Tollway support has enabled our group to advise and fund Ph.D.
and M.Sc. students through the University of Illinois.
Doctoral Degrees Awarded
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- Kelsey Low (2019) Persistence of ranavirus in an east central Illinois amphibian community – advisor Dr. Christopher A. Phillips
- Ethan Kessler (2020) Assessment of a freshwater turtle reintroduction – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Andrew Jesper (2024) – The Overwintering Ecology of a Cold-adapted and Refugia-dependent Rattlesnake – advisor M.J. Dreslik
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Masters Degrees Awarded
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- Jason Ross (2016) Spatial ecology of the Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone mutica) in the Kaskaskia River of Illinois – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Christina Feng (2018) on Demography of the Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) in Illinois
- Devin Edmonds (2020) Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) demography in northern Illinois – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Shay Callahan (2021)– Phenology and fecundity of state-listed salamander species in Illinois
- Sara Johnson – Population and reproductive ecology of a rare Florida mint – advisor Dr. Brenda Molano-Flores
- Tyler Stewart (2022)– Distribution and detection of Kirtland’s Snake – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Alma Schrage (2023)– Detection and foraging needs of declining bumble bee species – advisors M.J. Dreslik and J.L. Robinson
- Grace Wu (2023) – The effects of tallgrass prairie restoration on snake communities in northern Illinois – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Emily Sunnucks (2023) – eDNA Detection and Overwintering Habitat Modeling for the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake in a Southwestern Mesic Prairie.– advisor M.J. Dreslik
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Current Ph.D. candidates
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- Devin Edmonds – Conservation of Madagascan frogs – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Zander Perelman – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Anastasia Rahlin – Conservation of wetland and riparian migratory birds
- Daniel Swanson – Evolution and systematics of annulate New World Harpactorinae – advisor Dr. Sam Heads
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Current MS candidates
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- Rose Arnold – Species detection model for Blanding’s Turtles – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Chitra Baysal – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Andrea Colton – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Matt Parry – Western Pond Turtles – advisor M.J. Dreslik
- Blaine Hiner – Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes
- Brock Lorenzen – Pond breeding salamanders
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