PRESENT STUDENTS

Idelle Cooper

B.A., Biology, 2001, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

Current position, PhD student, Indiana University.
Dissertation title: Sexual selection and the maintenance of a female-limited polymorphism in damselflies.

Sarah Schaack

B.A., Biology, 1996, Earlham College
M.S., Zoology, 2001, University of Florida

Current position, PhD student, Indiana University.
Dissertation title: Transposable Element Proliferation in Sexual and Asexual Daphnia
Co-advised by Mike Lynch

Britt Koskella

B.A., Biology, 2002, University of Virginia.

Current position, PhD student, Indiana University.
Dissertation research: Host-parasite coevolution dynamics in asexual and sexual populations.

PAST STUDENTS

R. Stephen Howard

B.S., Biology, 1985, Eastern Kentucky University
M.S., Biology, 1987, Eastern Kentucky University
Ph.D. Biology, 1994, Indiana University

Dissertation title: Theoretical investigations into the roles of host-parasite coevolution and selection against harmful recurrent mutations in the maintenance of sexual reproduction.

Present position: Professor of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University

Amy Krist

B.A., Biology and History, 1991, State University of New York, College at Potsdam
Ph.D., Biology, 1998, Indiana University.

Dissertation title: The effects of parasites and predators on the life-history and morphology of freshwater snails.

Present position: Visiting professor, University of Wyoming

Andy Peters

B.A., Biology, 1991, College of Wooster;
Ph.D., Biology, 1998, Indiana University

Dissertation title: Mutation accumulation, parasitism, and the maintenance of sexual reproduction

Present position: Assistant professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Ed Levri

B.A., Biology, 1991, Hiram College
Ph. D. Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 1997, Indiana University

Dissertation title: The effects of parasitism and predation on the foraging behavior of a freshwater New Zealand snail

Present position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State-Altoona, Altoona, PA

Amy Wethington

B.S., Biochemistry, 1987, Clemson University.
B.S., Biology, 1990, College of Charleston, cum laude.
M.S., Marine Biology, 1992, University of Charleston, South Carolina
Thesis title: Sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, the freshwater snail, Physa.
M.A., Biology, 1997, Indiana University,
Thesis title: Distributional differences in the freshwater snails Physa gyrina and Physa heterostropha.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, 2004, University of Alabama,
Dissertation title: Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of reproductive isolation
in Physa (Pulmonata: Physidae).

Present position: Assistant Professor, Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC

Neil Kenny

B.S., 1992, Zoology, Washington State University
M.A., 1995, Indiana University

Thesis title: A test of the general-purpose genotype hypothesis in sexual and asexual Erigeron species

Present: High school teacher

Jennifer Ann Fox

B.A., Biology, 1992, Carleton College
M.A., Biology, 1995, Indiana University
PhD., Cornell University.

MS Thesis title: Genetic structure of a mixed population of freshwater snails

Present position: Assistant Professor, Drew University, Madison, NJ

W. Anthony Frankino

B.S., 1990, Biology; Teacher Education Sequence, Illinois State University
M.S., Biology, 1993, Illinois State University.
Thesis title: Geographic Variation in the Reproductive Tactics of the Eastern Treehole Mosquito, Aedes triseriatus. Advisor: Steven Juliano.

Ph.D., Evolution, Ecology and Behavior, 2002, Indiana University

Dissertation title: The Developmental Basis of Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity.

Present position: Asst. Professor, University of Houston

Gabriel Harp

B.A., 2000, Biology, Minor in Studio Art, Indiana University
M.A., 2003, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Indiana University

Thesis title: Sex-biased trematode infection prevalence is unaffected by sexual activity in its snail host.

Present Position: MFA candidate, University of Michigan School of Art and Design


Maurine Neiman

B.A., Biology, 1999, Carleton College
PhD, 2004, Indiana University.
Dissertation title: The maintenance of sex through pluralistic and phylogenetic constraint-based methods

Present position, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa

Erik Osnas

B.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, 1995, University of California, Davis
M.S., Zoology, 1998, University of Western Ontario
MS thesis title: Temporal and Spatial Structure of Waterfowl Communities.
PhD, 2005 Indiana University
Dissertation title: Evolutionary Ecology of Host Defense in a Snail-Trematode Interaction.

Present position, Post-doc, Univerity of Wisconsin, Madison

Michelle Tseng

B.Sc., Ecology, 1998, University of Toronto
M.Sc., Ecology, 2000, University of Toronto

PhD, 2005, Indiana University
Dissertation title: Virulence Ecology and Evolution in a Mosquito and its Protozoan Parasite

Present position, Post-doc, University of British Colombia

PRESENT POST-DOCS

Farrah Bashey-Visser

B.A., Biology, 1991, University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1992, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2002, University of California, Riverside

Present position: post-doctoral associate, Indiana University

Present research area: Experimental Evolution of Virulence

PAST POST-DOCS

Mark Dybdahl

B.S. Environmental Studies, 1978. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
B.S. Botany, 1978. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
M.A. Zoology, 1985. University of California, Davis, California.
Ph.D. Zoology, December 1989. University of California, Davis, California.

1990-1991 Postdoctoral Fellow, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington
1991-1993 Assistant Professor (Part-time), Indiana University, Department of Biology
1993-1998 Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Biology, Indiana University

Present position: Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University

Steve Johnson

B.A., Biology, 1982, Knox College
M.A., Biology (Honors), 1986, University of Kansas
Ph.D., Biology (Honors), 1991, University of Kansas

Postdoctoral Associate at Indiana University, 1992-1994

Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Univ. New Orleans.


Jukka Jokela

M.Sc., 1989, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Ph.D., 1993, Laboratory of Ecological Zoology, University of Turku

Post-doctoral fellow at Indiana University, 1994-1995

Present position: Professor, ETH Zurich

C. M. Lively, Dept. of Biology, Indiana University
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