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James Cook University

I am a PhD candidate in the College of Science and Engineering at James Cook University. I am currently studying how populations respond to and recover from outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases. However, I have very broad interests within ecology, and I have also done research on community ecology, population ecology, animal behavior, and natural history.

Experience

  • 2015–2017
    PhD Candidate, James Cook Univeristy
  • 2014–2015
    Adjunct Professor, Ozarks Technical Community College

Education

  • 2014 
    Missouri State University, MSc

Publications

  • 2017
    Effects of emerging infectious diseases on host population genetics: a review, Conservation Genetics
  • 2016
    Chorusing patterns of a diverse anuran community, with an emphasis on southern crawfish frogs (Lithobates areolatus areolatus), Journal of North American Herpetology
  • 2016
    A novel method of collecting spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata), Herpetological Review
  • 2015
    Notes on the diets of seven sympatric snakes in the genera Agkistrodon, Nerodia, Sistrurus, and Thamnophis, Herpetology Notes
  • 2015
    A comparison of the flight initiation distances of male and female bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) and green frogs (Lithobates clamitans), Herpetological Conservation and Biology
  • 2015
    The spring-summer nesting and activity patterns of the western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria), Copeia
  • 2015
    Taxonomic biases of seven methods used to survey a diverse herpetofaunal community, Herpetological Conservation and Biology
  • 2015
    The omnivorous diet of the western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria), Copeia
  • 2013
    An effective method for increasing the catch rate of pitfall traps, Southwestern Naturalist
  • 2012
    Western chicken turtles (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) at Boehler Seeps and Sandhills Preserve, Oklahoma, Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science
  • 2011
    Observed plant preferences of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in a Maryland forest, Herpetology Notes

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
  • Australian Society of Herpetologists
  • Turtle Survival Alliance