Lab Alumni

Arianna continues to work with us on questions about the historical demography of amphibians in western North America and on conservation genomics of the long-toed salamander.

Currently: Currator of Herpetology at the Virginia Museum of Natural History.

Thesis: Effects of the Kenow wildfire on grizzly and black bear activity in Waterton Lakes National Park

Currently: Consultant I Scientist, Environmental Resources Management

Thesis: Effects of the Kenow wildfire on amphibian populations in Waterton Lakes National Park

Currently: Terrestrial Ecologist (Junior Consultant), Environmental Resources Management

Thesis: Characterization of amphibian microhabitats in Waterton Lakes National Park prior to the Kenow Wildfire

Currently: MSc student in Dr. Laura Chasmer's Lab at the University of Lethbridge

Daemon joined us as a first-year undergraduate student and helped with DNA extractions and tissue management in the lab.

Dustin spent a summer with us surveying southwestern Alberta for long-toed salamanders (and other herps) as part of our efforts to validate species' distribution models.

Elijus used geometric morphometrics to examine differences in head shape within and amoung salamander populations.

​Jenna developed protocols to score salamander colour pattern variation.

Thesis: The use of species distribution models to inform amphibian conservation in western Canada.

Currently: (awesome job coming soon!)

​Shay joined us from the University of Victoria as a co-op student and helped us survey western toads in Alberta!

Brianna helped us collect data on dorsal colour pattern variation across the range of long-toed salamanders.