Evolutionary Functional Morphology Lab
Principal Investigator
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Philip J. Bergmann
Professor of Biology
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Current Students
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| Achyuthan Srikanthan
PhD Student
January 2021 - Present
Achyuthan is interested in the evolution and diversity of skin microstructures of squamate reptiles, and is particularly interested in snakes and skinks.
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| Max Olson
PhD Student
August 2021 - Present
Max is interested in the evolutionary functional morphology of amphisbaenian burrowing.
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| Julia Beebe
MS Student
February 2021 - Present
Julia is a Masters student interested in how animals cope with substrate transitions during locomotion.
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| Emma McLellan
August 2021 - Present
Emma is an undergraduate student studying how lizards swim.
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| Max Leslie
January 2022 - Present
Max is an undergraduate student studying the vertebral allometry of giant salamanders.
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| Brennan Hare
May 2022 - Present
Brennan is an undergraduate student studying local frog health along ubanization gradients.
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| Ella Incantaloupo
January 2023 - Present
Ella an undergraduate student studying how skinks navigate cluttered habitats.
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| Owen Nasi
January 2023 - Present
Owen is an undergraduate student studying how red-backed salamanders escape predators.
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| Alyssa Hopper
August 2023 - Present
Owen is an undergraduate student studying vertebral allometry in salamanders.
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Graduate Student Alumni
Amy Cheu, PhD: 8/2015 to 5/2022 - Dissertation "Performance and kinematic variation in multiple modes of lizard locomotion" - Amy's Website |
Izzy Tonelli-Sippel, MS: 9/2018 to 5/2021 - Thesis "How form function relationships affect trait evolution: A simulation study" |
Quincy Milton III, MS: 3/2020 to 6/2021 - Thesis "Locomotor determinants in a pike cichlid-guppy predator-prey interaction" |
Sara Mann, MS: 9/2017 to 5/2020 - Thesis "Convergent evolution of snake-like body shapes in squamates: A comparison of locomotion" |
Samantha Reed, MS: 5/2017 to 6/2020 - Thesis "Mechanisms determining performance of running on water in the quadrupedal lizard, Anolis sagrei" |
Gen Morinaga, PhD: 9/2012 to 12/2018 - Dissertation "The evolutionary functional morphology of snake-like body shapes in squamate reptiles" |
Marian Crockett, MS: 5/2014 to 8/2017 - Thesis "The effect of substrate unevenness and irregularity on locomotor performance and kinematics of curly-tailed lizards" |
Rob Holden, MS: 5/2015 to 7/2017 - Thesis "Performance variation in basilisk lizards (Basiliscus vittatus) during different aquatic modes of locomotion" |
Faye Harwell, MS: 5/2014 to 7/2016 - Thesis "The effects of body temperature and hydration on thermal and moisture preferences, and jumping performance in three species of frog differing in niche use and degree of relatedness" |
Cynthia Alonso, MS: 1/2014 to 7/2015 - Thesis "Standardization of phylogenetically independent contrasts and regression" |
Hannah Diebboll, MS: 6/2013 to 5/2015 - Thesis "Environmental, behavioral, and size effects on the dehydration rates of amphibians" |
Allegra Mitchell, MS: 1/2011 to 5/2014 - Thesis "The effects of body temperature and hydration on environmental temperature and moisture preferences and jumping performance in green frogs (Lithobates clamitans)" |
Natasha Tchamitchian, MA: 3/2011 to 5/2013 - Thesis "The effects of anthropogenic and natural acidification on Amphibians" |
Past Students
Julianne Liebow, BA: 9/2022 to 5/2023 |
Hannah Guss, BA: 1/2020 to 5/2022 |
Mayte Torres Zelaya, BA: 1/2020 to 5/2022 |
Nat Bickford, BA: 2/2021 to 5/2022 |
Biko Gayman, BA: 2/2021 to 5/2021 |
Sarah Charles, BA: 1/2020 to 12/2020 |
Ben McEvoy, BA: 5/2018 to 5/2020 |
Eric Cobert, BA: 5/2019 to 8/2019 |
Lana Le, BA: 1/2017 to 5/2018 |
Erika Schaper, BA: 9/2014 to 5/2018 |
David Berry, BA: 9/2015 to 5/2018 |
Jordan Majka, BA: 1/2016 to 5/2018 |
Kristen Glennie, BA: 1/2017 to 5/2018 |
Muhaj Azeez, BA: 5/2015 to 5/2016 |
Verna Zhao, BA: 5/2015 to 12/2015 |
Kyle Pettinelli, BA: 1/2012 to 12/2015 |
Molly Provost, BA: 5/2013 to 5/2015 |
Sarah Kaufman, BA: 5/2014 to 5/2015 |
Becca Rood-Goldman, BA: 8/2013 to 5/2014 |
Leah Siegel-Reamer, BA: 5/2012 to 5/2014 |
Mandy Gaudreau - PhD Student, 1/2012 to 5/2013 |
Kelsey Giedymin, BA: 9/2011 to 5/2012 |
Meredith Hare-Drubka, BA: 5/2011 to 15/2013 |
David Opp, BA: 1/2011 to 5/2011 |
Simone Palladino, BA: 9/2011 to 5/2012 |
Daniel Rabinowicz, BA: 1/2011 to 8/2012 |
Katelyn Richer, BA: 9/2012 to 5/2013 |
Erika Roth, BA: 5/2012 to 5/2013 |
Sarah Schnur, BA: 5/2012 to 5/2013 |
Allyson Zelck, 1/2011 to 5/2012 |
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Our lab in tempore virus coronae, 2021, Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Achyuthan Srikanthan, Philip Bergmann, Nat Bickford, Izzy Tonelli-Sippel, Mayte Torres Zelaya, Quincy Milton, Amy Cheu, Biko Gayman, Hannah Guss, and Julia Beebe (see below for details) |
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Our lab in 2019: (L to R) Philip Bergmann, Amy Cheu, Lana Le, Ben McEvoy, Samantha Reed, Sara Mann, and Izzy Tonelli-Sippel. |
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Our lab in 2015: (L to R) Philip Bergmann, Gen Morinaga, Faye Harwell, Verna Zhao, Erika Schaper, Marian Crockett, Muhaj Azeez, and Rob Holden. |
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