Hall of Fame
Former Stars in the Kuchta Lab
We Miss You!!!
Graduate Students
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Sam Mathes
MS 2024 Title: The effects of elevated water conductivity on larval Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) survival, development, locomotor performance, and physiology |
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Marissa Dowalter
MS 2024 Title: Genomic variation in the Lake Erie Watersnake: Investigating the genetic effects of bottlenecks in metapopulations |
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Brian Waldron
Ph.D. 2023 Title: The Historical and Ecological Biogeography of the Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) |
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Emily Watts
Ph.D. 2023 Title: Phylogeography and Range Limit Evolution in the Cumberland Plateau Salamander, Plethodon kentucki |
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Maggie Hantak
Ph.D. 2019 Title: The Evolution and Maintenance of the Color Polymorphism in Plethodon cinereus (Caudata: Plethodontidae) |
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Garrett Sisson
Masters, 2017 Title: The rocky reality of roadways and Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus): an intersection of spatial, thermal, and road ecology. |
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Merri Collins
Masters, 2017 Title: Searching for a salamander: distribution and habitat of the Common Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) in southeast Ohio using environmental DNA |
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Kaili Boarman
Masters, 2017 Title: Trade-offs between natural and sexual selection on wing traits of the banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens. |
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Paul Converse
Ph.D., 2016 Title: The population biology, molecular ecology, and phylogeography of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) |
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Tom Radomski
Masters, 2016 Title: Biogeography and niche evolution in the Eastern Red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus. |
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Michael Haughey
Masters, 2015 Title: "Phylogeography of the Spring Salamander, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus: historic and contemporary river system’s influence on phylogeographic history" |
Ring of Honor Undergraduates
John Maykut
Graduated 2011 |
Leanne Davis
Graduated 2012 |
Brett Weiler
Graduated 2013 |
Kaili Boarman
Graduated 2013 Currently a masters student in the Kuchta lab! |
Emily Kuzmick
Graduated 2013 |
Stephany Herman
Graduated 2014 |
Elizabeth Makley
Graduated 2014 
Seth Cones
Graduating in 2018 
Olivia Brooks
Graduated 2018 |
Kaylee Soellner
Graduating in 2017 
Kellie Johnson
Graduating in 2018 
Christine Hanson
Graduated 2017 |
Isabel Fisk-Baruque
Summer 2016 (from Belgium!) 
Kyle Brooks
Graduated 2017 |
Molecular Systematics Lab Technician
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Ashley Brown 2011-2013 Ashley was my lab technician for 2+ years, and she also taught Herpetology (BIOS 4720) twice while she was here. We miss Ashley! Ashley is now employed at the biotechnology company Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. in Athens, Ohio. |
