Current Grad Students: G–O

Email: laci@ku.edu

Advisor: Joy Ward

Education: Current Ph.D. aspirant 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

Recent Presentations:

• Gerhart, L., 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. 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. 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)

Recent Awards:

• IGERT C-Change: Climate Change, Humans and Nature in the Global Environment Fellowship, 2009-2010
• Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship, 2008-2012

Email: hinojosa@ku.edu

Advisor: Michael Engel

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in entomology; M.A. in animal biology from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México; B.S. in biology from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México.

Hometown: México City, México

Research Interests: Systematics and biogeography of wild bees

Recent Publications:

• Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A., and Engel, M.S. 2008. Juxtocellar structures in euglossine bees: a new character for corbiculate studies (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 58(1): 97–105.
• Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. 2008. The giant resin bee making its way west: First record in Kansas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). ZooKeys 1: 67-71.
• Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. and Engel, M.S. 2007. Two new orchid bees of the subgenus Euglossella from Peru (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Beitrage zur Entomologie 57(1): 93-104.
• Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. and Engel, M.S. 2007. A new fossil orchid bee in Colombian copal (Hymenoptera: Apidae). American Museum Novitates 3589: 1-7.
• Engel, M.S., I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz, and O. Yáñez-Ordóñez. 2007. The Augochlora-like Dialictus from Guatemala and Southern México (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueve serie) 23(3): 125-134.
• Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé, and I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz. 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana by Jules Dominique. Zootaxa 1423: 59-62.

Recent Presentations:

• Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. 2007. Orchid bees, some insights about their morphology, taxonomy, and beauty; University of Kansas Natural History Museum Lunch Seminar, Lawrence, KS, January.
• Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. 2006. Phylogeny of the orchid bee genus Euglossa as inferred by morphology (Hymenoptera: Apidae); The 6^th International Conference of Hymenopterists, Sun City, South Africa, January. (Poster)
• Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. 2005. Potential distribution of Zorotypus hubbardi (Insecta: Zoraptera) in North America; The 81^st Annual Meeting of the Central States Entomological Society, Lawrence, KS, April.

Recent Awards: CONACYT Fellowship, 2002-2007.

Email: hosner@ku.edu

Advisor: Robert Moyle

Education: Current Ph.D. aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.S. in natural resources from Cornell University.

Hometown: Holly, MI

Research Interests: Diversification, biogeography, evolution of life history, molecular systematics, conservation, neotropical and SE Asian birds

Recent Publications:

• Sheldon, F.H., Hosner, P.A., and Styring, A. In review. Use of industrial and agricultural tree plantations by Bornean forest birds: a long term perspective. Biological Conservation.
• Hosner, P.A., Behrens, K.D., and N.E.L. Huanca. In press. The first records of Red-fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons in Bolivia, and other notes on Bolivian Bird Distribution. Boletin SAO 18(2).
• 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 amboo in Southeastern Peru. Boletin SAO 17(2):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(1): 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(3): 290-293.
• Hosner, P.A. and D.J. Lebbin. 2006. Observations of plumage pigment aberrations in Ecuador, including Ramphastidae. Boletin SAO 16(1) 30-43.
• Hosner, P.A. 2005. Mistletoe seeds in the nest of Tyrannulus elatus. Wilson Bulletin 117 (3): 319-321.
• Hosner, P.A. 2004. Species accounts for the Genera Elaenia and Myiopagis. In “Handbook of Birds of the World Volume 9: Cotingidae though Motacillidae.” Lynx Publications, Madrid, Spain.

Email: hkilroy@ku.edu

Advisor: Kelly Kindscher

Education: Current master's student in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.S. in botany from Miami University.

Hometown: Euclid, OH

Research Interests: Plant community and population biology, ethnobotany

Recent Publications:

• Kilroy, H. A., and Gorchov, D. L. In review. Enrichment planting of an understory palm: Effect of microenvironmental factors on seedling establishment, growth, and survival.

Recent Presentations:

• Kilroy, H.A. 2009. Spatially-explicit metacommunity dynamics of native tallgrass prairie: Effects of landscape matrix on site quality and community composition. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
• Kilroy, H.A. 2008. Enrichment planting of an understory palm: Effect of microenvironmental factors on seedling establishment, growth, and survival; Miami University Undergraduate Research Forum, Oxford, OH, April.
• Kilroy, H.A. 2007. Microenvironmental factors of seedling establishment and growth of a harvested understory palm, Chamaedorea radicalis; Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, Morelia, Mexico, July. (Poster)

Email: atlantis@ku.edu

Advisor: Lena Hileman

Education: Current M.A. student in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.S. in biology from the University of Kansas, 2008

Hometown: Rossville, Kansas

Research Interests: Molecular genetics, gene expression, evolutionary genetics, development

Recent Publications:

• Hudman SP, Grose MJ, Landis JB et al. In Review. Twenty-five microsatellites loci for metapopulation genetic studies of slender madtom, Noturus exilis. Molecular Ecology Resources.
• Monnahan P, Grose MJ, Landis JB et al. In Press. Identification of 29 novel, polymorphic microsatellite loci in the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis). Molecular Ecology Resources.
• Landis JB, Grose MJ, Wiley EO et al. 2009. Characterization of 35 novel microsatellite loci for ecological and evolutionary studies of the bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(3), 864-867.
• Landis JB, Hudman SP, Grose MJ et al. 2009. Characterization of 32 novel microsatellite loci for population and mating system studies using Campostoma anomalum (central stoneroller). Molecular Ecology Resources. 9(1), 251-254.
• Hudman SP, Grose MJ, Landis JB et al. 2008. Twenty-three microsatellite DNA loci for population genetic studies and parentage assignment in orangethroat darter, Etheostoma specatbile. Molecular Ecology Resources. 8(6), 1483-1485.
• Skalski GT, Landis JB, Grose MJ et al. 2008 Genetic Structure of Creek Chub, a Headwater Minnow, in an Impounded River System. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 137: 962-975.

Recent Presentations:

• Jacob B. Landis, Laryssa L. Baldridge and Lena C. Hileman. Determining the genetic basis for petal-like sepals in a close relative of snapdragon. (Poster). Evolution Conference, June 12-16, 2009.
• Jacob B. Landis, James C. Cureton, Elizabeth A. Lamb, Stacy Stoops and Raelynn Deaton. An Analysis of Time and Environmental Conditions on Peak Mating Behavior in the Western Mosquitofish (Poeciliidae): It Matters When But Not Where… (Printed Abstract, Oral). Texas Academy of Science, March 6, 2009.
• Samir K. Rosado, Jacob B. Landis, Raelynn Deaton and Chad W. Hargrave. Predator-induced Phenotypic Plasticity in the Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). (Printed Abstract, Oral). Third Triennial OK-TX Aquatic Research Group Meeting and 35th Annual Great Plains Limnology Conference, September 26, 2008.

Awards:

• Developmental and Structural BSA Student Travel Award for Botany Conference 2009—$200
• American Society of Naturalists Travel Award to Evolution 2009—$300
• Graduate Studies Graduate Student Paper Presenter Spring 2009—$400

Email: cwlinkem@ku.edu

Advisor: Rafe Brown

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in
ecology and evolutionary biology; B.A. in integrative biology from the University of California—Berkeley

Hometown: Truckee, CA

Research Interests: My research program uses squamate reptiles as a model to answer questions in evolutionary biology. This involves an integrative approach, combining morphological evolution, systematics, biogeography and development. Currently, I am working with scincid lizards in the Sphenomorphus Group to answer numerous questions about body-form evolution, osteological development, Southeast Asian biogeography, and character evolution of scalation in skinks.

Website: http://www.cwlinkem.com

Recent Publications:

• J. Sukumaran and C. W. Linkem. 2009. Choice of Topology Estimators in Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26:1–3.
• C.W. Linkem, J.A. McGuire, C.J. Hayden, M.I. Setiadi, D. Bickford, and R.M. Brown. 2008. A new species of bent-toe gecko (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Sulawesi Island, Eastern Indonesia. Herpetologica 64(2):232–242.
• C.J. Hayden, R.M. Brown, G. Gillespie, M.I. Setiadi, C.W. Linkem, D.T. Iskandar, U. Laela, D. Bickford, A. Riyanto, I. Mumpuni, and J.A. McGuire. 2008. A new species of bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Herpetologica 64(1):109–120.
• J.A. McGuire, C.W. Linkem, M. Koo, D.W. Hutchinson, K.K. Lappin, D.O. Orange, J. Lemosespinal, B. Riddle, and J. Jaeger. 2007. Mitochondrial introgression and incomplete lineage sorting through space and time: phylogenetics of crotaphytid lizards. Evolution 61: 2879–2897.
• C.D. Siler, C.W. Linkem, A. Diesmos, and A. Alcala. 2007. A new species of Platymantis (Amphibia; Anura; Ranidae) from Panay Island, Philippines. Herpetologica 63: 351–364.
• A.D. Leaché, M.O. Rödel, C.W. Linkem, R.E. Diaz, A. Hillers, and M.K. Fujita. 2006. Biodiversity in a forest island: reptiles and amphibians of the Togo Hills, Kyabobo National Park, Ghana. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 4(1): 22–45.
• C.W. Linkem and J.A. McGuire. 2006. Range extension of Micruroides euryxanthus. Herpetological Review 37(4): 499.

Recent Presentations:

• C. W. Linkem and J. Oaks. 2009. Empirical Examination and Utility of the Dirichlet Process Prior in Bayesian Phylogenetics: A Test with Scincid and Anolis Lizards.  Oral presentation at Evolution 2009, Ernst Mayr Competition, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 15 June 2009.
• C. W. Linkem, A. C. Diesmos, and R. M. Brown. 2009. Systematics of Philippine skinks in the genus Sphenomorphus (Reptilia: Scincidae: Lygosominae). Oral presentation at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Portland, Oregon, 25 July 2009.
• C. W. Linkem. 2009. Systematics of Philippine skinks in the genus Sphenomorphus. National Museum of the Philippines. Manila, Philippines.
• C.W. Linkem. 2008. Systematics, taxonomy, and body-form evolution in Sphenomorphus: a prelude; Museum lunch series, University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Lawrence, KS.
• C.W. Linkem, R.M. Brown, and J.A. McGuire. 2007. Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the emerald skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina); Museum lunch series, University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Lawrence, KS.
• C.W. Linkem, R. M. Brown, D.T. Iskandar, A.C. Diesmos, J.A. McGuire. 2005. Phylogeography of Lamprolepis smaragdina in Southeast Asia and the West Pacific; Annual Meeting of the Kansas Herpetological Society, Pittsburgh, KS.
• C.W. Linkem, R.M. Brown, D.T. Iskandar, A.C. Diesmos, and J.A. McGuire. 2004. Phylogeography of Lamprolepis smaragdina in Southeast Asia and the West Pacific; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norman, OK.

Recent Awards:

• 2009—NSF DDIG—$14,800.00
• 2009—NHM Panorama Fund—$900.00
• 2009—CAS Stearns Grant-in-aid—$790.00
• 2007—NHM Panorama Fund—$1095.00
• 2007—Lewis and Clark Fellowship—$1500.00
• 2006—NHM Panorama Fund—$600.00

Email: alira@ku.edu

Advisors: A. Townsend Peterson and Jorge Soberon

Education: Current Ph.D. aspirant 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:

• 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.
• 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).

Recent Awards:

• 2009—NHM Panorama Fund—$1000.00
• 2008-present—CONACYT Fellowship

Email: qugalo@ku.edu

Advisors: Kelly Kindscher and Bryan Foster

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.S. in Biology from the University Of Missouri—Columbia

Research Interests: Restoration ecology, plant community ecology, field botany

Dissertation Research: I am examining the interaction between plant functional traits and species establishment using a meta-analysis of grassland restorations throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. My manipulative field experiments in KS and MO examine the effect of disturbance intensity on stochastic and deterministic recruitment processes, the interaction between disturbance intensity and propagule density on community assembly, and applied solutions for increasing the diversity of prairie restorations.

Recent Publications:

• Kindscher, K., Q. Long, and L. Byczynski. 2008. “Mead’s Milkweed Reintroduction Planfor Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge.” Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report. No. 152, Lawrence, KS. 12 pp.
• Applequist, W. L., D. J. McGlinn, M. Miller, Q. G. Long, and J. S. Miller. 2007. How well do herbarium data predict the location of present populations? A test using Echinacea species in Missouri. Biodiversity and Conservation.
• Long, Q. and K. Kindscher. 2007. A comparison of the Influence of disturbance Regimes on Native Forbs. Ecological Restoration 25(2): 129-130.

Recent Presenations:

• Long, Q.G. 2009.  Recruitment in restored grasslands: A trait-based meta-analysis; Ecological Society of America 94th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, August. (Oral Presentation)
• Long, Q.G. 2008.Native species colonization in C4 grass plantings; Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Osage Beach, MO, January. (Poster)
• Long, Q.G. 2007. Disturbance regimes alter forb colonization in warm-season grass plantings; National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Kansas City, MO, April. (Poster)

Recent Awards:

• EEB conference travel fund
• University of Kansas Botany Endowment conference travel fund
• Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellow 2004-2008
• The Prairie Fork Trust Grant. 2005-2008. $18,000. A Comparison of Multiple Strategies for the Introduction of Native Forbs to Warm Season Grass Plantings. Awarded.
• NSF Pre-Doctoral Fellowship—“Honorable Mention” 2006
• Organization for Tropical Studies. Course tuition scholarship. January 2006. $3,000.
• KU ecological reserves. 2005. $300. A Comparison of Multiple Strategies for the Introduction of Native Forbs to Warm Season Grass Plantings. Awarded

Email: maher@ku.edu

Advisors: Robert Timm and A. Townsend Peterson

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; M.S. in natural resources from the University of Michigan; B.S. in biology from Villanova University.

Hometown: Emmaus, PA

Research Interests: Modeling patterns of species occurrence and diversity and pathogen occurrence and spread; distributional ecology; mammal ecology, particulary within North American rodents.

Dissertation Research: I am investigating the diversity and occurrence patterns of small mammals, their parasites, and their pathogens in and around Rocky Mountain National Park, CO. In addition to this field work, I am comparing host and plague occurrences within western North America, and examining the potential spread and maintenance of disease within deer mice

Recent Publications:

• Peterson A. T., N. Barve, L. Bini, J. Diniz-Filho, A. Jimenez-Valverde, A. Lira-Noriega, J. Lobo, S. Maher, P. de Marco Junior, E. Martínez Meyer, Y. Nakazawa, &J. Soberon. 2009. The climate envelope may not be empty. Letter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 106(16): E47

Recent Presentations:

• Maher, S. P., A. T. Peterson, C. Ellis, R. Enscore, K. L. Gage. 2009. The ecological niche and geographic distribution of plague in North America: Shaped by mammal reservoirs or other factors? Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM, August. Oral Contribution.
• Maher, S. P., R. M. Timm, A. T. Peterson, K. L. Gage & T. Schountz. 2009. Distribution of small mammals and pathogens along an elevational gradient; Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Fairbanks, AK. June. Oral Contribution.
• Maher, S. P., A. T. Peterson & C. Ellis. 2009. The ecological niche and geographic distribution of plague in North America: Shaped by mammal reservoirs or other factors? Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease 7th Annual Workshop and Conference, Athens, Georgia. May. Poster Contribution.
• Maher, S.P. 2008. Potential Pleistocene distributions and associations of North American small mammals; American Society of Mammalogists, Brookings, SD, June.
• Maher, S.P. 2007. Non-volant small mammals and climate change; Rocky Mountain National Park Climate Change Adaptations Workshop, Estes Park, CO, November.
• Maher, S.P. 2007. Rocky's charismatic little mammals: The small mammals of RMNP; Science in the Park, Estes Park, CO, July.
• Maher, S.P. 2007. Pleistocene refugia reconstructed for extant mammals of the continental United States; American Society of Mammalogists, Albuquerque, NM, June.
• Maher, S.P. 2006. Ecological variability of subspecies within the genus Neotoma; American Society of Mammalogists, Amherst, MA, June. (Poster)
• Maher, S.P. 2006. Potential niche segregation in the genus Neotoma; University of Kansas NHM and EEB Graduate Student Organization Retreat, Lawrence, KS, November.
• Maher, S.P. 2005. Does niche conservatism occur within chipmunks? University of Kansas NHM and EEB Graduate Student Organization Retreat, Lawrence, KS, November.
• Maher, S.P. 2004. Geographic extent of Peromyscus leucopus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula; University of Kansas GIS Day Symposium, Lawrence, KS, November.

Recent Awards:

• University of Kansas, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, EEB Travel Fund, 2009, $300, for presentation at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meetings.
• University of Kansas, Office of Research & Graduate Studies, Graduate Student Paper Presenter Fund, 2009, $400, for presentation at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meetings.
• Panorama Society, KU Natural History Museum Panorama Grant, 2009, $550, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Workshop and Conference.
• American Society of Mammalogists, Graduate Student Grants-in-Aid, 2008, $1,500. Small mammals and pathogens along an elevational gradient.
• Panorama Society, Panorama Small Grant, 2008, $700. Spatial patterns of small mammal distributions and associated pathogens along an elevational gradient in the Colorado Rockies.
• American Society of Mammalogists, Graduate Student Grants-in-Aid, 2007, $1,472.50. Small mammal distributions along an elevated gradient.
• Rocky Mountain Nature Association, Rocky Mountain Research Fellowship, 2007, ~$8,000. Small mammal distributions in Rocky Mountain National Park.
• Explorer's Club, Exploration Fund of the Explorer's Club, 2007, $3,000. Spatial patterns of small mammal distributions and associated pathogens along an elevational gradient in the Colorado Rockies.
• Panorama Society, Panorama Small Grant, 2006, $693.39. Small mammal diversity in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Email: dsmcleod@ku.edu

Advisor: Linda Trueb

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; M.S. in biology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1999); B.S.E.D. in biology from Emporia State University (1995).

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. My dissertation research is focused on resolving the relationships of the Limnonectes kuhlii species complex. This is a widely distributed frog from East and South East Asia that is morphologically similar throughout its range. I am using morphological and molecular toolsets to understand these relationships in a phylogenetic context. 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. I am passionate about education and am always seeking opportunities to involve students in the field and lab work that I do.

Selected Publications:

• McLeod, D.S.  2009.  Limnonectes megastomias (Big-mouthed Frog): Diet and Ornithophagy.  Herpetological Review. 40(2): 205–206
• McLeod, D.S. 2008. A new species of big-headed, fanged dicroglossine frog (Genus Limnonectes) from Thailand. Zootaxa 1807: 26–46.
• McLeod, D.S., J.A. Sheridan, W. Jiraungkoorskul, and W. Khonsue. 2008. A survey for Chytrid Fungus in Thai Amphibians. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 199–204.
• McLeod, D.S. and N. Ahmad. 2007. A new species of Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Thailand and peninsular Malaysia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 14(1): 65–72.
• McLeod, D.S. 2005. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians. Pg 292. In M. J. Lannoo (ed.). Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Univ. of Calif. Press.
• McLeod, D.S., J.T. Vaughan, K.E. Church, and D. Figgs. 2001. Results of the first Anuran calling survey in Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 27:13-16.
• McLeod, D.S. 2000. New record of the clam shrimp Eulimnadia diversa from Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 26.
• McLeod, D.S. 1994. Observation of growth after injury in the Slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans. Herpetological Review 25(3): 116.

Selected Presentations:

• McLeod, D. S.  Limnonectes kuhlii; a complex identity.  Contributed oral paper.  Biology of the Amphibians in the Sunda Region, South-East Asia.  Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo).  2009.  Contributed oral paper.
• McLeod, D. S. Of Least Concern: Uncovering diversity in an Asian Fanged Frog.  Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  Portland, OR.  2009.  Contributed oral paper.
• McLeod, D. S. Of Least Concern: Uncovering diversity in an Asian Fanged Frog.  Emporia State University Seminar Series.  Emporia, KS.  2009.  Invited oral paper.
• McLeod, D. S.  Tales from Thailand: field work and research on fanged frogs.  KU Natural History Museum Wild Science public lecture series.  Lawrence, KS. 2008.  Invited oral presentation.
• McLeod, D. S.  They call me “kuhlii”: Uncovering cryptic diversity in an Asian Frog.  Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  St. Louis, MO. 2007.  Contributed oral paper.
• McLeod, D. S.  A preliminary test for Chytrids in populations of Thai amphibians.  University of Kansas NHM GSO Annual Retreat.  University of Kansas. 2006.  Contributed oral paper.
• McLeod, D. S.  Amphibians and the Environment.  NSEP David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship Symposium.  Washington D.C.  2005.  Invited oral paper.
• McLeod, D. S.  Amphibian Diversity and Ecology in Thailand.  Annual meeting of the Kansas Herpetological Society.  Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, KS. 2005.  Contributed oral paper.
• Simmons, J. E., McLeod, D. S.  Natural History Museum Management.  A one-week workshop at Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Bangkok, Thailand. 2004.  Invited worshop.
• McLeod, D. S.  An Introduction to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Southern Thailand.  Presented to the Kansas Herpetological Society, Lawrence, Kansas. 2002.  Contributed oral paper

Selected Awards:

• Student Travel Award, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles ($400), 2009.
• 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.

Email: camcp@ku.edu

Mentor: Linda Trueb

Education: Current master's student in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.A. in biology from the University of Chicago.

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Research Interests: I'm interested in the morphology and evolution of frogs, particularly in a phylogenetic context.  Right now, my research mainly involves the morphology of small-mouthed toads (family: Microhylidae), a near-global distribution of mostly burrowing frogs with distinctive external anatomy and widely diverse internal characteristics.  I'm working on better describing the morphology for members of mostly unknown groups, particularly in the subfamily Microhylinae from southeast Asia, with an eye to wider phylogenetic context and the potential adaptive significance of character traits.

Email: kmickle@ku.edu

Advisors: Hans-Peter Schultze and Edward O. Wiley III

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; M.S. in biology from Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA; B.S. in biology from Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

Hometown: Somerdale, NJ

Research Interests: Systematics and phylogenetics of Paleozoic lower actinopterygian fishes

Recent Publications

• Mickle, Kathryn E., Lund, Richard, and Grogan, Eileen.  2009. Three new palaeoniscoid fishes from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana (USA) and the relationships of lower actinopterygians.  Geodiversitas 31 (3):623–668. 
• Mickle, Kathryn E. & Bader, Kenneth.  2009. A new platysomid from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas (USA) and remarks on the systematics of deep-bodied lower actinopterygians.  Acta Zoologica 90:211–219. 

Recent Presentations

• Mickle, K.E. 2009. The lower actinopterygian fauna of the Manning Canyon Shale Formation (Upper Mississippian, Lower Pennsylvanian) of Utah.  Kansas Academy of Science, Topeka, KS, March. 
• Mickle, K.E. 2007. A new platysomid from the Late Carboniferous of Kansas; Symposium on Early Vertebrates/Lower Vertebrates, Uppsala, Sweden, August.
• Mickle, K.E. 2006. Relationships of Bear Gulch palaeoniscoids and lower actinopterygians; International Paleontological Congress, Beijing, China, June.
• Mickle, K.E. 2006. An overview of palaeoniscoid actinopterygian vertebrae from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa, Canada, October.
• Mickle, K.E. 2005. Three new palaeoniscoid fishes from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana and the relationships of lower actinopterygians; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, Arizona, October.

Awards

• 2009—Ernst Mayr Travel Grant in Animal Systematics, $1,200
• 2009—Panorama Research Grant, $700
• 2009—Second place PhD oral presentations, Kansas Academy of Science
• 2007—Panorama Research Grant, $785
• 2006—NSF and Palaeontological Society travel grant, $1,000
• 2005—Panorama Research Grant, $70

Email: glmiller@ku.edu

Mentors: Jennifer Gleason and Michael Greenfield

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; M.S. in biology from Central Missouri State University; B.S. in biology and psychology from Central Missouri State University.

Hometown: Windsor, MO

Research Interests: Communication and mate choice in two Orchelimum (meadow) katydids that form a hybrid zone in the deep south

Recent Publications:

• Miller, G.L., C. Loudon, and S. Freed. 2007. Position around a tree: Consequences for pheromone detection. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33: 531-554.

Recent Presentations:

• Miller, G.L. 2008. Mate choice among two hybridizing meadow katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).  International Society of Behavioral Ecologists, Ithaca, NY, August.
• Miller, G.L. 2007. Species delineation by calling songs in two hydridizing meadow katydids (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae); National Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Burlington, VT, July. (Poster)
• Miller, G.L. 2006. Searching for a cockroach mate: Circumferential positioning in response to wind; Lake Texoma Behaviorists' meeting, TX, March.
• Miller, G.L. 2005. Searching through a forest for a mate: Orientation of cockroaches in a complex flow environment; National meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Diego, CA, January. (Poster)

Recent Awards:

• University of Kansas Hungerford Fund, Entomology Summer Scholarship, 2007. Female mating preference of two hybridizing meadow katydids.
• The Orthopterists’ Society, Small Grants Program, $500, 2006. Effects of male calling song and female preference for song on hybridization in two hybridizing meadow katydids.
• KSR Summer Grant, $340.00, 2005. Pheromone localization and courtship in Parcoblatta cockroaches of Kansas

Email: jpmojica@ku.edu

Advisor: John Kelly

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.S. in biology, cum laude, University of the Philippines, Los Baños

Hometown: Indang Cavite, Philippines

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 Publications:

• Mojica, J. P., M.S. Mendioro, and 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 26(1): 123-124.

Recent Presentations:

• Mojica, J. P, and J.K. Kelly. Natural selection on flower size in yellow monkeyflower. Evolution. University of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho. June 2009.
• Mojica, J. P, and J.K. Kelly. Flower size and reproductive success: A phenotypic manipulation experiment in Mimulus guttatus (yellow monkeyflower). Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. March 2009.
• Lee, Young Wha, J. P Mojica, J. Willis and J.K. Kelly. Genetic analysis of standing variation for traits affecting survival, fertility and mating strategy in a natural population of annual Mimulus guttatus.  Gordon Research Conference on Quantitative Genetics and Genomics. Hotel Galvez, Galveston, TX. February 2009.
• Mojica, J. P, S.J. Macdonald, J.K. Kelly. Testing the functional significance of floral morphology in Mimulus guttatus (yellow monkeyflower). 6th Annual Ecological Genomics Symposium. Inter-Continental Hotel, Kansas City,   Kansas, November 2008.

Recent Awards:

• National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (NSF-DDIG). 2009. A cytogenetic characterization of the Mimulus guttatus genome.
• Obee Botany Grant. 2009. Biparental inbreeding in Mimulus guttatus (yellow monkey flower).
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Travel Grant. 2009. Evolution conference, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
• Mary Harkey Hall Botany Grant. 2008. Corolla morphology and fitness in Mimulus guttatus.
• Mary Harkey Hall Botany Grant. 2008. Measuring selection on QTL in nature: genes affecting flower size in Mimulus guttatus.

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 Presentations:

• 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, August.

Email: nawrocki@ku.edu

Advisor: Paulyn Cartwright

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; B.A. in molecular biology and genetics from Northwestern University

Hometown(s): Born in Portland, Oregon. Other places I call home: Winona, MN; Chicago, IL

Research Interests:  I'm broadly interested in the phylogenetics, evolution, and development of invertebrates - in particular, hydrozoans (Phylum: Cnidaria). Other interests include: complex character evolution, heterochrony, and higher-level metazoan evolution.

Dissertation Research: My dissertation work examines the evolution and development of species belonging to the clade Aplanulata, a group of hydrozoans that includes the model organism Hydra

Recent Publications:

• Nawrocki, A.M., Schuchert, P. and Cartwright, P. (in review) Phylogenetics and evolution of Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), and the systematics of Corynidae.
• Nawrocki, A.M., Barbeitos, M.S. and Cartwright, P. (in review) Re-evolution of medusae in Aplanulata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa): Dollo’s law revisited.

Recent Presentations:

• Nawrocki, A.M., Schuchert, P., and Cartwright, P. 2009. An Update on Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) Phylogenetics; Cnidarian Tree of Life Annual Meeting, Orono, Maine, August.
• Nawrocki, A.M., Barbeitos, M.S., and Cartwright P. 2008. Phylogenetics of Aplanulata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) and the evolution of hydromedusae; Evolution Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June.
• Nawrocki, A.M., Barbeitos, M.S., and Cartwright P 2008. Phylogenetics of Aplanulata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) and the evolution of hydromedusae; Cnidarian Tree of Life Annual Meeting, La Paz, Mexico, July.
• Nawrocki, A. 2008. Molecular evidence clarifies hydra's closest relatives; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Antonio, TX, January.
• Nawrocki, A. 2007. Phylogenetic placement of hydra: Evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial markers; International Workshop on Hydra and the Development of Animal Form, Tutzing, Germany, September.

Recent Awards:

• National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. 2009.Aplanulata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa): A Model Clade for Investigating the Evolutionary and Developmental Basis of Hydrozoan Body Plan Diversity; http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0910211
• The University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center Panorama Grant.2008.Capitate hydrozoans of Baja California, Sur, Mexico.
• Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship. 2007-2011
• TheUniversity of Kansas Ida H. Hyde Scholarship.2007-2008
• TheUniversity of KansasKenneth B. Armitage Award for Teaching Excellence. 2007.

Email: knuck@ku.edu

Advisors: Ken Armitage and Norman Slade

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; Graduate work in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago; M.A. in biology from the University of Kansas; B.A. in anthropology form the University of Kansas.

Research Interests: Mammalian reproductive and behavioral ecology

Dissertation Research: Determinants of Annual and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Yellow-bellied Marmots

Recent Publications:

• Nuckolls, K.R. Submitted, in review. Reducing the deficit: The efficacy of inquiry-based environmental education in urban schools.
• Zuur, A.F. K.R. Nuckolls, A. Saveliev, and E.N Ieno. In review. GAMM applied to zero inflated marmot data. Chapter 5 In Analysing Ecological Data - Practical solutions when things get complicated. 

Recent Awards: EPA NNEMS Fellowship

Email: arpi@ku.edu

Advisor: A. Townsend Peterson

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

Hometown: Timisoara, Romania

Research Interests: For my dissertation I am focusing on a comparative phylogeographic study of Australo-Papuan mangrove-inhabiting birds. Besides exploring phylogeographic questions I am also interested in character evolution, integrating ecological niche modeling and phylogeography, modeling potentially invasive species via ecological niche modeling and exploring conservation strategies by combining museum specimen data with use of remotely sensed environmental datasets.

Recent Publications:

• Boyd, R. L., Nyári, á. S., Benz, B. W., and Chen, G. 2008. Aves, province of Guizhou, China. Check List 4(2):107-114.
• Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G., Peterson, A. T., Nyári, á. S., García-Deras, G. M., and García-Moreno, J. 2008. Phylogeography of the Buarremon brush-finch complex (Aves, Emberizidae) in Mesoamerica. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 21-35.
• Peterson, A. T. and Nyári, á. S. 2008. Ecological Niche conservativism and Pleistocene refugia in the Thrush-like Mourner, Schiffornis sp., in the Neotropics. Evolution 62: 173-183.
• Peterson, A. T., Moyle, R. G., Nyári, á. S., Robbins, M. B., Brumfield, R. T., and Remsen Jr., J. V. 2007. The need for proper vouchering in phylogenetic studies of birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 1042-1044.
• Waltari E., Hijmans R. J., Peterson A. T., Nyári, á. S., Perkins S. L., and Guralnick, R. P. 2007. Locating Pleistocene refugia: Comparing phylogeographic and ecological niche model predictions. PLoS ONE 2(7): e563. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000563
• Nyári, á. S. 2007. Phylogeographic patterns, molecular and vocal differentiation, and species limits in Schiffornis turdina (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 154-164.
• Powell, A. F. L. A. and Nyári, á. S. 2007. Interspecific Interactions between Marsh-dwelling Ammodramus Sparrows at a Migration Stopover. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119: 304-306.
• Nyári, á. S., Ryall, C., and Peterson, A. T. 2006. Global invasive potential of the house crow Corvus splendens based on ecological niche modelling. Journal of Avian Biology 37: 306-311.
• Robbins, M. B., Peterson, A. T., Nyári, á. S., Chen, G., and Davis, T. 2006. Ornithological survey of two reserves in Guangxi province, China, 2004-2005. Forktail 22: 140-146.
• Robbins, M. B., Patti, S., Nyári, á. S., Hobbs, C., and Thompson, M. C. 2006. Common Raven nesting attempt in Morton County, Kansas. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin 57, vol. 3.

Recent Awards:

• American Museum of Natural History, Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund
• American Philosophical Society, Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research

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,  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.  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).
• 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. Oral presentation atEvolution 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.

Recent Awards:

• 2009.  Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research.
• 2009.  Society of Systematic Biologists Award for Graduate Student Research.
• 2009.  Panorama Grant.

Email: boneill@ku.edu

Advisor: James Thorp

Education: Currently a master's student and Ph.D. aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology; 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 Presentations:

• 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.

Recent Publications:

• 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. 2009. Linking ecosystem services, rehabilitation, and river hydrogeomorphology. BioScience (In Press).

Recent Awards: Kansas Academy of Science Student Research Grant

Email: hannah-o@ku.edu

Advisor: Ed O. Wiley

Education: Current Ph.D. aspirant 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

Recent Presentations:

• June 2008. Multiple species of Phoreiobothrium from the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, from the Gulf of Mexico. Oral Presentation. American Society of Parasitology. Arlington, Texas.
• April 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 2006. New species of Phoreiobothrium (Cestoda: Onchobothriidae) from carcharhinid sharks from the Gulf of Mexico. Poster presentation. Southwestern Association of Parasitologists. Lake Texoma, Oklahoma.

Recent Awards:

• 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