Former Lab Members
Tyler DeVos
tylerbdevos(at)gmail.com
Tyler graduated with her M.S. degree in Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences from the Kolbe Lab at URI in December 2021. Her thesis research investigated hybridization and genomic introgression between native and introduced green anoles in an urban landscape in South Florida. She received her B.S. in Zoology (with a minor in Chemistry) from Northern Michigan University, where her research focused on variations in morphology, habitat use, and cutaneous bacterial communities among red-backed salamanders. Tyler has also worked with protected eastern massasauga rattlesnakes, green salamanders, and an assortment of southern U.S. snake species through field technician positions in Michigan and Alabama. She is especially interested in invasion biology and morphology, but has a passion for all things herpetological.
tylerbdevos(at)gmail.com
Tyler graduated with her M.S. degree in Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences from the Kolbe Lab at URI in December 2021. Her thesis research investigated hybridization and genomic introgression between native and introduced green anoles in an urban landscape in South Florida. She received her B.S. in Zoology (with a minor in Chemistry) from Northern Michigan University, where her research focused on variations in morphology, habitat use, and cutaneous bacterial communities among red-backed salamanders. Tyler has also worked with protected eastern massasauga rattlesnakes, green salamanders, and an assortment of southern U.S. snake species through field technician positions in Michigan and Alabama. She is especially interested in invasion biology and morphology, but has a passion for all things herpetological.
Christina De Jesús Villanueva
christinadejesusvillanueva(at)gmail.com
Christina defended her Ph.D. dissertation and graduated from the Integrative and Evolutionary Biology Program at URI in May 2022. She received her M.S. in Dr. Riccardo Papa's lab at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Her thesis explored the invasion genetics of Green Iguanas, identifying the origins of introduced Puerto Rican populations. Christina is interested in invasion biology, population genetics, and conservation biology. Check out her Invasion Biology blog (here). Her dissertation research focusesed on understanding the coupled human-environment interactions that link the economic and social aspects of the green iguana invasion in Puerto Rico with ecological effects.
christinadejesusvillanueva(at)gmail.com
Christina defended her Ph.D. dissertation and graduated from the Integrative and Evolutionary Biology Program at URI in May 2022. She received her M.S. in Dr. Riccardo Papa's lab at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Her thesis explored the invasion genetics of Green Iguanas, identifying the origins of introduced Puerto Rican populations. Christina is interested in invasion biology, population genetics, and conservation biology. Check out her Invasion Biology blog (here). Her dissertation research focusesed on understanding the coupled human-environment interactions that link the economic and social aspects of the green iguana invasion in Puerto Rico with ecological effects.
Dr. Dan Bock
dan.g.bock(at)gmail.com
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Dan was an NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) postdoctoral fellow in the Losos lab at Washington University in St. Louis and a collaborating postdoc with the Kolbe lab at URI. He is an evolutionary biologist interested in understanding mechanisms of biological invasion. For his research, Dan combines data from the field with common garden experiments and with cutting-edge genomics tools. He earned his Ph.D. with Loren Rieseberg at the University of British Columbia, where he investigated the evolutionary and genetic basis of invasiveness in a widespread perennial sunflower. For his postdoctoral project at Wash U and URI, Dan is exploiting knowledge on the invasion of Anolis sagrei in Florida. He is investigating the role of admixture in invasive spread, and identifying regions of the genome responsible for climate adaptation in this system.
dan.g.bock(at)gmail.com
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Research Gate
Dan was an NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) postdoctoral fellow in the Losos lab at Washington University in St. Louis and a collaborating postdoc with the Kolbe lab at URI. He is an evolutionary biologist interested in understanding mechanisms of biological invasion. For his research, Dan combines data from the field with common garden experiments and with cutting-edge genomics tools. He earned his Ph.D. with Loren Rieseberg at the University of British Columbia, where he investigated the evolutionary and genetic basis of invasiveness in a widespread perennial sunflower. For his postdoctoral project at Wash U and URI, Dan is exploiting knowledge on the invasion of Anolis sagrei in Florida. He is investigating the role of admixture in invasive spread, and identifying regions of the genome responsible for climate adaptation in this system.
Emma DiPaolo
emma_dipaolo(at)my.uri.edu
Emma earned her M.S. degree ('21) in the Biological and Environmental Sciences program at URI, specializing in Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences. Her thesis research focused on clinging performance and behavior of anoles experiencing hurricane-force winds. Emma graduated from Christopher Newport University in 2019, where she got her B.S. in Organismal Biology. Emma is interested in how organisms adapt to factors influenced by anthropogenic change, such as urbanization, climate change, and extreme weather events.
Jessica Pita Aquino
jessicapitaaquino(at)gmail.com
Jessica graduated with her M.S.degree ('20) in Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences at URI. She previously graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, with a B.S. (’17) in Integrative Biology. She studied interactions between temperature, moisture, and hydration on two species of coquis (Eleutherodactylus coqui and E. portoricensis) in Dr. Patricia Burrowes’ lab, and pursued interests in the effects of environmental change. Her thesis research focused on dewlap evolution in the brown anole invasion of Florida and was supported by a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Previously she participated in the Science and Engineering Fellows program at the University of Rhode Island in summer 2015 working on green anole hybridization.
jessicapitaaquino(at)gmail.com
Jessica graduated with her M.S.degree ('20) in Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences at URI. She previously graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, with a B.S. (’17) in Integrative Biology. She studied interactions between temperature, moisture, and hydration on two species of coquis (Eleutherodactylus coqui and E. portoricensis) in Dr. Patricia Burrowes’ lab, and pursued interests in the effects of environmental change. Her thesis research focused on dewlap evolution in the brown anole invasion of Florida and was supported by a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Previously she participated in the Science and Engineering Fellows program at the University of Rhode Island in summer 2015 working on green anole hybridization.
Amy Kostka
Amy graduated in May 2019 with a degree in Biological Sciences (B.S.). She’s a native Rhode Islander from Cumberland. She worked with postdoc Chris Thawley on a project using iNaturalist observations of brown and green anoles in Florida to collect data on behavior, ecology, morphology and habitat use. She scored over 1,600 photo observations of anoles uploaded by citizen scientists to compare to anole natural history from the scientific literature. Chris presented a poster on this study at the 2020 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting in Austin.
Amy graduated in May 2019 with a degree in Biological Sciences (B.S.). She’s a native Rhode Islander from Cumberland. She worked with postdoc Chris Thawley on a project using iNaturalist observations of brown and green anoles in Florida to collect data on behavior, ecology, morphology and habitat use. She scored over 1,600 photo observations of anoles uploaded by citizen scientists to compare to anole natural history from the scientific literature. Chris presented a poster on this study at the 2020 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting in Austin.
Dr. Chris Thawley
cthawley(at)uri.edu
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Chris was a postdoctoral researcher in the Kolbe Lab at the University of Rhode Island from 2016-2019. He is an evolutionary ecologist interested in how organisms are adapting to novel environments associated with anthropogenic change, including urbanization, climate change, and biological invasions. Chris integrates lab and field experiments to assess how aspects of life in urban environments, including changes in temperature, parasites, and light-at-night can impose selection on organisms, and how those organisms adapt to these pressures. He received his Ph.D. in Ecology from Penn State University where he worked with Dr. Tracy Langkilde, and his M.S. from the University of Alabama while working with Dr. Leslie Rissler. Chris spent one year as a Visiting Professor of Biology at Davidson College and starts an Assistant Professor position at Neumann University in Fall 2020.
cthawley(at)uri.edu
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Chris was a postdoctoral researcher in the Kolbe Lab at the University of Rhode Island from 2016-2019. He is an evolutionary ecologist interested in how organisms are adapting to novel environments associated with anthropogenic change, including urbanization, climate change, and biological invasions. Chris integrates lab and field experiments to assess how aspects of life in urban environments, including changes in temperature, parasites, and light-at-night can impose selection on organisms, and how those organisms adapt to these pressures. He received his Ph.D. in Ecology from Penn State University where he worked with Dr. Tracy Langkilde, and his M.S. from the University of Alabama while working with Dr. Leslie Rissler. Chris spent one year as a Visiting Professor of Biology at Davidson College and starts an Assistant Professor position at Neumann University in Fall 2020.
Noah Gilbert
noah_gilbert(at)my.uri.edu
Noah is a Cell and Molecular Biology major (B.S. expected in 2020) from Berlin, Connecticut. He did a Coastal Fellows project working with postdoc Sozos Michaelides in summer 2017 reconstructing the invasion history of Anolis wattsi, which was introduced from Antigua to Trinidad. This research was recently published in the Herpetological Journal. He also conducted a lab-based experiment to determine the types of perches that anoles prefer.
noah_gilbert(at)my.uri.edu
Noah is a Cell and Molecular Biology major (B.S. expected in 2020) from Berlin, Connecticut. He did a Coastal Fellows project working with postdoc Sozos Michaelides in summer 2017 reconstructing the invasion history of Anolis wattsi, which was introduced from Antigua to Trinidad. This research was recently published in the Herpetological Journal. He also conducted a lab-based experiment to determine the types of perches that anoles prefer.
Amanda Merritt
amandamerritt(at)my.uri.edu
Amanda graduated in May 2019 with a B.S. in Marine Biology. During her time in the Kolbe Lab, she studied variation in parasite abundance between urban and natural populations of anoles in Miami with Ph.D. student Andrew Battles and postdoc Chris Thawley. This research was recently published in the Journal of Urban Ecology.
amandamerritt(at)my.uri.edu
Amanda graduated in May 2019 with a B.S. in Marine Biology. During her time in the Kolbe Lab, she studied variation in parasite abundance between urban and natural populations of anoles in Miami with Ph.D. student Andrew Battles and postdoc Chris Thawley. This research was recently published in the Journal of Urban Ecology.
Dr. Sozos Michaelides
msozos(at)gmail.com
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ResearchGate Profile
Sozos wrapped up his postdoc (2016-2018) in the Kolbe lab at URI in May 2018. His research focuses on the application of population genetics to conservation questions. Check out his paper on the green anole invasion of Pacific Islands published in Diversity and Distributions. Sozos received his D.Phil from the University of Oxford working with Dr. Tobias Uller. His thesis research explored the phylogeography and genetics of colonization in wall lizards (Podarcis muralis), establishing the origin and reconstructing the introduction pathways of non-native populations in England. Sozos is exploring invasion genetics and eco-evolutionary dynamics in Anolis lizards. After managing the Conservation Genetics lab in the Department of Natural Resources Science at URI for the past few years, Sozos is starting a postdoc working with Dr. Dylan Fraser at Concordia University in Montreal in Fall 2020. Good luck Sozos!
msozos(at)gmail.com
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ResearchGate Profile
Sozos wrapped up his postdoc (2016-2018) in the Kolbe lab at URI in May 2018. His research focuses on the application of population genetics to conservation questions. Check out his paper on the green anole invasion of Pacific Islands published in Diversity and Distributions. Sozos received his D.Phil from the University of Oxford working with Dr. Tobias Uller. His thesis research explored the phylogeography and genetics of colonization in wall lizards (Podarcis muralis), establishing the origin and reconstructing the introduction pathways of non-native populations in England. Sozos is exploring invasion genetics and eco-evolutionary dynamics in Anolis lizards. After managing the Conservation Genetics lab in the Department of Natural Resources Science at URI for the past few years, Sozos is starting a postdoc working with Dr. Dylan Fraser at Concordia University in Montreal in Fall 2020. Good luck Sozos!
Dr. Zachary Chejanovski
zchejanovski(at)gmail.com
Zac graduated with his Ph.D. from the Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences program at URI after defending his dissertation entitled "Impacts of Urbanization and Invasive Species on Foraging Behavior and Body Size in Anolis sagei." He is currently a Visiting Professor at Minnesota State University. Check out his first chapter published in Urban Ecosystems. After receiving his B.S. (’10) in Zoology from the University of Florida, Zac spent almost 2 years working in Georgia salt marshes studying trophic interactions. His interest in reptiles and amphibians was sparked during his M.A. (’12) in Applied Ecology at Stony Brook University. There, his project used phylogenetic methods to examine the relationship between climatic niche width and species richness in Hylid frogs. Zac is applying his experience in field ecology and evolutionary biology towards questions regarding invasive species, interspecific interactions, and trophic ecology for his dissertation. Zac spent one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University and will begin a Visiting Assistant Professor at The College of Idaho in Fall 2020.
zchejanovski(at)gmail.com
Zac graduated with his Ph.D. from the Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences program at URI after defending his dissertation entitled "Impacts of Urbanization and Invasive Species on Foraging Behavior and Body Size in Anolis sagei." He is currently a Visiting Professor at Minnesota State University. Check out his first chapter published in Urban Ecosystems. After receiving his B.S. (’10) in Zoology from the University of Florida, Zac spent almost 2 years working in Georgia salt marshes studying trophic interactions. His interest in reptiles and amphibians was sparked during his M.A. (’12) in Applied Ecology at Stony Brook University. There, his project used phylogenetic methods to examine the relationship between climatic niche width and species richness in Hylid frogs. Zac is applying his experience in field ecology and evolutionary biology towards questions regarding invasive species, interspecific interactions, and trophic ecology for his dissertation. Zac spent one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University and will begin a Visiting Assistant Professor at The College of Idaho in Fall 2020.
Tia Mitchell
tia_mitchell(at)my.uri.edu
Tia graduated in May 2018 with a major in Wildlife and Conservation Biology from URI. In summer and fall 2017, she worked with Ph.D. student Zac Chejanovski on a common garden breeding study looking a phenotypic differences between forest and urban populations of brown anoles. After graduation, she moved to Hawaii to pursue a career in environmental education with possible future plans including the Peace Corps and law school.
tia_mitchell(at)my.uri.edu
Tia graduated in May 2018 with a major in Wildlife and Conservation Biology from URI. In summer and fall 2017, she worked with Ph.D. student Zac Chejanovski on a common garden breeding study looking a phenotypic differences between forest and urban populations of brown anoles. After graduation, she moved to Hawaii to pursue a career in environmental education with possible future plans including the Peace Corps and law school.
Dr. Andrew Battles
andrewcbattles(at)gmail.com
Andrew defended his dissertation entitled "The Effects of Urbanization on Performance, Habitat Selection, and Persistence of Anolis Lizards" in April 2018, and graduated with his Ph.D. from the Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences program at URI. The first paper from his dissertation was recently published in Urban Ecosystems. Andrew graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a B.S. ('12) in Biology and Urban Studies. He studied the impacts of urban land use on Anolis carolinensis in Dr. Michele Johnson's lab, and pursued interests in Urban Studies. Andrew has done extensive field work in Miami studying the ecological and evolutionary impacts of urbanization on Anolis lizards for his dissertation research. In 2016-17, as part of his NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Andrew will be in Washington, D.C. pursuing an internship opportunity at the US Geological Survey.
andrewcbattles(at)gmail.com
Andrew defended his dissertation entitled "The Effects of Urbanization on Performance, Habitat Selection, and Persistence of Anolis Lizards" in April 2018, and graduated with his Ph.D. from the Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences program at URI. The first paper from his dissertation was recently published in Urban Ecosystems. Andrew graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a B.S. ('12) in Biology and Urban Studies. He studied the impacts of urban land use on Anolis carolinensis in Dr. Michele Johnson's lab, and pursued interests in Urban Studies. Andrew has done extensive field work in Miami studying the ecological and evolutionary impacts of urbanization on Anolis lizards for his dissertation research. In 2016-17, as part of his NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Andrew will be in Washington, D.C. pursuing an internship opportunity at the US Geological Survey.
Marcos Vargas-Rodriguez
marcos.vargas1(at)upr.edu
Marcos is an undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey majoring in Natural Sciences (B.S. expected June 2018). In summer 2017, he was a Science and Engineering Fellow in our lab. Marcos worked on a green anole sequencing project to determine the extent of the Anolis porcatus introduction in South Florida.
marcos.vargas1(at)upr.edu
Marcos is an undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey majoring in Natural Sciences (B.S. expected June 2018). In summer 2017, he was a Science and Engineering Fellow in our lab. Marcos worked on a green anole sequencing project to determine the extent of the Anolis porcatus introduction in South Florida.
Dr. Hanna Wegener
johanna.e.wegener(at)gmail.com
Hanna successfully defended her dissertation in August 2017. Congratulations! Her dissertation research in the Integrative and Evolutionary Biology Program at URI focused on population genetics and hybridization in Anolis lizards. She became interested in Anolis lizards as a study system during her M.S. in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (Germany) and joined the Losos Lab at Harvard University to study evolution of morphological traits for her thesis project. Hanna is broadly interested in evolutionary patterns and processes in amphibians and reptiles.
johanna.e.wegener(at)gmail.com
Hanna successfully defended her dissertation in August 2017. Congratulations! Her dissertation research in the Integrative and Evolutionary Biology Program at URI focused on population genetics and hybridization in Anolis lizards. She became interested in Anolis lizards as a study system during her M.S. in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (Germany) and joined the Losos Lab at Harvard University to study evolution of morphological traits for her thesis project. Hanna is broadly interested in evolutionary patterns and processes in amphibians and reptiles.
Jess Atutubo
jessica_atutubo(at)my.uri.edu
Jess graduated in May 2017 with a major in Wildlife and Conservation Biology at URI. She worked in the molecular lab genotyping and sequencing for a landscape genetics study of painted turtles in Rhode Island with Ph.D. student Scott Buchanan (Dr. Nancy Karraker's lab) and worked on green anole hybridization with Ph.D. student Hanna Wegener. After graduation she worked as an exotic plant team intern for the National Park Service at Prince William Forest Park through the Student Conservation Association. Future plans include the Peace Corps and graduate school.
jessica_atutubo(at)my.uri.edu
Jess graduated in May 2017 with a major in Wildlife and Conservation Biology at URI. She worked in the molecular lab genotyping and sequencing for a landscape genetics study of painted turtles in Rhode Island with Ph.D. student Scott Buchanan (Dr. Nancy Karraker's lab) and worked on green anole hybridization with Ph.D. student Hanna Wegener. After graduation she worked as an exotic plant team intern for the National Park Service at Prince William Forest Park through the Student Conservation Association. Future plans include the Peace Corps and graduate school.
Mariela Encarnacion-Ojeda
mariela_encarncion(at)upr.edu
Mariela finished her first year studying Environmental Science at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (B.S. expected in 2019). In Summer 2016, she participated in the University of Rhode Island's Science and Engineering Fellows program. Mariela studied morphological variation among Anolis species and populations, spending many hours measuring traits from x-rays of anoles.
mariela_encarncion(at)upr.edu
Mariela finished her first year studying Environmental Science at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (B.S. expected in 2019). In Summer 2016, she participated in the University of Rhode Island's Science and Engineering Fellows program. Mariela studied morphological variation among Anolis species and populations, spending many hours measuring traits from x-rays of anoles.
Dr. Oriol Lapiedra
o.lapiedra(at)gmail.com
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Oriol is now a Postdoctoral fellow in the Losos Lab at Harvard University. He is an evolutionary and behavioral ecologist interested in understanding the mechanisms that allow organisms to deal with changes in their environment. Oriol received his Ph.D. from the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, working with Dr. Daniel Sol. His research in our lab focused on foraging behavior in A. cristatellus (published in PLOS ONE) and the influence of biological invasion and urbanization on animal personalities using brown anoles in Miami (published in Global Change Biology).
o.lapiedra(at)gmail.com
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Oriol is now a Postdoctoral fellow in the Losos Lab at Harvard University. He is an evolutionary and behavioral ecologist interested in understanding the mechanisms that allow organisms to deal with changes in their environment. Oriol received his Ph.D. from the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, working with Dr. Daniel Sol. His research in our lab focused on foraging behavior in A. cristatellus (published in PLOS ONE) and the influence of biological invasion and urbanization on animal personalities using brown anoles in Miami (published in Global Change Biology).
Elizabeth Shadle
eshadle(at)my.uri.edu
Elizabeth graduated in May 2016 from URI with a degree in Wildlife and Conservation Biology. She concentrated on two research projects in our lab. First, she helped identify arthropod prey items from stomach contents for a project comparing brown anole diets in urban and natural habitats with Ph.D. student Zac Chejanovski. Second, she measured kinematic variables from videos of anoles sprinting on natural and artificial surfaces with Ph.D. student Andrew Battles.
eshadle(at)my.uri.edu
Elizabeth graduated in May 2016 from URI with a degree in Wildlife and Conservation Biology. She concentrated on two research projects in our lab. First, she helped identify arthropod prey items from stomach contents for a project comparing brown anole diets in urban and natural habitats with Ph.D. student Zac Chejanovski. Second, she measured kinematic variables from videos of anoles sprinting on natural and artificial surfaces with Ph.D. student Andrew Battles.
Adam Moreno
adam_moreno(at)brown.edu
Adam is an undergraduate at Brown University. He volunteered in the lab in the Fall 2015 semester assisting Ph.D. student Hanna Wegener with molecular data collection for her green anole hybridization project.
adam_moreno(at)brown.edu
Adam is an undergraduate at Brown University. He volunteered in the lab in the Fall 2015 semester assisting Ph.D. student Hanna Wegener with molecular data collection for her green anole hybridization project.
Jessica Pita-Aquino
jessicapitaaquino(at)gmail.com
Jessica is an undergraduate studying Integrative Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (B.S. expected in 2017). She participated in the Science and Engineering Fellows program at the University of Rhode Island in Summer 2015. Jessica worked with Ph.D. student Hanna Wegener collecting genetic data to test for hybridization between the native green anole (Anolis carolinensis) and the invasive Cuban green anole (Anolis porcatus) in the Miami area.
jessicapitaaquino(at)gmail.com
Jessica is an undergraduate studying Integrative Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (B.S. expected in 2017). She participated in the Science and Engineering Fellows program at the University of Rhode Island in Summer 2015. Jessica worked with Ph.D. student Hanna Wegener collecting genetic data to test for hybridization between the native green anole (Anolis carolinensis) and the invasive Cuban green anole (Anolis porcatus) in the Miami area.
Kevin Aviles-Rodriguez
kar_pr909(at)hotmail.com
Kevin finished his M.S. in Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences at URI in May 2015. His thesis research investigated foraging and escape behavior of Anolis cristatellus in natural and urban habitats in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Miami, Florida. In Fall 2015 Kevin started his Ph.D. working with Dr. Liam Revell at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
kar_pr909(at)hotmail.com
Kevin finished his M.S. in Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences at URI in May 2015. His thesis research investigated foraging and escape behavior of Anolis cristatellus in natural and urban habitats in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Miami, Florida. In Fall 2015 Kevin started his Ph.D. working with Dr. Liam Revell at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Haley Moniz
haley_moniz(at)my.uri.edu
Haley graduated in May 2014 with a double major in Biological Sciences and Wildlife and Conservation Biology at URI. She did Coastal Fellow summer projects in 2012 and 2013 looking at genetic diversity and differentiation among non-native populations of Anolis cristatellus introduced to Miami and conducting a field experiment in Miami to understand the effects of artificial night lighting on lizard behavior and performance. As our lab technician in 2014-15 she took care of the lizards and generally held down the fort.
haley_moniz(at)my.uri.edu
Haley graduated in May 2014 with a double major in Biological Sciences and Wildlife and Conservation Biology at URI. She did Coastal Fellow summer projects in 2012 and 2013 looking at genetic diversity and differentiation among non-native populations of Anolis cristatellus introduced to Miami and conducting a field experiment in Miami to understand the effects of artificial night lighting on lizard behavior and performance. As our lab technician in 2014-15 she took care of the lizards and generally held down the fort.
Jhoset Burgos-Rodriguez
jhosetburgos(at)yahoo.com
Jhoset completed M.S. degree in the Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences program at URI in May 2014. His thesis research investigated the effects of invasive Green Iguanas on seed germination and dispersal in Puerto Rican mangrove forests, which was published in Biological Invasions. He is currently in law school at the University of Puerto, Rio Piedras.
jhosetburgos(at)yahoo.com
Jhoset completed M.S. degree in the Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences program at URI in May 2014. His thesis research investigated the effects of invasive Green Iguanas on seed germination and dispersal in Puerto Rican mangrove forests, which was published in Biological Invasions. He is currently in law school at the University of Puerto, Rio Piedras.
Danny Keane
Danny is a graduate of Narragansett High School. He helped with lizard care in Fall 2012 and helped with a project looking at the relationship between morphology and clinging performance in Anolis sagrei.
Danny is a graduate of Narragansett High School. He helped with lizard care in Fall 2012 and helped with a project looking at the relationship between morphology and clinging performance in Anolis sagrei.
Paul VanMiddlesworth
paulvanm(at)gmail.com
Paul received his degree in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology major from Harvard University in 2013. In the summer of 2012, he did his senior thesis in our lab conducting a common garden experiment to look at the genetic basis of morphological differences between introduced Anolis cristatellus populations in Miami and their sources in Puerto Rico. His undergraduate research contributed to multiple publications (Ecology & Evolution and Landscape Ecology) and he is currently at Harvard Law School.
paulvanm(at)gmail.com
Paul received his degree in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology major from Harvard University in 2013. In the summer of 2012, he did his senior thesis in our lab conducting a common garden experiment to look at the genetic basis of morphological differences between introduced Anolis cristatellus populations in Miami and their sources in Puerto Rico. His undergraduate research contributed to multiple publications (Ecology & Evolution and Landscape Ecology) and he is currently at Harvard Law School.
Angélica Cuevas
cuevas.angelica.m(at)gmail.com
Angélica worked in the Losos Lab at Harvard University and our lab at URI as part of the Erasmus Mundus Masters program in Evolutionary Biology. She looked at morphological variation in a female back pattern polymorphism in Anolis sagrei.
cuevas.angelica.m(at)gmail.com
Angélica worked in the Losos Lab at Harvard University and our lab at URI as part of the Erasmus Mundus Masters program in Evolutionary Biology. She looked at morphological variation in a female back pattern polymorphism in Anolis sagrei.
Max Drakeley
max.drakeley(at)gmail.com
Max visited our lab during the 2012-13 academic year on a placement from the University of Manchester (UK) where he is working on a B.Sc. program in Cognitive Neuroscience with Psychology. He is interested in animal behavior, particularly predator-prey interactions. He did a field-based experiment on foraging with Anolis lizards, which was published in PLOS ONE.
max.drakeley(at)gmail.com
Max visited our lab during the 2012-13 academic year on a placement from the University of Manchester (UK) where he is working on a B.Sc. program in Cognitive Neuroscience with Psychology. He is interested in animal behavior, particularly predator-prey interactions. He did a field-based experiment on foraging with Anolis lizards, which was published in PLOS ONE.
Kevin Mulder
kvpmulder(at)gmail.com
Kevin spent the Fall 2011 and early Spring 2012 semesters working in the Losos Lab at Harvard University and our lab at URI as part of the Erasmus Mundus Masters program in Evolutionary Biology (M.Sc. '12). He looked at morphological variation among island populations of brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) near Staniel Cay in the Exumas, Bahamas. Here he is doing his best impression of a trunk for an Anolis porcatus in Cuba.
kvpmulder(at)gmail.com
Kevin spent the Fall 2011 and early Spring 2012 semesters working in the Losos Lab at Harvard University and our lab at URI as part of the Erasmus Mundus Masters program in Evolutionary Biology (M.Sc. '12). He looked at morphological variation among island populations of brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) near Staniel Cay in the Exumas, Bahamas. Here he is doing his best impression of a trunk for an Anolis porcatus in Cuba.
Ethan Sneesby
esneesby18(at)gmail.com
Ethan is an Environmental Science and Management major ('15) at URI. He helped out with lizard care and data collection in Summer and Fall 2012. We're happy he put off solving Rhode Island's environmental problems last summer to help take care of lizards. He recently discovered his love of soils and is doing research in Jose Amador's lab.
esneesby18(at)gmail.com
Ethan is an Environmental Science and Management major ('15) at URI. He helped out with lizard care and data collection in Summer and Fall 2012. We're happy he put off solving Rhode Island's environmental problems last summer to help take care of lizards. He recently discovered his love of soils and is doing research in Jose Amador's lab.
Lacie Westbrook
lwestbrook(at)mail.uri.edu
Lacie was our molecular lab technician. She helped get the lab off to a great start, but moved on to the greener pastures of the biotech world (and a permanent position). She has a M.S. ('12) in Natural Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, for her thesis she looked at population structure in rock bass and johnny darters throughout Wisconsin. In addition to keeping the lab running smoothly, she's a whiz with STRUCTURE!
lwestbrook(at)mail.uri.edu
Lacie was our molecular lab technician. She helped get the lab off to a great start, but moved on to the greener pastures of the biotech world (and a permanent position). She has a M.S. ('12) in Natural Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, for her thesis she looked at population structure in rock bass and johnny darters throughout Wisconsin. In addition to keeping the lab running smoothly, she's a whiz with STRUCTURE!
Carly Crane
carly_crane(at)my.uri.edu
Carly is a URI Marine Biology (B.S. '13) graduate. She assisted with general lizard care and data collection in Summer 2012.
carly_crane(at)my.uri.edu
Carly is a URI Marine Biology (B.S. '13) graduate. She assisted with general lizard care and data collection in Summer 2012.