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MY ACADEMIC GENEALOGY

University of Oklahoma | University of California - San Diego | North Carolina State University

University of Oklahoma

Advisor        

Laurie J. Vitt

            George Lynn Cross Research Proffessor, University of Oklahoma

            Curator of Reptiles

                        Ph.D. Students

                        1) Richard D. Durtsche

                        Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University.

Thesis: The ontogeny of diet in the Mexican spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura

pectinata: Physiological mechanisms and ecological consequences

2) Eric D. Roth

                        Post-doctoral researcher, University of Texas Medical School.

Thesis: Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) spatial ecology                      

3) Shawn S. Sartorius

                        Wildlife Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Billings Montana

Thesis: Evolutionary and environmental effects on thermoregulation

among complex lizard communities

                        Masters Students

                        Joel Johnson

Committee

            Michael E. Kapari

            Gary A. Wellborn

University of California – San Diego

Advisor

           David A. Holway

            Associate Professor, University of California – San Diego

                        Postdoctoral Researchers

                        1) Ed G. Lebrun (2003-2005)

                        Post-doctoral researcher, University of Texas - Brackenridge Field Lab

                        Fire ant / Argentine competitive interactions in their native range.

                        2) Pablo E. Schilman (2002-2004)

                        The physiological ecology of introduced Argentine ants

3) Melissa L. Thomas (2002-2004)

                        Post-doctoral researcher, The University of Western Australia

                        The origins of unicoloniality in Argentine ants

                        Ph.D Students

                        Erin G. Wilson

Ecological effects of a social wasp (Vespula pensylvanica) invasion

on Hawaiian arthropods.

                        Masters Students

                        1) Stephanie Glenn (2005) (Biological technician NPS)

Consumption of introduced prey by native predators: Argentine ants

and pit-building ant lions.

                        2) Crystal Grover (2007)

Diet mediated behavior in Argentine ants.

                        3) Jennifer Zee (2003)

                        Nest raiding by Argentine ants.

Committee

            Ted. J. Case

            Paul K. Dayton

            Walter Jetz

            Russell S. Lande

            Kaustuv Roy

            Philip S. Ward

North Carolina State University

Advisors

            Jules Silverman

Charles G. Wright Professor of Structural Pest Management, Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University

Postdoctoral Researchers

Alexei Rowles (2005-2008)

Ph.D. Students

1) Robert J. Brightwell

The ecology and behavior of Argentine ants at their northern range limit.

2) Brad E. Powell

Multitrophic comparison of ant - aphid interactions between the invasive Argentine ant and the native Odorous house ant.

3) Eleanor K. Spicer
Interactions between the invasive giant needle ant and the invasive Argentine ant.

Masters Students

1) David M. Bednar
Behavioral ecology of the invasive giant needle ant.

Robert R. Dunn

Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University

Postdoctoral Researchers

1) Szabolcs Lengyel

Phylogeography of ant-plant mutualisms.

2) David Lubertazzi

Ant ecology and evolution.

3) Michael D. Weiser

Climate change and biogeography of ant diversity.

Ph.D. Students

1) Benoit Guenard

The ecology of the giant needle ant (Pachycondyla chinensis) in the

southeastern United States.

2) Judith E. Canner

Specialization in ant-plant mutualisms.

Masters Students

1) Neil McCoy

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