

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