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Satie Airame
Mathew Leibold (advisor)
Catherine Pfister (advisor)
1999
Population structure and viability of stream-dwelling frogs from Borneo
Policy and Outreach Coordinator
Marine Science Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Michael Alfaro
Mark Westneat (advisor)
2000
Systematics and the evolution of aquatic prey capture in Thamnophiine snakes.
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles
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Julie Alipaz
Chung-I Wu (advisor)
2001
The Nature of Incipient Speciation in Drosophila
Scientist, Illumina, Inc.
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Emily Allen
David Jablonski (advisor)
2005
New Perspectives on a Classic Macroevolutionary Trend: Complexity, Extinction Selectivity, and the Evolution of Paleozoic Ammonoid Suture Morphology
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Penn Center for Bioinformatics, University of Pennsylvania
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John Alroy
David M. Raup (advisor)
David Jablonski (advisor)
1994
Quantitative mammalian biochronology and biogeography of North America
Postdoctoral Fellow
NCEAS (Santa Barbara)
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Jacob Roman Arguello
Manyuan Long (advisor)
2008
Evolutionary Dynamics of Gene Families and the Fourth Chromosome in Drosophila
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell University
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Courtney Babbitt
Nipam Patel (advisor)
Neil Shubin (advisor)
2005
Developmental Systematics: Synthesizing Ontogeny and Phylogeny in the Malacostraca (Crustacea)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Duke University
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F. Keith Barker
Barry Chernoff (advisor)
1999
The evolution of cooperative breeding in Campylorhynchus wrens: A comparative approach
Bell Museum of Natural History
University of Minnesota
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Allison Beck
Michael LaBarbera (advisor)
James Hopson (advisor)
2004
The Locomotor Evolution of the Non-Mammalian Synapsids
Assistant Professor of Biology
Augustana College
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Peter Bergstrom
A. Ross Kiester (advisor)
1982
Ecology of incubation in Wilson's plover
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Annapolis, MD
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Richard Blob
Andrew Biewener (advisor)
James Hopson (advisor)
1998
Mechanics of non-parasagittal locomotion in Alligator and Iguana: functional implications for the evolution of non-sprawling posture in the Therapsida
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Department Biological Sciences
Clemson University
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John Bolt
E.C. Olson (advisor)
1968
The osteology and relationships of Doleserpteon annectens, a new rhachitomous amphibian from the lower Permian of Oklahoma
Curator, Geology
The Field Museum
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Anne Bronikowski
Stevan J. Arnold (advisor)
1997
The sources and consequences of individual growth rate variation in the western terrestrial garter snake
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Iowa State University
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Jutta Buschbom
Gregory Mueller (advisor)
2003
Evolutionary history and processes underlying contrasting reproductive modes in the lichen-forming genus porpidia (ascomycota)
Federal Research Center for Forestry and Forest Products
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Working Group Ecological Genetics,Großhansdorf
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Ana Carnaval
John Bates (advisor)
2004
Amphibian Phylogeography and Conservation in Fragmented Forests of Northeastern Brazil
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University of California Berkeley
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Roberto Cipriani
Rudiger Bieler (advisor)
1999
Construction, Function, and Evolution of Accretionary Morphologies with Examples of Larval and Postlarval Coiling in Heterobranch Gastropods
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Departmento de Estudios Ambientales
Universidad Simón Bolívar
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Wentworth Clapham Jr.
1968
Distribution of pollen and spores in the upper flowerpot formation (Permian) of Oklahoma
Professor
Biology, Geology, Environmental Science
Cleveland State University
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Anne Clark
George Rabb (advisor)
Monte Lloyd (advisor)
1975
Olfactory communication by scent marking in a prosimian primate, Galago crassicaudatus
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Department of Biological Sciences
Binghamton University
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Dale Clayton
Doug Schemske (advisor)
John Fitzkpatrick (advisor)
1989
Coevolutionary ecology of the rock dove and its chewing lice
Professor
Department of Biology
University of Utah
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Melissa Cogan
Lawrence Heaney (advisor)
Interspecific and ontogenetic analysis of feeding morphology in the Old World fruit bats (Pteropodidae)"
Phyllis Coley
Douglas Schemske (advisor)
1981
Ecological and evolutionary responses of tropical trees to herbivore pressure
Professor
Department of Biology
University of Utah
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Rachel Collin
Barry Chernoff (advisor)
2002
Evolution of mode of development in Crepidula (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae): Causes and consequences
Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama)
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Andrew Crawford
Martin Kreitman (advisor)
2000
The Evolution and Maintenance of a Color Pattern Polymorphism in Neotropical Frogs.
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
The Smithsonian Institution
Molecular Genetics Laboratory
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John Damuth
Leigh Van Valen (advisor)
1982
The Evaluation of the Degree of Community Structure Preserved in Assemblages of Fossil Mammals
Research Biologist
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara,
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Daniel Davison
Shannon Hackett (advisor)
2006
Inferences about the evolutionary history of geographically structured populations; the intersection of population genetics, biogeography and systematics
Postdoctoral Fellow
Statistics, Oxford
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Alexander Dehgan
Bruce Patterson (advisor)
2003
The behavior of extinction : predicting the incidence and local extinction of lemurs in fragmented habitats of southeastern Madagascar
Chief of Staff/Senior Scientist in the Office of the Science Adviser
US Department of State
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Amy Driskell
Barry Chernoff (advisor)
Stephen Pruett-Jones (advisor)
2001
Molecular Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution of the Meliphagidae (Passeriformes)
Barcode Project Manager
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
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Gunther Eble
David Jablonski (advisor)
1997
The macroevolutionary history of diversity and disparity in disasteroid, holasteroid and spatangoid heart urchins
Chargé de Recherche de 1ère Classe, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bourgogne
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Kenneth Emberton
Michael Wade (advisor)
Alan Solem (advisor)
1986
The evolution of multiple sympatric homeomorphy among three genera of land snails
Nora Espinoza
Michael LaBarbera (advisor)
2000
Scaling of the Appendicular Musculo-Skeletal System of Frogs (Order Anura): Effects on Jumping Performance
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Department Biological Sciences
Clemson University
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Juliana Feder
Lynn Throckmorton (advisor)
1984
Experimental analysis of second chromosome lethals in natural populations of Drosophila americana
Executive Administrator
The University of Chicago, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
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John Finarelli
Peter Wagner (advisor)
John Flynn (advisor)
2007
Macroevolutionary Trends in Brain and Body Size of Terrestrial Caniforms (Carnivora, Mammalia)
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Dept of Geological Sciences
University of Michigan
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Michael Foote
David Raup (advisor)
1989
Morphological evolution of Cambrian and Ordovician trilobites
Professor and Chair
Department of Geophysical Sciences
The University of Chicago
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Raymond Franson
Douglas Schemske (advisor)
1989
Belowground interactions between plants
Castle Mountain Mine
Viceroy Gold Corp.
Searchlight, NV
Matthew Friedman
Michael Coates (advisor)
The diversification of the acanthomorph fishes: ecomorphological perspectives on an evolutionary radiation
Gary Galbreath
Leigh Van Valen (advisor)
1980
Aspects of natural selection in Dasypus novemcinctus
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Program in Biological Sciences
Northwestern University
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Anjali Goswami
John Flynn (advisor)
2005
The Evolution of Morphological Integration in the Mammalian Skull
Lecturer
Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment
University College London
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Jacqueline Gravier
R. Michael Miller and Gregory Mueller (advisors)
The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbiosis on the structure, composition and diversity of an experimental prairie plant community
Walter Greaves
1971
Functional anatomy of the mercoidodont head (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)
Associate Professor
Department Oral Biology
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Carrie Grimsley
Carole Ober (advisor)
1997
The nature of selection acting on the class Ib HLA genes: HLA-E, HLA-F, and HLA-G
Lecturer
Parkland College
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Paul Harnik
David Jablonski (advisor)
Macroecological drivers of extinction risk in early Cenozoic mollusks
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Stanford University
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John Harshman
Barry Chernoff (advisor)
1996
Phylogeny, evolutionary rates, and ducks
Researcher
California Academy of Sciences;
Research Associate
Field Museum
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Glenn Hausfater
Stuart Altmann (advisor)
1974
Dominance and reproduction in baboons (Papio cynocephalus): a quantitative analysis
Leslie Hornig
Martha McClintock (advisor)
1995
Mechanism and evolution of facultative sex-ratio biasing in Norway rats
Science Teacher
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
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Richard Horwitz
Montgomery Slatkin (advisor)
James Teeri (advisor)
1976
The distribution of fishes in streams
Senior Biologist
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
contact
Kim Hughes
Brian Charlesworth (advisor)
1993
Evolutionary genetics of male life-history traits in Drosophila melanogaster
Department of Biological Science
Florida State University
contact
Gene Hunt
Michael Foote (advisor)
2003
Phenotypic covariance through geologic time: micro- and macroevolution in the deep-sea Ostracode genus Poseidonamicus
Curator
Department of Paleobiology
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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Jeffrey Ihara
Michael Wade (advisor)
1990
On the interaction between the evolution of social behavior through group selection and the evolution of interspecific competitive interference
Professor
MiraCosta College
Biological Sciences
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Steven Irvine
Mark Martindale (advisor)
1998
Ontogeny and developmental gene expression in the polychaete Chaetopterus: The evolution of developmental patterning.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Rhode Island
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Mark Johnston
Michael Wade (advisor)
1990
Natural selection, inbreeding depression and self-fertilization in two Lobelia species with different pollinators
Professor
Department Biology, Life Sciences Center
Dalhousie University
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John A. Juskevice
1969
Interspecific correlation and association in benthic marine communities
Keith Karoly
Deborah Charlesworth (advisor)
Doug Schemske (advisor)
1991
The causes and consequences of interpopulational mating system variations in Lupinus nanus (Leguminosae)
Professor
Department of Biology
Reed College
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Matthew Keirle
Gregory Mueller (advisor)
2008
Population Biology of the Hawaiian Mushroom Rhodocollybia Laulaha
Assistant Professor
State College of Florida
Manatee-Sarasota
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Katherine Kelley
Barry Chernoff (advisor)
Stevan J. Arnold (advisor)
1997
Coupled evolution in a phylogenetic context: covariation of coloration and chemical defense of tiger beetles
Elizabeth LeClair
Michael LaBarbera (advisor)
1995
Invertebrate vertebrae: evolutionary morphology and experimental biomechanics of the Ophiuroidea (echinodermata)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
DePaul University
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Daniel Lerman
Martin Feder (advisor)
2003
Regulatory evolution of Hsp70 in Drosophila melanogaster
Law Clerk to William C. Bryson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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Lee Hsiang Liow
Scott Lidgard (advisor)
2006
Oddities, Wonders and Other Tall Tales of "Living Fossils"
Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis
University of Oslo
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Rowan Lockwood
David Jablonski (advisor)
2001
Extinction and Rebound: Evolutionary Patterns in Late-Cretaceous and Cenozoic Bivalves
Associate Professor
Deptartment of Geology
College of William & Mary
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Katherine Lofdahl
Stevan Arnold (advisor)
1985
The genetic basis of habitat selection in the cactiphilic species Drosophila mojavensis
Associate Professor of Biology
University of Guam
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David Lofsvold
Russell Lande (advisor)
1986
Quantitative genetic studies of morphological divergence in Peromyscus and Drosophila populations
Richard Lupia II
Peter Crane (advisor)
Susan Kidwell (advisor)
1997
Palynological record of the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation: diversity, abundance and morphological patterns
Associate Professor
University of Oklahoma;
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
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S. Kathleen Lyons
Michael Foote (advisor)
2001
A Quantitative Assessment of the Community Structure and Dynamics of Pleistocene Mammals
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Old Dominion University
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Paul Magwene
Michael LaBarbera (advisor)
1999
Studies of Phenotypic Covariance with Examples from Turtles
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Duke University
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Jonathan Marcot
Peter Wagner (advisor)
2004
Evolutionary radiations of Ruminantia (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)
Assistant Research Professor
Animal Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Susan Margulis
Jeanne Altmann (advisor)
1996
The effects of inbreeding on parental behavior and reproductive success in two subspecies of the Oldfield mouse (Peromyscus Polionotus)
Assistant Professor
Canisius College
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Charles Marshall
David Raup (advisor)
Hewson Swift (advisor)
1989
DNA-DNA hybridization, morphology, and the fossil record of sand dollars: phylogeny and rates of single copy DNA evolution
Professor
Geology & Biology
Harvard University
contact
Jane Masterson
Peter Crane (advisor)
David Jablonski (advisor)
1995
The evolutionary history and significance of polypliody in angiosperms
Canis Sapiens
certified pet dog trainer
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Daniel McShea
David Raup (advisor)
1990
Complexity and Evolution
Associate Professor
Department of Zoology
Duke University
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James Mead
1972
Anatomy of the external nasal passages and facial complex in the Delphinidae (Mammalia: Cetacae)
Curator of Marine Mammals
The Smithsonian Institution
contact
Joshua Miller
Susan Kidwell (advisor)
The large-mammal death assemblage of Yellowstone National Park: historical ecology, conservation biology, paleoecology
Shaibal Mitra
Stephen Pruett-Jones (advisor)
1996
Sexual dimorphism and plumage elaboration in socially-monogamous birds
Assistant Professor
CUNY College of Staten Island
Lisa Castillo Nelis
J. Timothy Wootton (advisor)
2008
An Investigation of Synergistic Interactions Among Invasive Species
Visiting Scientist
Department of Ecology and Evolution
The University of Chicago
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Kara Nuss
Sue Margulis (advisor)
Determinants of reproductive success in zoo-housed Goeldi’s Monkeys
Instructor
Biology Department
Northeastern Illinois University
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F. Robin O'Keefe
James Hopson (advisor)
Olivier Rieppel (advisor)
2000
Phylogeny and Convergence in the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia)
Assistant Professor
Marshall University
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Link Olson
Bruce Patterson (advisor)
1999
Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of Madagascar's tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae)
Associate Professor
University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Rudyard Sadleir
Peter Makovicky(advisor)
A morphometric study of Crocodylian ecomorphology through ontogeny and phylogeny
Craig Pease
Russell Lande (advisor)
1985
Models of coevolution and evolutionary epidemiology
Professor of Science and Law
Environmental Law Center
Vermont Law School
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A. Townsend Peterson
Stuart Altmann (advisor)
Scott Lanyon (advisor)
1990
Evolutionary relationships of the Aphelocoma Jays
Distinguished Professor
Department Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Kansas
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Patrick Phillips
Stevan J. Arnold (advisor)
1991
Functional and developmental constraints on morphological evolution in the tree frog
Professor
Biology Department
University of Oregon
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Rosamund Potter
Hewson Swift (advisor)
1983
Alcohol dehydrogenase in the virilis group of Drosophilia
Senior Lecturer
Biological Sciences Collegiate Division
The University of Chicago
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Molly Przeworski
Richard Hudson (advisor)
2000
Natural selection and patterns of genetic variability in Drosophila and humans
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics
The University of Chicago
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Surangi Punyasena
Jennifer McElwain (advisor)
2007
The Relationship of Neotropical Forests to Climate: Late Quaternary and Modern Biogeographic Gradients
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Trina Roberts
John Bates
Lawrence Heaney (advisor)
2005
Divergence, diversity, distance, and disequilibrium: Comparative phylogeography of six Philippine fruit bats (Chiroptera; Pteropodidae)
Postdoctoral Fellow
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
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Rebecca Rowe
Lawrence Heaney (advisor)
2006
Spatial and temporal dynamics of small mammal diversity in the mountain ranges of central Utah
Postdoctoral Fellow
Utah Museum of Natural History
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Rebecca Rundell
Rudiger Bieler (advisor)
2008
Diversification of the Rock and Leaf Litter Dwelling Land Snails of Belau (Republic of Palau, Oceania)
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of British Columbia
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Karen Ryan
Jeanne Altmann (advisor)
Carole Ober (advisor)
2000
Consequences and causes of mate choice by monogamous male Oldfield mice, Peromyscus polionotus
Postdoctoral Fellow
Obesity Research Center
University of Cincinnati
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Scott Schaefer
George V. Lauder (advisor)
1986
Historical biology of the loricariid catfishes: phylogenetics and functional morphology
Curator of Ichthyology
American Museum of Natural History
Division of Vertebrate Zoology
contact
John Paul Schmit
Gregory Mueller (advisor)
Mathew Leibold (advisor)
1999
Competition and Species Diversity of Unit Restricted Decomposer Fungi
Quantitative Ecologist
Center for Urban Ecology
National Park Service
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Frederick Schram
1968
Studies in paleozoic Eumalacostraca
Professor
University of Amsterdam
Department Zoology & Zoogeography
Thomas Schulenberg
Scott Lanyon (advisor)
1995
Evolutionary history of the Vangidae of Madagascar
Curatorial Affiliate
Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, Cornell University
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Patricia Schwalm
Hewson Swift (advisor)
1981
Ultrastructural correlates to infrared reflectance in New World treefrogs
Karen Sears
John Flynn (advisor)
2003
The integration of developmental genetics, ontogenetic variation and patterns of morphological divergence in Mammalia; Marsupial evolution.
Assistant Professor
Animal Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Charles Shabica
1971
Depositional Environments in the Francis Creek shale and associated strata
President
Charles Shabica & Associates, Inc.
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H. Bradley Shaffer
Stevan Arnold (advisor)
1982
Evolution in a highly paedomorphic lineage: a case study of the Mexican ambystomatid salamanders
Professor of Evolution and Ecology
University of California at Davis
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Janet Sherman
Leigh Van Valen (advisor)
1984
Functional morphology of the forelimb in Nothrotheriine sloths (Mammalia: Edentata)
Associate Professor
Pennsylvania College of Technology
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Kristen Sherrard
Michael LaBarbera (advisor)
2003
A comparative study of early juvenile feeding performance in ascidians
Instructional Technician
Friday Harbor Laboratories
University of Washington
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Brian Sidlauskas
Barry Chernoff (advisor)
2006
Hyperdisparate Headstanders and Static Slime-Suckers: Evolution of Unequal Morphological Diversity in Sister Clades of Characiform Fishes
Assistant Professor of Biology
Oregon State University
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Paul Sniegowski
Brian Charlesworth (advisor)
1993
Transposable elements and polymorphic inversions in Drosophila melanogaster
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
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Gregory Spicer
Brian Charlesworth (advisor)
1990
The Drosophila virilis species group: molecular evolution, phylogeny, morphological evolution, and evolutionary genetics
Professor
Department of Biology
San Francisco State University
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C. Tristan Stayton
Mark Westneat (advisor)
2005
Morphological and Functional Convergence Among Herbivorous Lizards: A Comparative Study
Assistant Professor
Biology Department, Bucknell University,
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Scott Steppan
Bruce Patterson (advisor)
1995
Phylogenetic relationships of the phyllotines (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) and the evolution of phenotypic patterns of covariation in Phyllotis.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Science
Florida State University
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William Stevens
James Hopson (advisor)
1994
Morphometric analysis of skull shape in living and fossil carnivora (Mammalia: Eutheria)
Associate Professor & Chair
Georgetown College
Department of Biological Sciences
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Douglas Stotz
Scott Lanyon (advisor)
1990
Foraging behavior and morphology in the avian genus Myrmotherula
Conservation Ornithologist
Environmental and Conservation Programs
The Field Museum
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Sherman Suter
David Jablonski (advisor)
1994
Phylogenetic analyses of cassiduloid echinoids (Echinodermata: Neognathostomata): morphology, homoplasy, and stratigraphic data
Book Review Editor
Science
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Sharon Swartz
Andrew Biewener (advisor)
1988
The biomechanics and structural design of the forelimb of brachiating primates
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Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Brown University
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K. Rebecca Thomas
Barry Chernoff (advisor)
2003
The evolution of cranial ossification sequences in ostariophysan fishes
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Montgomery College
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Vinton Thompson
Leigh Van Valen (advisor)
1974
Recombination and response to selection for positive phototaxis in Drosophila melanogaster: does sex accelerate evolution?
Provost
Kean University
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Gaylord Throckmorton
James Hopson (advisor)
1974
Oral food processing and digestive efficiency in herbivorous iguanid and agamid lizards
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Dallas
Southwestern Medical School
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David Townsend
Russell Lande (advisor)
1990
The genetic basis of a complex phenotype
Private Pharmacutical Company
Joseph Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Heaney (advisor)
Barry Chernoff (advisor)
1998
Geographic variation in Philippine fruit bats (Mammalia: Pteropodidae) and systematics of the Cynopterine Section
Lecturer
Northwestern University
Biological Sciences
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B. Michael Walton
Martin Feder (advisor)
1988
The adaptive significance of activity metabolism among anuran amphibians
Associate Professor
Cleveland State
Biological, Geological & Environmental Sciences
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Glenda Wardle
Michael Wade (advisor)
1995
An evolutionary and demographic analysis of life history variation in Campanula americana (Campanulaceae)
School of Biological Sciences
University of Sydney
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Richard Wassersug
1973
Internal oral features of anuran larvae and the significance of the tadpole feeding mechanism to anuran evolution
Professor
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Dalhousie University
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Virginia Wesley
John Flynn (advisor)
2003
The evolution of Carnivoramorpha: Phylogenetic and morphological diversification
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Montgomery College
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Robert West
1968
Geology and paleontology of a portion of the Northern Green River Basin, Wyoming
Principal
Informal Learning Experiences, Inc.
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Robert Whitlatch
Ralph Johnson (advisor)
1976
Seasonality, species diversity and patterns of resource utilization in a marine deposit-feeding community
Department of Marine Science
University of Connecticut
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John Wilson
Leigh Van Valen (advisor)
1972
Analytical Zoogeography of North American Mammals
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