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Lab Alumni

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Hyena women united! Left to right: Stephanie Dloniak, Micaela Szykman, Heather Watts and Erin Boydston at the Wildlife Society meeting in Monterey, CA, September 2009.
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Former Graduate Students

Dr. Sarah R. Benson-Amram (PhD 2011)
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Zoology
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Erin Boydston (PhD 2001)
eboydston [at] usgs.gov
tel. 714-508-4704 / fax. 714-508-4701
Research Ecologist
USGS Western Ecological Research Center
320 Commerce, Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92602
USA

Dr. Katy Califf (PhD 2013)
Post-doctoral Fellow
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Leslie J. Curren (PhD 2012)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of New Hampshire
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Stephanie M. Dloniak (PhD 2004)
Freelance science writer
PO Box 86
Karen 00502
Nairobi KENYA
Mobile phone: +254 720 463 874
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Anne Engh (PhD 2002)
Department of Biology
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, MI
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Andrew S. Flies (PhD 2012)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
The University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Email: [email protected]

Dr. David S. Green (PhD 2015)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institute for Natural Resources
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Email: [email protected]

Timothy M. Ikime (MSc 2015)
Research Ecologist
Kenya Wildlife Service
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Joseph M. Kolowski (PhD 2007)
Conservation Biologist
National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution
Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Suite 3123, Washington DC 20560
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 202.633.4787
Fax: 202.786.2557
www.si.edu/simab

Dr. Nora Lewin (PhD 2017)
Data Architect
Northwestern University

Dr. Suzanne LaCroix (PhD 2011)
Ethologist & Applied Animal Behaviorist
AnimaLINK, LLC
Emails: [email protected]
Ph: 248.770.5500 (w)

Dr. Teresa McElhinny (MSc 1996)
Visiting Assistant Professo
Department of Zoology
Michigan State University
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Eva Maria Muecke (PhD 2005)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Lewis & Clark College
0615 Palatine Hill Road
Portland, OR, 97219

Dr. Scott Nunes (PhD 1997)
Professor & Chair
Department of Biology
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117
Email: [email protected]
phone: (415) 422-5645 fax: (415) 422-6363

Dr. Wiline Pangle (PhD 2008) Visiting Scholar
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Central Michigan University

Dr. Jennifer E. Smith (PhD 2010)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Mills College
Oakland, CA
Email: [email protected]

Dr Eli. M. Swanson (PhD 2013)
NSF post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Ecology & Evolution
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis/St-Paul, MN
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Micaela Szykman Gunther (PhD 2001)
ms147 [at] humboldt.edu
Professor & Chair
Department of Wildlife
Humboldt State University

1 Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521
Ph: 707-826-3520
Fax: 707-826-4060

Dr. Jaime B. Tanner (PhD 2007)
Department of Biology
Marlboro College
Marlboro, VT
email: [email protected]
Ph: 8
02-258-9309


Dr. Kevin R. Theis (PhD 2008)
Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology
Wayne State University
540 East Canfield
Room 7130 Scott Hall
Detroit, MI
Emails: [email protected]
http://www.msu.edu/user/theiskev

Dr. Julie Turner (PhD 2018)
Wildlife Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory
Memorial University
Personal website: https://www.julwturner.com/

Dr. Russell C. Van Horn (PhD 2004)
Senior Research Biologist
Applied Animal Ecology
San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
San Diego, CA.
http://cres.sandiegozoo.org/staff/div_applied_cons.html

Dr. Page E. Van Meter
Anxiety Disorders Clinic,
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University
New York, NY

Dr. Sofia Wahaj (PhD 2004)
[email protected]
Currently raising children in Seattle, WA

Dr. Heather Watts (PhD 2007)
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Kate C. S. Yoshida (PhD 2011)
Curator of Biology
Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Email: [email protected]


Former Post-docs

Dr. Susan Cooper
Assistant Professor
Texas Agricultural Experimental Station
1619 Garner Field Road
Uvalde, TX 78801

Dr. Carmen Salsbury
Professor & Chair
Department of Biology
Butler University
4600 Sunset Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46208

Images of lab alumni

Current Graduate Students
Lab Alumni
  • Connie Rojas, PhD 2021
  • Kenna Lehmann, PhD 2020
  • Tracy M. Montgomery, PhD 2020
  • Lily Johnson-Ulrich, PhD 2020
  • Sarah C. Jones, PhD 2019
  • Zach Laubach, PhD 2019
  • Eli D. Strauss, PhD 2019
  • Dr. Agathe Laurence, Visiting Researcher
  • Julie W. Turner, PhD 2018
  • Julia R. Greenberg, PhD 2017
  • Nora Lewin, PhD 2017
  • Timothy M. Ikime. MSc 2015
  • David S. Green, PhD 2015
  • Katy J. Califf, PhD 2013
  • Eli M. Swanson, PhD 2013
  • Andy S. Flies, PhD 2012
  • Leslie J. Curren, PhD 2012
  • Kathryn C. S. Yoshida, PhD 2012
  • Sarah R. Benson-Amram PhD 2011
  • Suzanne La Croix PhD 2011
  • Jennifer E. Smith, PhD 2010
  • Page Van Meter, PhD 2009
  • Wiline Pangle, PhD 2008
  • Kevin R. Theis, PhD 2008
  • Joseph M. Kolowski, PhD 2007
  • Jaime B. Tanner, PhD 2007
  • Heather E. Watts. PhD 2007
  • Eva Maria Muecke, PhD 2005
  • Stephanie M. Dloniak, PhD 2004
  • Sofia A. Wahaj, PhD 2004
  • Russell C. Van Horn, PhD 2003
  • Anne L. Engh, PhD 2002
  • Keron M. Greene, MS 2002
  • Erin E. Boydston, PhD 2001
  • Micaela Szykman Gunther, PhD 2001
  • Scott Nunes, PhD 1997
  • Teresa L. McElhinny, MS 1996
  • Aaron Wagner (Post Doc)
Lab Staff
A note to prospective graduate students
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Russ with UA
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Left to right: Terri, Heather & Jaime
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Kevin in the field
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Joe with sleeping cub
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    • Spotted Hyena >
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      • Demography
      • Interspecific Competition and Anti-Predator Behavior
      • Socioendocrinology
      • Project Database
    • Arvicanthis niloticus
    • Belding's Ground Squirrel
    • Benefits of our Research
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    • Kay Holekamp >
      • CV
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