- Leo Legra
Hometown:Samarai Island, Papua New Guinea
e-mail: llegra@wcs.org
Advisor: A. Townsend Peterson
- Nicholas Levsen
Education:
Research Interests:
e-mail: levsenn@ku.edu
Advisor: Mark Mort
- Charles Linkem
Education: University of California | Berkeley, BA in Integrative Biology
Research Interests: Phylogenetics and biogeography of reptiles and amphibians
Recent Presentations: Phylogeography of Lamprolepis smaragdina in SE Asia and the West Pacific, Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologist, Norman, OK. 2004
Hometown: Truckee, California
e-mail: cwlinkem@ku.edu
Advisor: Rafe Brown
- Andres Lira-Noriega
Education:B.S. Biology (2001), M.S. Environmental Biology (2006), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Research Interests: Description and analysis of species’ diversity at multiple spatial scales, including the factors that determine species’ richness at local and regional levels, as well as the evaluation and assessment of beta-diversity, in relation to the ecological niche theory.
Recent Publications:
Lira-Noriega, A., J. Soberón, A.G. Navarro-Sigüenza,Y. Nakazawa and A.T. Peterson. 2007. Scale dependency of diversity components estimated from primary biodiversity data and distribution maps. Diversity and Distributions. 13:185–195.
Lira-Noriega, A., S. Guevara, J. Laborde & G. Sánchez-Ríos. 2007. Composición florística en potreros de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México. Acta Botánica Mexicana 80: 59-87.
Lira-Noriega, A., Laborde, J., Guevara, S., Sánchez-Ríos, G., Zuur, A.F., Leno, E.N. & Smith, G.M. 2007. Canonical correspondence analysis of lowland pasture vegetation in the humid tropics of Mexico. In: Zuur, A.F., Ieno, E.N. and Smith G.M. (eds.) Analysis Ecological Data. Springer. Pp. 561-574.
Cantú, C., Koleff, P., and Lira-Noriega, A. 2007. The ecoregions of the Northern Mexican Border. In. A. Córdova and C.A. de la Parra (cords.) A Barrier to our Shared Environment. The Border Fence between the United States and Mexico. Pp. 115-127.
Koleff, P., Lira-Noriega, A., Urquiza, T., and Morales, E. 2007. Priorities of Biodiversity Conservation in Mexico’s Northern Border. In: Barrier to our Shared Environment. The Border Fence between the United States and Mexico. Pp. 129-142.
CONABIO-CONANP-TNC-Pronatura-FCF, UANL. 2007. Análisis de vacíos y omisiones en conservación de la biodiversidad terrestre de México: espacios y especies. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, The Nature Conservancy-Programa México, Pronatura, A.C., Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México. 127 p.
CONABIO-CONANP-TNC-PRONATURA. 2007. Vacíos y omisiones en conservación de la biodiversidad terrestre de México: espacios y especies. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, The Nature Conservancy-Programa México, Pronatura, México. (map).
Hometown: Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico
e-mail: alira@ku.edu
Advisor: A. Townsend Peterson and Jorge Soberon
- Quinn Long
Education: B.S. University Of Missouri- Columbia
Research Interests: Restoration Ecology, Fire Ecology, Grassland Ecology
Dissertation Research: multiple methods of inter-seeding warm season grass stands to establish high diversity prairie- competitive dynamics of forb establishment
Recent Awards: Prairie Fork Trust Grant
Hometown: Washington, Missouri
e-mail: qugalo@ku.edu
Advisor: Kelly Kindscher
- Sean Maher
Education: B.S., Biology, Villanova University; M.S. Natural Resources, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Small mammal ecology; mammalian distributions in North America; conservation biology.
Hometown: Emmaus, PA
e-mail: maher@ku.edu
Advisor: Robert Timm and A. Townsend Peterson
- Tara Marriage
Education: B.S., M.S., Biology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Research Interests: Plant population genetics
Hometown: Danville, Illinois
e-mail: tmarria@ku.edu
Advisor: John Kelly and Maria Orive
- David McLeod
Education: B.S.E.D., Biology, Emporia State University; M.S., Biology,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Research Interests:I have a broad range of interests in my studies of the biological world. I missed being a "naturalist" by about 100 years or so. At present, my research is focused on the morphology and systematics of SE Asian frogs, particularly those of the Limnonectes kuhlii complex. I am also keenly interested in the reproductive biology of frogs, larval amphibian ecology, and issues surrounding amphibian population declines. In the past, I have dabbled with turtles, fish, lizards, snakes, coleopterans, and members of the Branchiopoda. Post graduation, I hope to return to Asia and continue to work on projects associated with amphibian and reptile systematics, ecology and biodiversity. I look forward to returning to teaching and involving students in the field and lab work that I do.
Dissertation Research:I will use morphology and molecular phlyogenetic methods to elucidate the enigmatic species currently known as Limnonectes "kuhlii".
Recent Awards:Declining Amphibians Task Force Chytrid fungus research inThailand ($2000), 2004.
Internal funding awarded from the University of Kansas for field work ($2000), 2004.
USGS funding for research in Thailand regarding invasive species ($5000), 2004.
David L. Boren Fellowship ($19,890), 2003.
Internal funding awarded from the University of Kansas for summer fieldwork ($4376), 2003.
Recent Publication:McLeod, D.S., N. Ahmad. 2007. A new species of Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Thailand and peninsular Malaysia. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 14(1): 65–72.
In Press. McLeod, D.S., J.A. Sheridan, W. Jiraungkoorskul, and W. Khonsue. 2007. A survey for Chytrid fungus in Thai Amphibians.
In Review. McLeod, D.S. 2007. A new species of Limnonectes in the “kuhlii” complex from Thailand.
In Prep. McLeod, D.S., J. Hill and K. Hesed. Amphibian and Reptile biodiversity at a site in North Eastern Thailand.
2005 McLeod, D.S. Nebraska’s Declining Amphibians. In M. J. Lannoo,editor. Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Univ. of Calif. Press. Pg 292.p>
*2003 Sheil, C. and McLeod, D.S. Supplementary Materials (1st edition): Human Anatomy Observation (BIOL 301) & Dissection (BIOL 302) Laboratories. University of Kansas (Lab Manual).
*2003 Sheil, C., D. McLeod, and E. Greenbaum. 2003. Supplementary Materials (2nd edition): Human Anatomy Observation (BIOL 301) & Dissection (BIOL 302) Laboratories. University of Kansas (Lab Manual).
2001 McLeod, D.S., J.T. Vaughan, K.E. Church, D. Figgs. Results of the First Anuran Calling Survey in Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 27:13-16
2000 McLeod, D.S. New record of the clam shrimp Eulimnadia diversa from Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 26
e-mail: dsmcleod@ku.edu
Advisors: Linda
Trueb
- Kathryn Mickle
Education- B.S. and M.S. Biology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
Research Interests- palaeoniscoid actinopterygians, especially from the Carboniferous Bear Gulch Limestone
Recent Publications
In Review. Mickle, K. E.; Lund, R., Grogan, E. D. 2007. Three new palaeoniscoid fishes from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana (USA).
Geodiversitas.
In Review. Mickle, K. E. & Bader, K. 2008. A New platysomid from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas and remarks on the systematics and relationships of deep-bodied lower actinopterygians. Acta Zoologica.
Recent Presentations
A new platysomid from the Late Carboniferous of Kansas. Symposium on Early Vertebrates/Lower Vertebrates, August 2007, Uppsala, Sweden.
Relationships of Bear Gulch palaeoniscoids and lower actinopterygians, International Paleontological Congress, June 2006, Beijing, China.
An overview of palaeoniscoid actinopterygian vertebrae from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 2006, Ottawa, Canada.
Three new palaeoniscoid fishes from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana and the relationships of lower actinopterygians, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 2005, Mesa, Arizona.
Advisors- Hans-Peter Schultze and Ed Wiley
Email- kmickle@ku.edu
Hometown- Somerdale, NJ
- Ginger Miller
Education: B.S. Biology and Psychology (double major) from CMSU M.S. Biology from CMSU
Research Interests: Sexual selection, mate choice, evolutionary biology, insect behavior, communication
Dissertation Research: Behavioral and molecular analysis of a meadow katydid hybrid zone (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
Recent Presentations:Species delineation by calling song in two hybridizing meadow katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Animal Behavior Society, Burlington, VT, July 2007.
Recent Publication:
Miller, Ginger L.; Loudon, Catherine; Freed, Sarah. 2007. Position around a tree: Consequences for pheromone detection. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33 (3): 541-554.
Hometown: Windsor, MO
e-mail: glmiller@ku.edu
Advisor: Jennifer Gleason and Michael Greenfield
- Julius Mojica
Education: B.S. Biology major in Genetics, cum laude, University of the Philippines, Los Baños
Research interests: genetics and evolution of floral characters, pollination biology cytogenetics, molecular and genetic dissection of high temperature adaptation of Mimulus guttatus (yellow monkey flower)
Recent Publication(s):
Mojica, J. P., M.S. Mendioro, Z. K. Li. 2005. Molecular Mapping of Grain Quality Quantitative Traits Loci (QTL) in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Selective Genotyping Using Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sc. 2005.
Mojica, J. P., M.S. Mendioro, Z. K. Li. 2005. Molecular Mapping of Grain Quality Quantitative Traits Loci (QTL) in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Selective Genotyping Using Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR). Transaction of National Academy of Science and Technology. Vol 26 (No.1), Page 123-124
e-mail: jpmojica@ku.edu
Advisor: John K. Kelly
- Cheryl Murphy
Education: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; B. S. 1996
University of Kansas; M. A. 2004
Research Interests: Plant and soil community ecology; Plant and soil feedbacks
Recent Presentations:Effects of fertilization and haying on soil bacterial communities in a northeastern Kansas experiment; ESA 2007; San Jose, CA
Hometown: Columbus, NE
e-mail: murphyc@ku.edu
Advisor: Bryan
Foster
- Daniel Najera
Research Interests: comparative cognition, spatial orientation, decision making in invertebrates and vertebrates with an emphasis on the European Honeybee.
e-mail: danny181@ku.edu
Advisor: Rudolf Jander
- Annalise Nawrocki
Education: B.A. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Northwestern University (2003)
Research Interests:Evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) in marine invertebrates
Hometown(s): Chicago, IL; Winona, MN; Portland, OR
e-mail: nawrocki@ku.edu
Advisor: Paulyn Cartwright
- Kathleen Nuckolls
Education: KU (Systematics and Ecology) MA degree, Graduate work in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago
Research Interests: Mammalian reproductive and behavioral ecology
Dissertation Research: Determinants of Annual and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Yellow-bellied Marmots
Recent Awards: EPA NNEMS Fellowship
e-mail: knuck@ku.edu
Advisors: William
Busby, Ken Armitage and Norm
Slade
- Arpad Nyari
Education:
Research Interests: Biogeographic history of herpetofauna of southeast Asia
e-mail: arpi@ku.edu
Advisor: A.
Townsend Peterson
- Jamie Oaks
Education: B.S., Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (2004); M.S. in Biology from Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge (2007)
E-mail: joaks1@ku.edu
Advisor: Rafe Brown
- T. Ryan O'Leary
Education: B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
Research Interests: Plant Systematics, Evolution
Current Projects: Phylogenetics, biogeography, evolution and morphology of the Macaronesian island plant genus Aichryson (Crassulaceae).
Publications: Mort, Mark E., C. Randle, J. K. Archibald, N. Levsen, T. R. O'Leary, K. Topalov, C. Wiegand and D. J. Crawford. 2006. The tortoise, the hare, and the old, gray mare: utility of rapidly-evolving loci for inferring phylogeny at low taxonomic levels. American Journal of Botany.
Recent Awards: Young Botanist of the Year (2007), Botanical Society of America
Presentations:O’Leary, T. Ryan. The Preliminary Phylogenetics of Aichryson (Crassulaceae) and a Plan for Future Study. 2nd Annual Midwest Plant Systematics Symposium, 2005
O’Leary, T. Ryan, Mark E. Mort and Arnoldo Santos-Guerra. The Phylogenetics, Evolution and Biogeography of Aichryson (Crassulaceae). 3rd Annual Midwest Plant Systematics Symposium, 2006
O’Leary, T. Ryan, Mark E. Mort and Arnoldo Santos-Guerra. The Utility of cpDNA Sequences for Phylogenetic Inference in Aichryson (Crassulaceae): Implications for the Taxonomy and Biogeography of this Recently Diverge Lineage. Botany 2006, Chico, CA
O'Leary, T. Ryan, Jenny K. Archibald and Mark E. Mort. A methodological study of the utility of ISSR data for phylogeny reconstruction in populations of the South African species Crassula vaginata (Crassulaceae). Botany 2007, Chicago, IL
O’Leary, T. Ryan, Mark E. Mort and Arnoldo Santos-Guerra. The Phylogenetics and Evolution of Aichryson (Crassulaceae). Undergraduate Research Award Symposium, 2006 (KU)
O’Leary, T. Ryan, Jenny K. Archibald and Mark E. Mort. Methodological issues for the analysis of ISSR data in the phylogeny reconstruction of recently radiated taxa: a case study of Crassula vaginata (Crassulaceae). Undergraduate Research Award Symposium, 2007 (KU)
E-mail: ecomajor@ku.edu
Advisor: Mark Mort
- Carl Oliveros
Education: B.S. in Mathematics from De La Salle University (1997)
Research Interests: Systematics and biogeography in the Philippines, island ecosystems and species conservation.
Hometown: Las Pinas City, Philippines
Advisor: Robert Moyle
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