Current Lab Group


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 |