Students, Past and Present

My lab group generally includes both graduate and undergraduate students. Student research topics vary widely, although most focus on ecology or physiology of fishes or on ecology of ephemeral pools. I have also co-sponsored, with Dr. David Elliott of our Geology Department, students interested in vertebrate paleontology.

Students select research topics in consultation with me, other faculty with related interests, or those who serve on graduate advisory committees. In all cases, we press students to address important conceptual issues in modern biology, to undertake research that combines field and lab studies, and to design studies with both observational and experimental components.

The list below comprises graduate students who have completed degrees under my direction, those who are presently working in my laboratory, and several who have begun research with me and not completed degrees. I have also listed undergraduates and high school students who have worked in the lab recently.

Students interested in working with us should contact me about opportunities and topics.


GRADUATE DEGREES COMPLETED

Doctoral Students

Daniel O. Okeyo
Ingestion and growth in herbivorous tilapias fed on naturally occurring macrophytes.

Anthony Mazeroll

Migratory behavior of brown surgeonfish in the Red Sea, Israel.

Charles Minckley

Life history of the endangered humpback chub in the Little Colorado River, Arizona

Robert Ilyes

Vertebrate Paleontology (D. Elliott, Co-Chair)

Heidi Johnson

Vertebrate Paleontology (D. Elliott, Co-Chair)

Master of Science Students

William Leibfried

Feeding biology of rainbow trout at Lee's Ferry.

Randy van Haverbeke

Ecology of ephemeral pool crustacea on the Paria Plateau.

James White

Ecology of Little Colorado River spinedace

GRADUATE DEGREES IN PROGRESS

Doctoral Students

Ann Cleveland

Ecology of herbivorous reef fishes

Master of Science Students

Pamela Sponholz

Ecology of native fishes in the Verde River, Arizona.

Joseph Catron

Ecology of ephemeral ponds.

Dean Foster

Native fishes of the lower Colorado River.

Dennis Stone

Ecology of humpback chub in the Little Colorado River.

OTHER GRADUATE STUDENTS

James Mills

Male reproductive behavior in Atlantic salmon.

Randy Reed

Vertebrate paleontology (D. Elliott, Co-Chair)

Kirsten Tinning

Early life history of trout

Michael Craig

Reef fish ecology

Silke Treutner

Genetics of giant gut bacteria from surgeonfishes

UNDERGRADUATE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Undergraduate Students

Michael Shaw

Ephemeral pool crustacea

Tiffany Scarborough

Giant gut microbes from Hawaiian surgeonfishes

Jeremy McLean

Genetics of giant gut microbes from surgeonfishes

High School Students

Ivana Vaughn

Lipids and fatty acids of surgeonfishes