REU Participants

Summer 2009


Valerie A. Derouen
Lousiana State University, Lousiana

Sex, Drugs, and Centruroides: Courtship, Mating and Venom Use in Bark Scorpions

MENTOR: Dr. Matthew P. Rowe

Sisi Gao
The College of New Jersey, New Jersey

Influence of Melatonin on the Metabolic Rate of the Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

MENTOR: Dr. William I. Lutterschmidt

Kaitlin N. Judy
University of California - Los Angeles, California

The Relationship between Rate of Provisioning and Intensity of Nest Defense in Carolina Wrens

MENTOR: Dr. Diane L.H. Neudorf

Travis Kocurek
Sam Houston State University, Texas

Preliminary Analysis of Critical Current Speed Between Two Gambusia Congeners at Balmorhea State Park, Texas

MENTOR: Dr. Chad W. Hargrave

Ivy McClellan
University of Mary Hardin - Baylor, Texas

Population and Community Ecology of Fishes in San Solomon Cienega and Refuge Canal at Balmorhea State Park, Texas

MENTOR: Drs. P. Raelynn Deaton and Chad W. Hargrave

Sarah Sendelbach
Sam Houston State University, Texas

Is male gonopodial length a tradeoff for female mate choice and predation in the live-bearing fishes Gambusia affinis?

MENTOR: Dr. P. Raelynn Deaton

Carly Tribull
University of California - Berkeley, California

A New Species of Halictophagus

MENTOR: Dr. Jerry L. Cook