POSTECH, 2007

Hometown: Seoul, Korea

Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, landscape ecology, global climate change

Publications:

• Min, K., Kang, H., Lee, D. 2011. Effects of ammonium and nitrate additions on mineralizations of organic carbon in wetland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 2461-2469.
• Kwon, M., Seo, J., Min, K., Park, S., Jang, I., Kang, H. 2010. Greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, and N2O) fluxes from tidal marsh along with water level gradient. Spring Academic Conference of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers.
• Seo, J., Kwon, M., Min, K., Park, S., Jang, I., Kang, H. 2010. Microbial enzyme activity trends in the Han river estuary. Spring Academic Conference of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers.

Awards:

• 2012. University of Kansas, Ida H. Hyde Scholarship.
• 2009-2010. Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF) Scholarship.
• 2009. Alumni Association Scholarship, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National Univeristy.

Email: pmonnahan@ku.edu

Mentor: John Kelly

Education:

• Current doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S. in biology from Truman State University, 2009

Research Interests: Evolutionary and ecological genomics

Recent Publications:

• Almany, G. R., et al. (2009). "Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 May 2009–31 July 2009." Molecular Ecology Resources 9(6): 1460-1466.

Recent Presentations:

• Monnahan, P. J.  2010. Identification of 29 novel, polymorphic microsattelite loci in the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis).  GSO Retreat 2010, Lawrence, KS.

Email: simunoz@ku.edu

Advisor: Caroline Chaboo

Education:

• Current master's student in entomology

• B.Sc. in biology from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Research Interests: applied entomology, ecology, systematics, museology

Publications:

• 2009. S.I. Muñoz, A.C. Zurita, A.G. Villacís, M. J Grijalva. Crossing experiments of populations of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), of two different geographic areas of Ecuador under laboratory conditions. Memories of the 33th National Biology Conferences. Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Presentations:

• 2009. S.I. Muñoz, A.C. Zurita, A.G. Villacís, M. J Grijalva. “Crossing experiments of populations of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), of two different geographic areas of Ecuador under laboratory conditions: 33th National Biology Conferences, Universidad de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador. November.

Email: murphyc@ku.edu

Advisor: Bryan Foster

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.S. in environmental studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; M.A. in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Kansas

Hometown: Columbus, NE

Research Interests: Plant and soil community ecology; Plant and soil feedbacks

Recent Publications:

• Foster BL, Questad EJ, Collins CD, Murphy CA, Dickson TL and Smith VH. 2011. Seed availability constrains plant species sorting along a soil fertility gradient. Journal of Ecology 99: 473-481.
• Foster BL, Khavin IS, Murphy CA, Smith VH, Ramspott ME, Price KP and Kindscher K. 2010. Integrated responses of grassland biodiversity and ecosystem properties to hay management: A field experiment. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 113: 103-119.
• Foster, B.L., Kindscher, K., Houseman, G.R., and Murphy, C.A. 2009. Effects of hay management and native species sowing on grassland community structure, biomass and restoration. Ecological Applications 19 (7): 1884-1896.
• Foster, B.L., Murphy, C.A., Keller, K.R., Aschenbach, T.A., Questad, E.J., and Kindscher, K. 2007. Restoration of Prairie Community Structure and Ecosystem Function in an Abandoned Hayfield: A Sowing Experiment. Restoration Ecology 15(4): 652-661.
• Murphy, C.A., Foster, B.L., Ramspott, M.E., and Price, K.P. 2006. Effects of cultivation history and current grassland management on soil quality in northeastern Kansas.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61(2): 75–84.
• Foster, B.L., Dickson, T.L., Murphy, C.A., Karel, I.S., and Smith, V.H.  2004.  Propagule pools mediate community assembly and diversity-ecosystem regulation along a grassland productivity gradient.  Journal of Ecology 92: 435–449.
• Murphy, C.A., Foster, B.L., Ramspott, M.E., and Price, K.P.  2004.  Grassland management and soil bulk density.  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 107(1/2): 45–54.

• Murphy CA and Lindquist JL. 2002.  Growth response of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) to three postemergence herbicides.  Weed Science 50(3): 364–369.

Recent Presentations:

• Murphy CA. 2010. The influence of plant communities and seasonality upon soil bacterial communities in a tallgrass prairie system. Biology Seminar, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tenneessee-Chattanooga.
• Murphy CA and Foster BL. 2010. The influence of plant species identity and seasonality on soil rhizosphere bacterial communities. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA.
• Murphy CA and Foster BL. 2009. Impacts of tallgrass prairie restoration on soil bacterial communities, plant communities and ecosystem properties. The Society of Nematologists and Soil Ecology Society Conference. Burlington, Vermont.
• Murphy CA. 2009. Investigating the impacts of differing plant species upon soil bacterial communities. University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves (KSR) Informal Seminar Series.
• Murphy, C. 2007. Effects of fertilization and haying on soil bacterial communities in a northeastern Kansas experiment; Ecological Society of America Conference, San Jose, CA.
• Murphy CA.2007. Investigating the impact of plant species diversity upon soil bacterial communities. University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves (KSR) Informal Seminar Series.
• Murphy CA. 2007. Feedback effects among plant species diversity and soil microbial communities and its importance to ecosystem processes within tallgrass prairie. Postgraduate Course; Soil Ecology: Crossing the frontier between below- and above-ground. Wageningen, The Netherlands.
• Murphy CA, Foster BL, Ramspott ME, Price KP and Kindscher K. 2005. Effects of fertilization and haying on grassland productivity, community properties and relationships to spectral reflectance. Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
• Foster BL, Murphy CA, Dickson TL, Karel IS, Collins C and Questad E. 2005. Development of the diversity-productivity relationship during community reassembly is constrained by propagule availability.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
• Murphy CA and Foster BL. 2004. Soil characteristics after three years in a nutrient enrichment and haying experiment. University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves (KSR) Informal Seminar Series.
• Ramspott ME, Price KP, Foster BL and Murphy CA. 2004. Using airborne multispectral sensor data to assess land-use impacts on carbon stocks in a managed grassland ecosystem. Association of American Geographers, Centennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Ramspott ME, Price KP, Foster BL and Murphy CA. 2004. Characterization of biophysical factors in an experimental cool-season grassland using multiscale VNIR remote sensing. Association of American Geographers, Centennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Murphy CA, Foster BL, Ramspott ME and Price KP. 2003. Soil characteristics of Conservation Reserve Program in relation to other privately managed grasslands. Society for Ecological Restoration Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
• Murphy CA, Foster BL, Ramspott, ME, Price KP, Hildebrand T and Evanhoe L. 2003. Spatial scaling of plant species richness in grasslands: relationships to productivity, soils and management. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA.
• Murphy CA. 2003. Grassland management and soil bulk density. Sigma Xi Student Research Paper Competition. University of Kansas.
• Ramspott ME, Price KP, Foster BL and Murphy CA. 2003. . Linking remotely sensed measurements to biophysical factors in a cool-season grassland in Northeast Kansas. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK.
• Murphy CA and Lindquist JL. 1998. Growth response of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) to three postemergence herbicides. Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

• Murphy CA, Louda SM and McEachern AK. 1995. Distribution and abundance of spiders on Cirsium pitcheri in relation to plant and habitat characteristics. Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE.

Recent Awards:

• Graduate Student Paper Presentation Travel Award. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas. $300. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. August 1-6, 2010.
• Graduate Student Paper Presentation Travel Award, 2009. $200.
• Small Grants Program; University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves, 2009. $528.
• Small Grants Program; University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves, 2008. $360.
• Graduate Student Paper Presentation Travel Award. 2007. $200.
• KU Women 4 KU Women Fund, 2007. $250.
• Graduate Student Travel Award - KBS, 2007. $250.
• Graduate Student Travel Award - EEB, 2007. $250.
• Student Endowment Funds; Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2006. $1,000.
• Small Grants Program; University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves, 2006. $530.
• Graduate Student Research Training Travel Award, 2005. $200.
• Graduate Student Paper Presentation Travel Award, 2005. $200.
• University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves 2003 Small Grants Program, 2003. $310.40.
• Graduate Student Paper Presentation Travel Award, 2003. $400.
• Graduate Student Travel Award, 2003. $461.

Email: joaks1@ku.edu

Advisor: Rafe Brown and Mark Holder

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; M.S. in biology from Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge; B.S. in biology from the University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh

Hometown: Oshkosh, WI

Research Interests: Phylogenetics, biogeography, and phylogeography of reptiles and amphibians

Recent Publications:

• Siler, C.D., J.R. Oaks, L.J. Welton, C.W. Linkem, J. Swab, A.C. Diesmos, and R.M. Brown. 2012.  Did geckos ride the Palawan raft to the Philippines?  Journal of Biogeography: DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02680.x.
• Oaks, J.R.  2011. A time-calibrated species tree of crocodylia reveals a recent radiation of the true crocodiles. Evolution 65(11), 3285–3297. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01373.x
• Siler, C.D., J.R. Oaks,  J.A. Esselstyn, A.C. Diesmos, and R.M. Brown.  Submitted.  Phylogeny and biogeography of Philippine bent-toed geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) contradicts a prevailing model of Pleistocene diversification.
• Oaks, J.R., J.M. Daul, and G.H. Adler. 2008. Life span of a tropical forest rodent, Proechimys semispinosus. Journal of Mammology 89(4): 904-908.

• Grismer, L.L., T. Neang, T. Chav, P.L. Wood, J.R. Oaks, J. Holden, J.L. Grismer, T.R. Szutz, and T.M. Youmans. 2008. Additional amphibians and reptiles from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, with comments on their taxonomy and the discovery of four new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 161-175.

Recent Presentations:

• Oaks, J.R., J. Sukumaran, J.A. Esselstyn, C.W. Linkem, C.D. Siler, R.M. Brown.  2010. Comparative phylogeography of terrestrial vertebrates across Philippine Pleistocene aggregate island complexes.  Evolution 2010, Portland, Oregon.
• Oaks, J.R.  2010. Objective partition choice and the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the true crocodiles (Crocodylus).  KU Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series.  Lawrence, Kansas.
• Oaks, J.R.  Objective Partitioning in Phylogenetic Inference.  Oral presentation at the Sigma Xi Research Paper Competition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, April 2009.
• Oaks, J.R., and C.W. Linkem.  Accommodating Among-Site Rate Variation in Phylogenetic Inference: Data Partitioning as a Random Variable and the Objective Choice of Partition Strategy.  Oral presentation atEvolution 2009, Ernst Mayr Competition, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho,June 15, 2009.
• Linkem, C.W., and J.R. Oaks.  Empirical Examination and Utility of the Dirichlet Process Prior in Bayesian Phylogenetics:  A Test with Scincid and Anolis Lizards. Evolution 2009, Ernst Mayr Competition, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho,June 15, 2009.
• Oaks, J.R.  Objective partition choice and the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the true crocodiles.  Oral presentation at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Portland, Oregon, 24 July 2009.
• Oaks, J.R.  Approximate Bayesian Computation in the Chiricahua Mountains.  KU Natural History Museum Lunch Seminar Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, May 2009. 
• Oaks, J.R.  Accommodating Among-Site Rate Variation in Phylogenetic Inference:  Data Partitioning as a Random Variable and the Objective Choice of Partition Strategy.  KU Natural History Museum Graduate Student Organization Retreat, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, December 2008. 

• Oaks, J.R.  Evolution of the True Crocodiles (Crocodylus).  Oral presentation at the Sigma Xi Research Paper Competition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, April 2008.  (Awarded 2nd place).

Recent Awards:

• 2011. Panorama Research Grant. Comparative Phylogeography of a Dynamic Archipelago. $1,000.
• 2011. KU Office of Graduate Studies Doctoral Student Research Award. Phylogeography of a Dynamic Archipelago. $2,000.
• 2011. Kenneth B. Armitage Award for Excellence in Teaching. BIOL 350 Introduction to Genetics. $250.
• 2010. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. Comparative Phylogeography of a Dynamic Archipelago. $14,886.
• 2010. NSF travel and training grant. ~$1,000.
• 2010. KU Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Summer Fellowship. $4,000.
• 2010. KU Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Travel Award. May. $300.
• 2010. KU Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Travel Award. June. $300.
• 2010. KU Biodiversity Institute Travel Grant. $300.
• 2009. Henri Seibert award for best paper in Systematics/Evolution.
• 2009. Estimating Species Trees Workshop Travel Grant.
• 2009. Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research.
• 2009. Society of Systematic Biologists Award for Graduate Student Research.
• 2009. Panorama Grant.

Email: oliveros@ku.edu

Advisor: Rob Moyle

Education:

• Currently a doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.A. in ecology and evolutionary biology from KU, 2009

• B.S. in mathematics from De La Salle Univeristy, Magna Cum Laude, 1997

Hometown: Las Pinas, Philippines

Research Interests: Philippine and Southeast Asian ornithology, biogeography, and conservation

Recent Publications:

• Oliveros, C.H., S. Reddy and R.G. Moyle. In press. The phylogenetic position of some Philippine “babblers” spans the muscicapoid and sylvioid bird radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
• Sheldon, F.H., C.H. Oliveros, S.S. Taylor, B. McKay, H.C. Lim, M.A. Rahman, H. Mays and R.G. Moyle. In press. Molecular phylogeny and insular biogeography of the lowland tailorbirds of Southeast Asia (Cisticolidae: Orthotomus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
• Brown, R.M., C.H. Oliveros, C.D. Siler, J.B. Fernandez, L.J. Welton, P.A.C. Buenavente, M.L.L. Diesmos and A.C. Diesmos. 2012. Amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island (Philippines), VII: herpetofauna of Ilocos Norte Province, Northern Cordillera Mountain Range. Check List 8: 469–490.
• Siler, C.D., J.C. Swab, C.H. Oliveros, A.C. Diesmos, L. Averia, A.C. Alcala and R.M. Brown.  2012.  Amphibians and reptiles, Romblon Island Group, central Philippines: comprehensive herpetofaunal inventory.  Check List 8: 443–462.
• Moyle, R. G., M. J. Andersen, C. H. Oliveros, F. Steinheimer and S. Reddy. 2012. Phylogeny and biogeography of the core babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). Systematic Biology 61: 631.651.
• Moyle, R. G., S. S. Taylor, C. H. Oliveros, H. C. Lim, C. L. Haines, M. A. Rahman and F. H. Sheldon. 2011. Diversification of an endemic Southeast Asian genus: phylogenetic relationships of the spiderhunters (Nectariniida: Arachnothera).  The Auk 128: 777–788.
• Brown, R. M., C. D. Siler, C. H. Oliveros, A. C. Diesmos, and A. C. Alcala. 2011. A new Gekko from Sibuyan Island, central Philippines. Herpetologica 67: 460–476.
• Oliveros, C. H., H. Ota, R. I. Crombie and R. M. Brown. 2011. The herpetofauna of the Babuyan Islands, Northern Philippines. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas 43: 1-20.
• Oliveros, C. H. and C. A. A. Layusa.  2011.  First description of the nest and eggs of the Calayan Rail.  Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 42: 143-146.
• Brown, R. M., A. C. Diesmos and C. H. Oliveros. 2011.  A new flap-legged forest gecko (Genus Luperosaurus) from the Northern Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 45: 202-210.
• Esselstyn, J. A., C. H. Oliveros, R. G. Moyle, A. T. Peterson, J. A. McGuire and R. M. Brown. 2010. Integrating phylogenetic and taxonomic evidence illuminates complex biogeographic patterns along Huxley’s modification of Wallace’s Line.  Journal of Biogeography 37: 2054–2066.
• Sanchez-Gonzales, L. A., C. H. Oliveros, N. Puna and R. G. Moyle. 2010. Nest, nest placement and eggs of three Philippine endemic birds.  The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122: 587–591.
• Oliveros, C. H. and C. A. A. Layusa.  2010. First record of Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo for the Philippines.  Forktail 26: 139.
• Esselstyn, J.A. and C.H. Oliveros. 2010.  Colonization of the Philippines from Taiwan: A multilocus test of the biogeographic and phylogenetic relations of isolated populations of shrews.  Journal of Biogeography 37(8): 1504-1514.
• Oliveros, C.H. and R.G. Moyle. 2010. Origin and diversification of Philippine bulbuls. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 822-832.
• Peterson, A.T., M.J. Andersen, S. Bodbyl-Roels, P. Hosner, Á. Nyári, C. Oliveros and M. Papeş. 2009. A prototype forecasting system for bird-borne disease spread in North America based on migratory bird movements. Epidemics 1(4): 240-249.
• Brown, R.M., Oliveros, C., Siler, C., and Diesmos, A.C. 2009. Phylogeny of Gekko from the Northern Philippines, and Description of a New Species from Calayan Island. Journal of Herpetology 43(4): 620-635.
• Brown, R.M., Oliveros, C.H., Siler, C.D., and Diesmos, A.C. 2008. A new Gekko from the Babuyan Islands, Northern Philippines. Herpetologica 64(3): 305-320.
• Oliveros, C.H., Telan, S. and Guerrero, J. 2008. Philippine crocodile conservation on Dalupiri Island, northern Philippines. National Museum Papers 14(2008): 98-108.
• Oliveros, C., Peterson, A.T., and Villa, M.J.C. 2008. Birds, Babuyan Islands, province of Cagayan, Northern Philippines: New island distribution records. Check List 4(2): 137-141.

• Reyes, M.A.P., D. Bennett and C. Oliveros. 2008. The monitor lizards of Camiguin Island, northern Philippines. Biawak 2(1): 28-36.

Presentations:

• Oliveros, C. H. and R. G. Moyle.  2011. Some biogeographic insights from recent molecular phylogenetic studies of Philippine birds.  Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines. August. Invited department seminar.
• Oliveros, C. H. and R. G. Moyle. 2011. Origin and diversification of Philippine birds: examples from bulbuls and scops owls. 20th Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines Annual Meeting, Dumaguete City, Philippines. April. Contributed oral paper.
• Brown, R., J. Esselstyn, C. Oliveros and A. Diesmos. 2011. The Conservation Significance of Phylogenetic Exceptions to the Palawan Rule. 20th Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines Annual Meeting, Dumaguete City, Philippines. April. Contributed oral paper.
• Layusa, C. A. A., C. H. Oliveros and A. Lira-Noriega. 2011. Modeling the distribution of an island-endemic rail. 20th Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines Annual Meeting, Dumaguete City, Philippines. April. Contributed oral paper.
• Oliveros, C. H., C. A. A. Layusa and J. B. Reynon. 2011. Monitoring the population of the Calayan Rail.  20th Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines Annual Meeting, Dumaguete City, Philippines. April. Poster presentation.
• Oliveros, C. H., C. A. A. Layusa and J. B. Reynon. 2011. Monitoring the population of the Calayan Rail.  2011 Joint Meeting of the Association of Field Ornithology, Cooper Ornithological Society and Wilson Ornithological Society, Kearney, NE. March. Contributed oral paper.
• Andersen, M. J., C. H. Oliveros, A. Nyari, C. E. Filardi and R. G. Moyle.  2010. A molecular phylogeny of the Variable Kingfisher (Ceyx lepidus) reveals a novel Philippine lineage. Joint Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, the American Ornithologists’ Union, and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, San Diego, California.  February.
• Moyle R. G., M. J. Andersen, C. H. Oliveros and S. Reddy.  2010. Higher level phylogeny of the core babblers (Timaliidae). Joint Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, the American Ornithologists’ Union, and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, San Diego, California.  February.
• Garcia, H., N. M. Follosco, C. A. Layusa, C. Monoy, C. Oliveros and J. Reynon. 2010. Gathering local knowledge in quantifying hunting pressure on the Calayan Rail  Gallirallus calayanensis. 19th Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines Annual Meeting, Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines. April.  Poster.
• Garcia, H., N. M. Follosco, C. A. Layusa, C. Monoy, C. Oliveros and J. Reynon. 2010. Gathering local knowledge in quantifying hunting pressure on the Calayan Rail  Gallirallus calayanensis. 1st Student Conference in Conservation Biology, Bangalore, India. June.
• Layusa, C. A., N. M. Follosco and C. H. Oliveros. 2009. Establishing a Community-Managed Wildlife Sanctuary Calayan Island, Northern Philippines. 18th Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines Annual Meeting, Baguio City, Philippines. April. Poster.
• Layusa, C. A., N. M. Follosco and C. H. Oliveros. 2009. Establishing a Community-Managed Wildlife Sanctuary Calayan Island, Northern Philippines.  International Congress for Conservation Biology, Beijing China.  July. Poster.
• Oliveros, C. H. and R. G. Moyle. 2009. Origin and diversification of Philippine bulbuls. 127^th Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U. S. A. August. 
• Oliveros, C. 2008. Conservation of the Calayan Rail. Seminar to undergraduate biology majors, Avila University, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A. Oct.
• Oliveros, C., Layusa, C.A., and Morales, M.A. 2008. Monitoring the status of the Calayan Rail. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Conservation Biology, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A., July.

• Oliveros, C. 2007. Conservation of the Calayan Rail. Graduate Student Organization Annual Retreat, Univeristy of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Oct.

Grants and Awards:

• October 2011. "Origins of an explosive and widespread bird radiation," KU Graduate Student Research Fund, USD 1,997.
• October 2011. "Origins of an explosive and widespread bird radiation," Panorama Society Research Grant, USD 1,000.
• August 2009. "Establishing a locally-managed wildlife sanctuary in Calayan Island," Team member, PHP 712,800, Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation, Inc.
• August 2009. "Calayan Rail Project 3: Targeting community involvement in conserving an island-endemic species," Team member, USD 1,500 in equipement, Ideawild.
• March 2009. Conservation Leadership Programme Leadership Award, "Calayan Rail Project 3: Targeting community involvement in conserving an island-endemic species," Team member, USD 50,000, Conservation Leadership Programme.
• January 2009. OBC Wildwings Conservation Awareness Award, "Participatory approach in localizing environmental educatiohn in the Municipality of Calayan, Cagayan, and Philippines," Team member, GBP 1,000, Oriental Bird Club.
• July 2007. John Judy Grant Award, Team member, USD 500, Environmental Education and Conservation Global.
• March 2007.Conservation Leadership Programme Follow-up Award, "Calayan Rail Project 2: Building stakeholders' capacity to conserve an island-endemic species," Team leader, USD 25,000, Conservation Leadership Programme.

Karen Olson

Email: boneill@ku.edu

Advisor: James Thorp

Education:

• Currently a doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.A. in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Kansas
• B.S. in aquatic biology from Bemidji State University

Hometown: Ada, MN

Research Interests: Large river ecology, specifically how flow pulses and hydrogeomorphic fluctuations affect the benthic macroinvertebrate community, espescially in sand bed prairie rivers. The continuously shifting sandbars of the Kansas River provides an interesting study area where little research has been done in the past.

Recent Publications:

• O’Neill, B.J. and J.H. Thorp. 2011. A simple channel complexity metric for analyzing river ecosystem responses. River Systems. 19(4): 327-335.
• O’Neill, B.J. and J.H. Thorp. Submitted June, 2011. Flow refugia for the zoobenthos of a sand bed river: the role of physical habitat complexity. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30(2): 546-558.

• Thorp, J.H., J.E. Flotemersch, M.D. Delong, A.F. Casper, M.C. Thoms, F. Ballantyne, B.S. Williams, B.J. O’Neill, and C.S. Haase. 2010. Linking ecosystem services, rehabilitation, and river hydrogeomorphology. BioScience 60(1):67-74..

Recent Presentations:

• O’Neill, B.J., and J.H. thorp. 2011. Ecological Responses to Hydrogeomorphic Fluctuations in the Kansas River: Consequences of River Alteration. Water and the Future of Kansas Conference. Topeka, KS, September 30, 2011.
• O’Neill, B.J., and J.H. Thorp. 2009. Benthic macroinvertebrate response to hydrogeomorphic fluctuations in a sand bed, prairie river. 56^th Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society. Poster Presentation. Salt Lake City, UT, May 25-28, 2009.
• O’Neill, B.J. and J.H. Thorp. 2009. Hydrogeomorphic fluctuations in a sand bed prairie river: benthic invertebrates, river complexity and habitat use. First Biennial Conference of the International Society for River Science. St. Pete Beach, FL.
• O'Neill, B.J.and J.H. Thorp. 2009. Ecological responses to hydrogeomorphic fluctuations in a sand bed prairie river: river complexity, habitat availability, and benthic invertebrates. 2009 Kansas Statewide EPSCoR Conference. Manhattan, KS.
• O’Neill, B.J., and J.H. Thorp. 2009. Benthic macroinvertebrate response to hydrogeomorphic fluctuations in a sand bed, prairie river. 57^th Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society. Grand Rapids, MI.

• O’Neill, B.J., and J.H. Thorp. 2008. River channel complexity: climate change, hydrogeomorphology, and the benthic community. Kansas EPSCoR Symposium. Poster Presentation. Lawrence, KS, April 19, 2008.

Recent Awards:

• 2009. EEB Summer Research Funding, $1000
• 2007. Kansas Academy of Science Student Research Grant. Benthic Macroinvertebrate Response to Hydrogeomorphic Fluctuations in a Sand Bed Prairie, $1000.

Email: hannah-o@ku.edu

Advisor: A. Townsend Peterson

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; M.A. in ecology and evolutionary biology from KU, 2008; B.S. in biology from KU, 2006.

Hometown: Downers Grove, IL

Research Interests: Ichthyology, climate change, niche modeling, phylogeography, parasitology

Publications

• Owens, HL, AC Bentley, and AT Peterson. 2012. Predicting suitable environments and potential occurrences for coelacanths (Latimeria spp.). Biodiversity and Conservation 21(2): 577-587.

Recent Presentations:

• Owens, H. L. 2011. Ecological Niche Modeling as a Tool for Anticipating the Potential Geography of Invasive Species. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Des Moines, Iowa. December.
• Owens, H. L. 2011. Ecological Niche Modeling as a Tool for Anticipating the Potential Geography of Invasive Species. Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization Retreat, Lawrence, Kansas. November.
• Owens, H. L. 2011. Climate Change and the Distributions of Atlantic Fishes: A Correlative Modeling Approach. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Minneapolis, Minnesota. July.
• Owens, H. L. 2010. Searching for Living Fossils: GIS and Niche Modeling. University of Kansas 9th Annual GIS Day, Lawrence, Kansas.
• Owens, H. L. 2010. Predicting the distributions of the coelacanths Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis. University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Graduate Student Organization Annual Retreat, Lawrence, Kansas.
• Owens, H. L. 2010. Predicting the distributions of the coelacanths Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis. Annual Meeting of the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers, Lawrence, Kansas.Poster.
• Owens, H.L. 2010. Predicting the distributions of the coelacanths Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis; Annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Providence, RI, July.
• Owens, H.L. 2010. Predicting the distributions of the coelacanths Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis; Annual Graduate Student Research Competition, University of Kansas Department of Graduate Studies, Lawrence, KS, March. (Poster)
• Owens, H. L. 2009. The Mongolian Vertebrate Parasite Project: A Bird’s Eye View. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Graduate Student Organization Annual Retreat, Lawrence, Kansas. October.
• Owens, H.L. 2008. Multiple species of Phoreiobothrium from the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, from the Gulf of Mexico. Oral Presentation. American Society of Parasitology. Arlington, Texas. June.
• Owens, H.L. 2008. Multiple species of Phoreiobothrium from the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, from the Gulf of Mexico. Oral Presentation. Southwest Association of Parasitologists. Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. April.
• Owens, H. L. 2007. Species of Phoreiobothrium (Cestoda: Onchobothriidae) in the Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) from the Gulf of Mexico and their potential applications as biological tags. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Graduate Student Organization Annual Retreat, Lawrence, Kansas. October. 
• Owens, H.L. 2006. New species of Phoreiobothrium (Cestoda: Onchobothriidae) from carcharhinid sharks from the Gulf of Mexico. Poster presentation. Southwestern Association of Parasitologists. Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. April.

Recent Awards:

• 2012. National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, "Niche Evolution in Gadine Fishes," $14,753.
• 2012. EEB Summer Scholarship, $2,000.
• 2011. EEB GSO Retreat. Second Place Presentation.
• 2010. University of Kansas, 9^th Annual GIS Day, Third Place Presentation.
• 2010. University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute Graduate Student Organization Retreat. First Place Presentation. 
• 2010. Michael S. Gaines Award for Excellence in Teaching, Principles of Biology Laboratory.
• 2009–present, NSF Climate Change IGERT Fellowship
• 2008, Marc Dresden Student Travel Grant
• 2006, J. Michael Young Opportunity Award
• 2002–2006, University of Kansas National Merit Scholar
• 2002–2006, University of Kansas Dean's List