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Breast Cancer Cell Biology

Effects of hibernation on blood clotting in 13-lined ground squirrels.

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Stream Ecology, Fisheries Ecology, Trout Stream Habitat Management, Interactions of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems

Genetics, genetic disorders, genetics, molecular biology, genetics, baker's yeast, genetics

I am a broadly trained zoologist and evolutionary ecologist with an interest in the ecology of whole organisms, particularly amphibians and reptiles. 

Animal Behavior, Entomology, Social Insect Biology, Sleep Biology, Scientific Visualization, Intersection of Entomology and Art, Cultural Entomology (how insects affect human culture)

Biology Education

Gastrointestinal Physiology; Enteric Nervous System

Breeding ecology, life history, phylogeography, and evolution in birds

Biodiversity & conservation, Biogeography, Bioinformatics, DNA barcoding, Metagenomics, Molecular phylogenetics, Mycology (Fungal Biology), Population Genetics, Systematics

Plant cell biology, protein secretion, genetic screens, molecular biology, microscopy

Please contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research!

Host-parasite interactions, life-history evolution, disease ecology, invasive species dynamics, mathematical biology

Neuroscience, Physiology, Hibernation biology

Neurophysiology, Human Anatomy & Physiology; advising Biomedical Science Concentrators

Vertebrate functional anatomy and paleontology

Limnology, Ecosystem Ecology, Water Quality

I direct graduate student projects in plant ecology, invasive species, ecological restoration, and habitat fragmentation. I primarily work in local floodplain forest and sand prairie habitats. 

Mycology, Plant Pathology, especially Forest Pathology

Platelets prevent blood loss from the vasculature and changes in the abundance and/or function of platelet compromises their ability to execute that function. Too many (thrombocythemia) or too few (thrombocytopenia) circulating platelet increase risk of thrombosis and hemorrhage, respectively. The primary goal of my research is to understand what regulates platelet production by megakaryocytes.

Genetics (in Drosophila); Chronobiology; Genome instability and DNA repair