Current Lab Members


ALISON DAVIS RABOSKY                         

Assistant Professor (EEB) and Curator (UMMZ)

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TBD                          POSTDOC - early 2023

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PETER CERDA                      PH.D. STUDENT

Co-advised with Tom Duda

Toxin evolution across venom systems (Western Hemisphere snakes and marine snails)

JOHN DAVID CURLIS           PH.D. STUDENT

Evolution of coloration in squamate signaling systems (Anolis lizards and snakes)

HAYLEY CROWELL               PH.D. STUDENT

Ecological and physiological tradeoffs in the evolution of snake coloration 

TAYLOR WEST                     PH.D. STUDENT

Morphology and ecological convergence in squamate inner ears (NSF GRFP Fellow)

TALIA YUKI MOORE     POSTDOC 2017-2019

Biomechanics of behavioral mimicry

Subsequent position: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, University of Michigan

IRIS HOLMES        PH.D. STUDENT 2014-2020

Drivers of genetic and phenotypic population structure across space and time (NSF GRFP Fellow)

Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow, CIHMID, Cornell University

NATASHA STEPANOVA         PH.D. STUDENT

Co-advised with Dan Rabosky

Morphological and ecological diversification of limb-reduced squamates

ZULAY RODRÍGUEZ               M.S. STUDENT

Empirical drivers of model-mimic mismatch in snake mimicry systems

BRIANA SEALEY       MS STUDENT 2017-2019

Predator cues and ontogeny effects on Neotropical snake anti-predator displays

Subsequent position: Ph.D. student, University of Texas, Austin; NSF GRFP Fellow

IMANI RUSSELL       MS STUDENT 2016-2018

Co-advised with Tim James

Chytridiomycosis dynamics across ecosystems in tropical anuran communities

Subsequent position: Ph.D. student, University of California, Santa Barbara; NSF GRFP Fellow

ERIN WESTEEN      UNDERGRAD  2016-2018

Morphological evolution of opisthoglyph dentition in snakes

Subsequent position: Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley; NSF GRFP Fellow

IVAN MONAGAN     MS STUDENT 2014-2016

Co-advised with John Vandermeer

Anolis lizards as biocontrol agents in tropical coffee agriculture

Subsequent position: Ph.D. student, Columbia University/AMNH; Ford Foundation Fellow

JENNA CROWE-RIDDELL     

POSTDOC 2019-2021

Genomics and morphological evolution in snakes

Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Researcher, La Trobe University, Australia

BRIANNA MIMS      M.S. STUDENT 2019-2021


Ecological drivers of convergent brain evolution in snakes

Subsequent position: Ph.D. student, American Museum of Natural History, NSF GRFP Fellow

MAGGIE GRUNDLER  UNDERGRAD 2012-2015

Population genetics of negative frequency-dependent polymorphism

Subsequent position: Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley; NSF GRFP Fellow

JUAN PABLO BUSSO MS STUDENT 2013-2014

Alternative mating strategies and female preference in polymorphic spiders

Subsequent position: Ph.D. student, University of Zurich

Former Lab Members