CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Andrew R. Kuhns, PhD student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. email: arkuhns@uiuc.edu

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

Whitney Banning, Ph.D. student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. email: wbannin2@uiuc.edu

Dissertation topic: Impacts of landscape fragmentation on sympatric freshwater turtle populations.

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

Thesis topic: Effects of habitat management on a grassland snake in east-central Illinois.

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

Dissertation Topic: Wetland occupancy and connectivity patterns of tiger salamanders and western painted turtles in the Green River Valley. Illinos.

Sarah Baker, Ph.D. student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. email: sjbaker2@uiuc.edu

Dissertation topic: Habitat use and survisorship in neonate eastern massasaugas, Sistrurus c. catenatus.

Abigail Maley, Ph.D. student in the Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology. email: ajmaley@gmail.com

Dissertation topic: Microscale habitat use and gene flow in the four-toed salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum.

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:

Frank T. Burbrink. M.Sc. 1995. Factors determining richness of reptile and amphibian species in a riparian wildlife dispersal corridor. Current position: Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island/ CUNY, Department of Biology. Frank's Home Page

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

Jennifer Mui. M.Sc. 2004. Growth and survivorship of the state endangered silvery salamander (Ambystoma platineum) in Illinois. Current position: Outreach/ Education Assistant, Illinois Natural History Survey. Jen's Home Page

Jessica Jakubanis. M.Sc. 2004. Life history and ecology of the two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) in two ravines in Vermilion County, Illinois.

Ben Jellen. M.Sc. 2005. Reproductive ecology of the eastern massasauga (Sistrurus c. catenatus). Current position: PhD Program, St. Louis University.

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.

Anne Readel, Ph.D. 2009. Effects of habitat on physiology and infection in aquatic turtles. Current position: School of Law, University of Wisconsin, Madison. email: readel@wisc.edu

 

PAST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS/ ASSISTANTS:

Don Shepard. PhD, 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeanne M. Serb, M.Sc., 1999. Intraspecific phylogenetic analysis of