Graduate Students

and other lab personnel 

Current

Ben Dalton: MS student

Salamander conservation biology

Emilee Helton: MS student

Social learning in salamanders

Travis Reeder: MS student

Salamander behavioral syndromes

Completed

Kaye Goddard*. MS, 1996.  Opercular flaps as sexual ornaments for male longear sunfish. *Best Master's Thesis Award, MO chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Current: Biologist, General Pet.

David Woody. MS, 1996.  The role of alarm pheromones in predation avoidance by adult central newts, Notophthalmus viridescens. Current: Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, CA    

Daria Maksimowich.  MS, 1998.  A role for parasites in the  behavior of the Ozark zigzag salamander, Plethodon angusticlavius.   Current: Community Pet Hospital, Thornton, CO.    

Ethan Prosen*. MS, 1999.  Status of the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in Missouri: a comparison of past and present populations. *Missouri State Biology Department Distinguished Thesis Award.  Ph.D. (2004), University of Louisiana at Lafayette.  Current: Faculty, New Jersey City University.

Aaron Sullivan. MS, 1999.  Reproduction, body condition and dietary variation of the lesser siren (Siren intermedia). Master of Science, 1999. PhD (2004), State University of New York at Binghamton.  Current, Faculty, Houghton College (New York).    

Benjamin Wheeler. MS, 1999.  Status of the Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi): a long-term assessment.  PhD (2007), Arkansas State University.  Current: Faculty, Univ of Arkansas Community College at Batesville

Todd Watson. MS, 2001.  The influence of predation risk on the foraging and territorial behavior of the Ozark zigzag salamander (Plethodon angusticlavius).

Paul Frese. MS, 2000.  Spatial activity, growth, and population characteristics of Siren intermedia in an intensively managed wetland. Current: Biologist, USDA

Amy Commens. MS, 2000.  Response of three species of darters of the genus Etheostoma to chemical alarm signals from conspecifics and congeners. Current: Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Caleb Hickman*.  MS, 2002.  Response of salamanders to chemical stimuli from predators in natural habitats.   *Finalist, Herpetologists' League Jaeger Award.  Current: Field Biologist, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory   

Shem Unger*.  MS, 2003.  Sperm production and larval development in hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis and C. a. bishopi): a comparison of declining and stable populations.  *Missouri State Biology Department and University-wide Distinguished Thesis Award.  Current:  PhD student at Purdue University.

Angela Gibson.  MS, 2004.  Experience with chemical cues influences subsequent behavior of rainbow darters, Etheostoma caeruluem.     Current: Curator of Africa exhibit, Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield, Missouri.