Arriaga, Luis
MS student with Dr. Ingo Schlupp; BS University of North Carolina-Wilmington; Research interests include evolution and maintenance of sex (or asexuality) and cave biology/ecology.

Atkinson, Carla
EPA STAR Fellow, Wethington Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; BS Missouri State University, MS University of Georgia; Research interests include aquatic ecology, ecosystem and community ecology, and conservation biology of aquatic ecosystems.

Balise, Tori
PhD student with Dr. Bing Zhang; BS New Mexico State Univ.; Research interests include cellular and behavioral neurobiology, specifically synapse development in relation to neurodegenerative disorders.

Ban, Yue
PhD student with Dr. Michael Markham; BS Henan Normal University, China; Research interests include cellular, behavioral neurobiology.

Barnard, Alex
Wethington Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Ola Fincke; BS Colorado State University, BS Metro State College of Denver; Research interests include conservation biology, behavioral ecology, and sexual conflict as a promoter of speciation in insects.

Beyer, Jessica
PhD student with Dr. David Hambright; BA Lawrence University; Research interests include invasive species ecology, conservation biology, zooplankton ecology, and limnology.

Bright, Eric
PhD student with Dr. Liz Bergey; BS Wabash College, MS University of Georgia; Research interests include aquatic invertebrates, especially the community structure of wetland invertebrates.

Bujan, Jelena
PhD student with Dr. Michael Kaspari; Diploma Thesis University of Zagreb, Croatia; Research interests include ant ecology, macroecology, and biogeochemistry.

Burba, Elizabeth Mosteller
PhD student with Drs. Jeff Kelly and Gary Schnell; BS Northeastern State University; MS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include mammalian ecology and conservation biology, environmental impacts of energy production and bat migration patterns.

Burt, Carolyn
Alumni Fellow and PhD student with Dr Ingo Schlupp; BA Indiana University; Research interests include the maintenance of sexual reproduction and host/parasite coevolution.

Chen, Dahong
Alumni Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Randy Hewes; BS Ocean University, China; Research interests include zebrafish development, genetics and genomics.

Clay, Natalie
GAANN Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Michael Kaspari; BS Colby College; Research interests include tropical ecology of ants.

Cohen, Joshua
PhD student with Dr. Rich Cifelli; BA University of California–Berkeley; Research interests in evolution of mammals of the Cretaceous Period.

Contina, Andrea
PhD student with Dr. Jeff Kelly; BSc University of Catania, Italy; MSc, University of Exeter, UK; Research interests include ecology, evolution, migration patterns in birds, stable isotope analyses.

Culver, Billy
PhD student with Dr. Larry Weider; BS Old Dominion University; Research interests include population genetics and ecology of aquatic and marine invertebrates.

Cureton, James
PhD student with Dr. Richard Broughton; BS & MS Sam Houston State University; Research interests include evolution, conservation, ecology, behavior, and role of oxidative phosphorylation in speciation.

Curry, Claire
GAANN Fellow, Alumni Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Michael Patten; BS University of North Texas; Research interests include hybridization, speciation, behavioral ecology (especially competition and community interactions), biogeography, behavior and natural history of birds and odonates.  

Czekanski-Moir, Jesse
PhD student with Dr. Michael Kaspari; BS Colgate University; Research interests include evolution, ecology and biogeography, especially with regards to ants.

Das, Sunetra
PhD student with Dr. David Durica; BS & MS University of Burdwan, India; Research interests include characterizing genes involved in steroid hormone signaling in fiddler crabs.

De Smet, Jessica
MS student with Dr. Rich Cifelli; BS University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Research interests include vertebrate paleobiology with a particular interest in basal mammals and protomammals, biogeography, paleoecology, morphometrics, morphological systematics, and behavioral inferences from fossils.

Deen, Beth
MS student with Drs. Heather Ketchum and Rosemary Knapp; BS University of Oklahoma; Research involves forensic entomology and insect succession.

Dusang, Daniel
PhD student with Dr. Michael Patten; BS Purdue University, MS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include modernization of the management process for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken.

Eberle, Jess
MS student with Dr. Gary Wellborn; BS Southwestern College; Research interests include behavioral ecology, sexual selection, speciation, and the evolution of mating systems.

Fender, J. Erin
PhD student with Drs. Jeff Kelly and Gary Schnell; BS University of North Carolina at Greensboro, MS University of Memphis; Research interests include ecology, evolutionary biology, and population genetics of small mammals.

Frazee, Stephen
MS student with Dr. JP Masly; BS University of Central Oklahoma; Research interests include animal behavior, evolutionary genetics and speciation.

Frenette, Bryan
MS student with Dr. Edie Marsh-Matthews; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include community and population ecology.

Geheber, Aaron
PhD student with Dr. Edie Marsh-Matthews; BS Louisiana State University; MS Southeastern Louisiana University; Research interests include ichthyology and community ecology.

Hallidayschult, Thayer
PhD student with Dr. David Hambright; BS Lawrence University; Research interests include aquatic community ecology, fish community assemblage and its impact on ecosystem functions, roles and impacts of invaders, and conservation ecology.

Hao, Zhaozhe
PhD with Dr.  Ari Berkowitz; BS Nankai University, China; Research interests in neurobiology.

Harris, Andrew
McNair Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; BS Central Michigan University; Research interests include stream ecology, conservation genetics, and malacology.

Hartnett, Rachel
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Alumni Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Larry Weider; BS University of Texas–Austin; Research interests include community ecology, trophic interactions and community structure

Helms, Jackson
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Alumni Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Michael Kaspari; BS Ohio State University; Research interests include patterns and causes of species diversity, particularly factors contributing to the latitudinal gradient in diversity, and with a focus on conservation.

Hille, David
MS student with Dr. Michael Patten; BS Northwest Nazarene University; Research interests include conservation biology and ornithology.

Irmscher, Pascal
PhD student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; MS University of Wisconsin; Research interests include stream (aquatic) ecology, population ecology, fresh water mussels, freshwater fish,  and biogeography.

Khazan, Emily
MS student with Dr. Ola Fincke; BA University of Michigan; Research interests include animal behavior and conservation biology.

Landoll, Diane
PhD student with Dr. Michael Patten; BS Cameron University, MS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include natural history, life history, and ecology of prairie/savannah birds, particularly Scissor-tailed Flycatchers.

Lee, Eric M.
PhD student with Dr. David McCauley; BS & MS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include evolution of cartilage development in fishes

Loney, Grant
PhD student with Dr. Gary Wellborn; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include general ecology and sexual selection (female choice and male conflict).

Makowicz, Amber
PhD student with Dr. Ingo Schlupp; BS & MS University of Oklahoma Research examines how sexual conflict influences the life history of individuals, specifically how sexual harassment affects the fitness in sailfin mollies.

Riedmann, Hiliary
PhD student in Cellular & Behavioral Neurobiology program; BS University of North Texas; Research interests include animal behavior and the central nervous system.

Sansom, Brandon
MS student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; BS Washington & Jefferson College; Research interests include stream ecology and conservation biology, with a focus on freshwater mussel ecology and conservation.

Shao, Jie
PhD student with Dr. Thomas Ray; BS Capital University of Medical Sciences, China, MS Georgia Institute of Technology.

Shields, Mark
MS student with Dr. Ola Fincke; BS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include maintenance and inheritance of color polymorphisms in odonates (damselfly “bluets”).

Strickler, Stephanie A. Ph.D. student with Dr. Douglas Mock; BS & MS University of Tulsa; Behavioral ecology.

Thomas, D. Andrew
PhD student with Drs. Rich Cifelli and Cindy Gordon; BS University of Central Arkansas, MS University of Oklahoma; Research interests include vertebrate paleontology.

Tweedy, Brent Wethington Fellow and PhD student with Dr. Caryn Vaughn; BS Oklahoma Baptist University, MS Texas Christian University; Research interests include aquatic and community ecology and ecotoxicology.

Xu, Mingzi
PhD student with Dr. Ola Fincke; BS Fundan University, China; Research interests include animal behavior and tropical ecology.

Yuan, Tian
PhD student with Dr. David McCauley; BS Sichuan Agricultural University, MS Sichuan University, China; Research interests include genetics and evolution.

Zamor, Richard M.
PhD student with Dr. David Hambright; BS University of Oklahoma, MS University of Georgia; Research interests include fish ecology and fish communities. I am currently studying the lethal effects of golden algae (Prymnesium parvum) on fishes.

Zhang, Feifei
PhD  student with Dr. Rich Broughton; BS & MS Qufu Normal University, China; Research interests include ecology and evolutionary biology of fishes.