PEOPLE

Current Lab Group

James Tumulty

Principal Investigator

More about James’s research interests here.

Alex Chong

William & Mary ’23

Research project: aggressive behavior and social networks in paper wasps.

Julia Drennan

William & Mary ’24

Research project: acoustic communication and species recognition in cricket frogs

Elison Esposo

William & Mary ’25

Research project: acoustic communication and courtship behavior in golden rocket frogs

Mariel Webb

William & Mary ’23

Research project: color and pattern variation in golden rocket frogs

Anna Wilkinson

William & Mary ’24

Research project: color pattern evolution in poison frogs

Past Research Students

Lilly Woodward, Cornell University
Quantifying color pattern variation in Polistes paper wasps
2021-2022
Regan Staudenraus, Cornell University
Ethogram development and individual recognition behavioral experiments in Polistes paper wasps
2020
Sierra Vincent, Cornell University
Quantifying color pattern variation in Polistes paper wasps, ethogram development, and individual recognition behavioral experiments
2019-2021
Chloe Fouilloux, University of Minnesota
The effects of bromeliad water quality on the presence of golden rocket frog tadpoles.
2017-2018
Emily Engelbrecht-Wiggans, University of Minnesota
Characterizing ‘reverse’ sexual dichromatism in golden rocket frogs (Anomaloglossus beebei).
2016-2018
Shannon Pappas, University of Minnesota
Patterns of variation in golden rocket frog (Anomaloglossus beebei) and Kai rocket frog (A. kaiei) advertisement calls
Fall 2015
Krystal Peters, University of Minnesota
Patterns of variation in brilliant-thighed poison frog (Allobates femoralis) calls
Fall 2015
Alexander Kaplan, University of Minnesota
Patterns of variation of wood frog (Rana sylvatica) calls
Fall 2015
Mahendra Doraisami, University of Guyana
Vocal communication and reproductive ecology of two species of Neotropical rocket frogs in Kaieteur National Park, Guyana.
Summer 2014
Michael Anderson, University of Minnesota
Behavioral plasticity and sound pattern recognition in spring peepers, Pseudacris crucifer.
Spring 2014
Calvin Giddings, University of Guyana
Vocal communication and reproductive ecology of two species of Neotropical rocket frogs in Kaieteur National Park, Guyana
Summer 2013
Laura Jackson, East Carolina University
Parentage analysis in the mimic poison frog, Ranitomeya imitator, using microsatellite markers.
2011-2012

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