CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Dissertation topic: Life history, ecology, and conservation of the state endangered Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Lake County, Illinois.

Whitney Banning, M.Sc. student in the Master's in Biology Program, School of Integrative Biology. email: wbannin2@uiuc.edu

Thesis topic: Ecology of the Freshwater Turtle Community at Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve: With Special Emphasis on the Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

John Griesbaum (with son Kolton), M.Sc. student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. email: griesbau@uiuc.edu

Dissertation topic: Life history, ecology, and conservation of the state endangered eastern massasauga (Sistrurus c. catenatus) and Kirtland's snake (Clonophis kirtlandii) in Piatt County, Illinois.

Anne Readel, M.Sc. student in the Master's in Biology Program, School of Integrative Biology. email: readel@uiuc.edu

Thesis topic: Effects of terrestrial habitat degradation on the health and conservation of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) and the slider (Trachemys scripta).

Brad Cosentino, PhD student in the Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology )co-advised with Robert Schooley, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, UIUC. email: bcosen1@uiuc.edu

Dissertation Topic: Wetland Occupancy and Connectivity Patterns of Blanding’s and Western Painted Turtles in the Green River Valley. Illinos.

Sarah Baker, M.Sc. student in the Master's in Biology Program, School of Integrative Biology. email: sjbaker2@uiuc.edu

Thesis topic: Response of the eastern massasauga to habitat management

Abigail Maley, M.Sc. student in the Master's in Biology Program, School of Integrative Biology. email: ajmaley@gmail.com

Thesis topic: Factors influencing anuran breeding and recruitment success

Ellen Lawrence, M.Sc. student in the Master's in Biology Program, School of Integrative Biology. email: lawrence.ellen@gmail.com

Thesis topic: Genetic variation within and among Illinois populations of Pseudacris streckeri

Jeanne Baker, M.Sc. student in the Master's in Biology Program, School of Integrative Biology. email: j-baker7@hotmail.com

Thesis topic: Reproductive ecology of Terrapene ornata and T. carolina in sympatry

Andrew Berger, M.Sc. student in the Master's in Biology Program, School of Integrative Biology. email: ajberger620@hotmail.com

Thesis topic: Occupancy modelling and habitat suitability of Kinosternon flavescens in the Illinois River Sands

PAST GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Jeanne M. Serb. M.Sc. 1999. Intraspecific phylogenetic analysis of Kinosternon flavescens and the taxonomic significance of the Illinois mud turtle, K.f. spooneri. Current position: Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Department of Biology. Jeanne's Home Page

Michael J. Dreslik, PhD 2005. Life history, ecology, and conservation of the state endangered massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) at Carlyle Lake, Illinois. Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Division of Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey. Drez's Home Page

Chris Benda, M.Sc. 2006. Status of Blanding's Turtles in Lake County Forest Preserve District and Feasability of Initiating a Head-starting Program at Rollins Savanna. Current position: Regional Ecologist, Illinois Natural Areas Inventory Update.

Brad Danner, M.Sc. 2006. The role of anurans in the enzootic cycle of West Nile Virus

PAST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS/ ASSISTANTS:

Don Shepard. Current Position: PhD Candidate, University of Oklahoma, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Don's Home Page

Jarrett Johnson. Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Davis.

John Crawford. Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Indiana University School of Medicine, Terre Haute

Tim Hunkapiller & Evan Menzel

Jon Warner