Principle Investigator Associate Professor Department of Biology, University of South Dakota 605-658-6711

Andrea Liebl

Graduate Students

Susan Anderson

PhD Student

Jillian Murphy

MS Student

The effect of developmental environment on epigenetic signals in the cooperatively breeding chestnut-crowned babbler.

Evaporative water loss throughout development of local songbirds.

Anna Hoffman

AMS Student

Maurina Street

AMS Student

The anthropomorphic impacts of stress in puma scat.

Epigenetic aging in birds.

Undergraduate Students

Elise Aeilts

Undergraduate Student

Anthropomorphic effects on nestling stress signals.

Alumni

Raeann Mettler, Postdoctoral Researcher: SNP differentiation in chestnut crowned babblers and RNA-seq in axolotl.

Allison Peplowski, Accelerated MS Student: The effects of sleep symptomology post-concussion on return to sport in collegiate athletes

Luke Smith, Scholarship Pathway Medical Student: How does gene expression vary with performance across Anolis lizards?

Rylie Stonecipher, Accelerated MS Student: The relationship between methylation and gene expression of DNMTs

Gabby Beberg, Honors Student: How do telomere dynamics change throughout development in chestnut-crowned babblers?

Katie Brust, Honors Student: How does group sex ratio influence helping behavior in male helpers?

Jena Dreyer, Honors Student: The effect of maternal diet and weight on the establishment of infant gut microbiota through breast feeding
Kelly Howell, Honors Student: Does the number of helpers influence nestling sex ratio in a cooperatively breeding species?

Erena Jain, Honors Student: Methylation aging in a cooperatively breeding species

Carson Langston, Honors Student: Effect of abiotic factors on telomere shortening between years

Kristie Schmidt, Honors Student: How does music influence behavior in betta fish?

Makayla Veld, Honors Student: The effect of developmental environment on nestling mortality in chestnut-crowned babblers

Michaela Ahrenholtz, Undergraduate Student

Shelby Bork, Undergraduate Student

Makayla Busskohl, Undergraduate Student

Kylie Doering, Undergraduate Student

Emma Duprey, Undergraduate Student

Grace Johnson, Undergraduate Student

Kari Labenz, Undergraduate Student

Manoela Mattos, Undergraduate Student

AJ Steen, Undergraduate Student

Carter Yungwirth, Undergraduate Student