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Contact Information:Stephen C. Lougheed
Department of Biology, Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Telephone: 613-533-6128
FAX: 613-533-6617
email: steve.lougheed@queensu.ca
Present:
Graduate students
LEONARDO CAMPAGNA (Ph.D. candidate. Principle Supervisor Pablo Tubaro. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernadino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires). Working thesis title: Evolución de una radiación reciente en el género Sporophila (Aves, Passeriformes). See his website | here |
MARKUS DYCK (Ph.D. candidate - co-supervised with W. Nelson. NSERC Scholar) Research focus: foraging ecology and bioenergetics in temporally and spatially heterogeneous landscapes.
SAMANTHA KLAUS (M.Sc. candidate. Ontario Graduate Scholar). Research focus: Correlates and temporal variation in call phenolopgy of eastern Ontario frogs.
KATHRYN STEWART (Ph.D. candidate. NSERC Scholar) Research focus: phylogeography, secondary contact, mate recognition system, premating and postzygotic isolation in Pseudacris crucifer.
AMANDA XUEREB (M.Sc. candidate. NSERC Scholar) Research focus: Landscape and conservation genetics of the eastern hognose snake.
Visiting Scientists
Dr. MARCOS VAIRA (Oct - Dec 2011) Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, Argentina
Research Associates
ZHENGXIN SUN (works with many other EEB faculty and students as well). He mans our EEB Core Lab.
Undergraduate thesis students
JAPTEG SINGH (co-supervised with Bill Nelson)
RACHEL WANG (co-supervised with Bob Montgomerie)
JORDAN QUAN
EMMA BOTHWELL (co-supervised with Paul Martin)
Volunteers for 2011-12
RACHAEL HORNSBY
CATALINA POPA
Postdoctoral Fellows
FRANCES BONIER (at Virginia Tech with Ignacio Moore. 2007-2009). Now an Adjunct Professor in Biology and looking for 537 students - click on her name to visit her web page.
DARIO LIJTMAER (CONICET-funded postdoc at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales with Pablo Tubaro; Lougheed as co-director) on phylogeography of select Argentine bird taxa. Now a CONICET investigator.
PAUL MARTIN (2006-07). Research focus: latitudinal diversity gradients in the Americas. (Co-supervised with P. Boag). Now an Assistant Professor in Biology at Queen's University.
Graduate students
JAMES AUSTIN (Ph.D. 2003). Thesis Title: Multi-scale perspectives on the genetic structure of a widespread amphibian, the North American Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. (Co-supervised with P. Boag). Now an Assistant Professor in Wildlife Ecology & Conservation/Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences at the University of Florida (Gainsville).
AMY CHABOT (Ph.D. 2010) Thesis title: The Impact of Migration on the Evolution and Conservation of an Endemic North American Passerine: Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
EMILY CROTEAU (M.Sc. 2002). Thesis Title: Conservation genetics of northern populations of a declining songbird, the Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri breweri) in a fragmented landscape. (Co-supervised with P. Boag). Now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern Illinois (Carbondale).
ANNE DALZIEL (M.Sc. 2003). Thesis Title: Evolution of aerobic energy metabolism in high performance fish: origins of variation in mitochondrial content. (Co-supervised with C. Moyes). Now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver).
MICHELLE DILEO (M.Sc. candidate. 2010. NSERC Scholar) Thesis title: The influence of landscape on genetic structure of a threatened reptile. The eastern massasauga rattlesnake.
KATHRYN ELMER (Ph.D. 2006). Thesis Title: Genetic diversity across spatial and evolutionary scales in some neotropical amphibians. Now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Konstanz, Germany
BRIAR HOWES (Ph.D. 2006). Thesis Title: Genetic and ecological analysis of a species' range. Now with Parks Canada (Gatineau, Quebec).
GABRIELA IBARGUCHI (Ph.D. candidate - co-supervised with Vicki Friesen). Thesis title: Biogeography and diversification of Andean seedsnipes (Thinocoridae): An Antarctic avian lineage?.
DARIA KOSCINSKI (M.Sc. 2003) Thesis Title: The relative importance of geographic isolation vs. ecological gradients in diversification of an Andean treefrog, Hyla andina. Now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Western Ontario (London, ON).
ALEX LITTLE (M.Sc. 2009 - co-supervised with C. Moyes. NSERC Scholar) Research focus: molecular evolution of cytochrome oxidaxes in sharks and tunas.
LAURA NAGEL (Ph.D. 2006) Thesis Title: Evolutionary divergence in a common ectoparasite of coral reef fishes. (Co-supervised with Bob Montgomerie).
JEFF ROW (Ph.D. candidate. NSERC Scholar) Working thesis title: Testing for the imprint of historical and contemporary processes on genetic and ecological diversity of eastern foxsnakes across multiple spatial scales. See our foxsnake webpage for some info. on Jeff's project.
MARY VALLIANATOS (M.Sc. 1999). Thesis Title: Conservation genetics and population structure of the Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) in Central and Eastern North America. (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
Undergraduate thesis students
DANA DRUMM (B.Sc. Honours - Co-cupervised with Fran Bonier 2010) Research focus: Long-term population trends in tree swallows.
MARI GLYNN-MORRIS (B.Sc. Honours 2010) Research focus: the relationship between parasitism, growth rates and habitat fragmentation in eastern foxsnakes.
JAYDA GUY (B.Sc. Honours 2010) Research focus: microhabitat selection in small temperate snakes of the genus Storeria.
CAMERON HUDSON (B.Sc. Honours 2010) Research focus: male calling behaviour in spring peepers.
GEORGIA LLOYD-SMITH (B.Sc. Honours 2010) Research focus: the relationship between parasitism, growth rates and habitat fragmentation in eastern foxsnakes.
AMANDA XUEREB (B.Sc. Honours 2010) Research focus: the relationship between parasitism, growth rates and habitat fragmentation in eastern foxsnakes.
LILY ZENG (B.Sc. Honours 2010) Research focus: landscape genetics of red-bellied snakes.
ROSLYN HOWELL (B.Sc. Honours 2009) Thesis Title: Microclimatic predictors of frog chorusing in southeastern Ontario.
STEPHANIE JOHNSON (B.Sc. Honours 2009) Thesis Title: Partitioning of acoustic resource space in neotropical anuran communities.
MICHELLE DILEO (B.Sc. Honours 2009) Thesis Title: Comparative landscape genetics of two sympatric snake species.
KRYSTA ANDREWS (B.Sc. Honours 2009. Co-supervised with Paul Martin) Thesis Title: Character displacement in the drumming of sympatric species of Campephilus woodpeckers.
LAURA LOCKHART (B.Sc. Honours 2009. Co-supervised with Fran Bonier) Thesis Title: Body condition matters: The effects of resource availability on resource allocation patterns in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor).
CAM ROBERTSON (B.Sc. Honours 2008) Thesis Title: Sex-Biased Dispersal Patterns of Eastern Foxsnakes (Elaphe gloydi) in Ontario.
ROZ LOUGHEED (B.Sc. Honours 2008) Thesis Title: The relation between variation in phenotypic fitness proxies and putatively neutral DNA microsatellites in eastern foxsnakes (Elaphe gloydi).
LAURA KING (B.Sc. Honours 2008) Thesis Title: Diversification and Phylogeography of a Northwestern Argentine toad, Melanophryniscus rubriventris (Anura: Bufonidae).
KATHERINE McKEREGHAN-DARES (B.Sc. Honours 2008) Thesis Title: Diversification and speciation of crowned-sparrows, genus Zonotrichia, in the New World.
CHRIS MORROW (B.Sc. Honours 2008) with Dr. Heather Stuart (Community Health & Epidemiology) Thesis Title: Determinants of Underservicing in Southeastern Ontario's Community Mental Health System.
KATIE GEALE (B.Sc. Honours 2007) Thesis Title: Molecular phylogeny of sierra-finches (Phrygilus): Diversification among plumage groups in the Andes Mountains.
ANITA MELNYK (B.Sc. Honours 2007) Thesis Title: The effect of data partitioning on Bayesian phylogenetic inference of the Lithobates catesbeiana species group.
JULIANA AGOSTINO (B.Sc. Honours 2006) Thesis Title: Effective population size and temporal changes in genetic diversity in the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana.
BETHANY LINDSAY (B.Sc. Honours 2004) Thesis Title: Phylogeography of the five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus.
RAMSEY WRIGHT (B.Sc. Honours 2004) Thesis Title: Phylogeography, life history and the genetic structure of western Amazonian anurans: A preliminary study.
JULIE LEE-YAW (B.Sc. Honours 2003) Thesis Title: Habitat use and genetic population structure at fine geographic scales in a northern population of five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus.
DANIEL LIADSKY (B.Sc. Honours 2003) Thesis Title: Call variation in the Andean treefrog, Hyla andina.
SARAH SHARP (B.Sc. Honours 2003) Thesis Title: Phylogeographic perspectives and hybrid zone dynamics in two species of the Hyla pulchella Group.
TANYA DA SYLVA (B.Sc. Honours 2002) Queen's Thesis Title: High-resolution DNA markers for the study of microgeographic genetic variation in Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper).
LIEM VIEN (B.Sc. Honours 2002) Queen's Thesis Title: Conservation genetics of the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike. A microsatellite study.
ROB NESS (B.Sc. Honours 2002) Queen's Thesis Title: Evolution of apomictic asexual reproduction in Antennaria parlinii: a phylogenetic investigation. (Co-supervised with C. Eckert)
JENNIFER GIBSON (B.Sc. Honours 2001) Queen's. Thesis Title: The patterns of genetic diversity in the hybridizing toad species Bombina bombina and B. variegata.
CHARLES MACMICHAEL (B.Sc. Honours 2001) Queen's. Thesis Title: Temporal changes in mitochondrial control region of Lanius ludovicianus migrans: conservation perspectives. (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
DARIA KOSCINSKI (B.Sc. Honours 2000) Queen's. Thesis Title: Historical and ecological correlates of diversification in an Amazonian frog. (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
ANNE CURTNER (B.Sc. Honours 1998) Queen's. Thesis Title: Sensitivity analysis for tests of rates of phenotypic change: selection and drift in model systems. (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
LINDSEY NEIDRAUER (B.Sc. Honours 1998) Queen's. Thesis Title: Phylogeography of a North American tree frog, Pseudacris crucifer. (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
C. ABBOTT (B.Sc. Honours 1997) Queen's. Thesis Title: Using microsatellites to determine the population structure of Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala). (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
BEV BATEMAN (B.Sc. Honours 1996) Queen's. Thesis Title: Phylogeny of anemonefishes inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: a perspective on the evolution of host specificity. (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
KYLIE TANNER (B.Sc. Honours 1996) Queen's. Thesis Title: An enigmatic neotropical frog: can 16S rRNA gene sequence data resolve evolutionary affinities? (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
T. SHAW (B.Sc. Honours 1995) Queen's. Thesis Title: MtDNA control region sequence variation in two geographically restricted songbirds: a pilot study. (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
M. WARBECK (B.Sc. Honours 1995) Queen's. Thesis Title: Postglacial history of a South American songbird as inferred by mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data. (Co-supervised with P. Boag)
A. KAZIM (B.Sc. Honours 1992) Brock. Thesis Title: Strategies for conservation of biodiversity: large versus small reserves.
E. OLSEN (B.Sc. Honours 1992) Brock. Thesis Title: Ecological correlates of plumage variation in northwestern Argentine populations of the Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis.
S. YEZERINAC (B.Sc. Honours 1991) Western Ont. Thesis Title: Measurement error and morphometric studies: an assessment of statistical power and the effect of observer experience using avian skeletons. (Co-supervised with P. Handford)
Past Visiting Scientists
I. BISSON (then a Ph.D. student, York University. Supervisor: B. Stutchbury). Thesis Title: Genetic and evolutionary consequences of migration in the Cassin's Kingbird.
OCTAVIO SOTO ROJAS (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo).
SESANGARI GALVAN QUESADA (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo).
LUCIANO CALDERON (Ph.D. candidate. Principla Supervisor Pablo Tubaro. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernadino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires).
JOSE A. DAVILA (from the Instituto de Investigación en. Recursos Cinegéticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain). Click on his name to go to his website.
D. LIJTMAER Now CONICET Investigator at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales.
E. SANCHEZ-BERMEJO IREC
EDAURDO MARTIN (Ph.D. candidate. Principla Supervisor Piter Blendinger. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina).
ROCIO SANCHEZ (Ph.D. candidate. Principla Supervisor Piter Blendinger. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina).
NICOLA BANGER (University of Ottawa. Supervisor. Gabriel Blouin-Demers).
LUCIANO CALDERÓN (Ph.D. canidate. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernadino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires)
Work study students & lab volunteers
JONATHAN DUBOFF
JUDY KIM
VENETIA MAH
NATALIE MORRILL
LIEM VIEN
SHERILEE HARPER
AARANI SIVASEKARUM
SURBHI JAIN
JENNA SIU
KAYLA FLAMENBAUM
CALLY TOONG
Research Associatess (from St. Lawrence College)
BRAD ACKER
ANNE CURTIS
JASON KENNEDY
NATALIE ROY
NADINE SHARPE