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Websites of some former students in our lab (for a complete list of former students, see Dr. Leberg's CV)
Sites of students who worked on avian conservation, genetics, and ecology while at University of Louisiana: Kelly Barr (B.S., Univ. of North Carolina) M.S. 2008. ----- Thesis: Conservation genetics of the endangered black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus). ----- Current position: Stanford Marine Lab, Research Assistant. Denise Lindsay (B.S., Southern Oregon Univ.) M.S. 2006. ----- Thesis: Conservation genetics of the endangered golden-cheeked warbler. ----- Current position. Waterways Experiment Station, Biologist.Elizabeth Loos (M.S. Louisiana State Univ.) Ph.D. 2004. ----- Dissertation: Reproductive ecology of dabbling ducks: Influences of laying stage incubation, egg viability, and hatching synchrony on clutch size. ----- Current position: Delta Wildlife Foundation, Research Director. Clay Green (M.S. Sul Ross Univ.). Ph.D. 2003. ----- Dissertation: The ecological consequences of plumage dimorphism in herons. ----- Current position: Texas State Univ., Assistant Professor.
Websites of some of the former students who investigated the effects of environmental stressors and bottlenecks on ecology and genetic diversity, using small fishes as experimental models. Alan Hitch (B.S. Univ. of California Davis). MS 2009. ----Thesis: Interactions of salinity, marsh fragmentation and submerged aquatic vegetation on resident coastal marsh nekton assembleges. ---- Current Position: Auburn University, Doctoral Student. Kevin Purcell (M.S. Bloomsburg Univ.). Ph.D. 2009 ---- Dissertation: Adaptation and evolution of fish populations: Responses to changing salinities. ------ Current Position: North Dakota State, Post Doctoral Research Associate. Shannon Martin (M.S. Univ. of Southeastern Louisiana) Ph.D. 2009. ---- Dissertation: Reproductive Strategies of Coastal Marsh Fishes: Assessing Alternative Life History Tactics in Response to Environmental Change. ----- Current Position: Florida Dept. of Parks and Wildlife, Research Biologist. Chrissy Spencer (B.A. Earlham College). M.S. 1998. ----- Thesis: Experimental assessment of the utility of microsatellite loci for assessing the size of past demographic bottlenecks. ---- Current Position: Lees McRae College, Assistant Professor. Dave Rogowski (B.S. Eastern Michigan). M.S. 1997. ----- Thesis: Effects of reduced genetic diversity on population size and heavy metal tolerance. ----- Current Position: Texas Tech University, Assistant Professor. |  |  |  Websites of a few of our former students who worked on mammalian ecology:
Julie Waits (M.S. Univ. of Memphis). Ph.D. 2001. ---- Dissertation: Evaluation of molecular approaches used to estimate population size and factors influencing population size and success of reintroduced wildlife. Current position: Southwest Tennessee Community College, Assistant professor, and University of Memphis, Visiting Faculty. |
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Although not a current focus of our laboratory, we have had several former students who worked on the ecology of amphibians and reptiles. Here are two of their websites:
Eric Liebgold (B.S. Rutgers). M.S. 2006. ---- Mating systems, juvenile dispersal, and potential kin associations in the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus. --- Current position: University of Virginia, doctoral student.
Tami Ransom (B.S. U.C. Davis). M.S. 2006 ---- Community interactions among salamanders in the southern Appalachian mountains. Current position: University of Virginia, doctoral student.