Recent Collaborators

Sam Beshers, Univ. of Illinois- Haploid susceptibility and the evolution of sociality

Susan Bulova- Simulation model of worker communication

Sarah Farris- Paper wasp neurobiology

Robin Foster, Univ. of Puget Sound- Bumble bee behavior

Jim Hunt, North Carolina State Univ.- Social wasp behavior

Dan Janzen, Univ. of Pennsylvania- Paper wasp biodiversity

Robert Jeanne, Univ. of Wisconsin- Social wasp behavior, ecology, and evolution

Theresa Jones, Univ. of Texas- Neural plasticity and behavior

Frank Joyce, Monteverde, Costa Rica- Social wasp ecology and evolution

Michael Kaspari, Univ. of Oklahoma- Ant community ecology

John Lattke, Univ. of Central Venezuela- Ant community ecology

Scott Powell, Uberlandia, Brazil- Ant community ecology

Josephine Rodriguez, Univ. of Illinois- Paper wasp biodiversity

Graduate Students

Current PhD student

Thomas Soare (Psychology- Animal Behavior) started Fall 2008 - Decision making by complex social groups

 

Finished degrees:

Adam Smith, PhD (Psychology- Animal Behavior) Summer 2005 - Evolution of social structure in tropical bees

Anjali Kumar, PhD (Psychology- Animal Behavior) Summer 2008 - Behavioral ecology of army ants/Conservation biology

Yamile Molina, PhD (Psychology- Animal Behavior) Summer 2009 - Evolution of caste differences in brain structure in paper wasps

 

PhD committee member:

PM Johnson, PhD student (Zoology) Thomas Knight, PhD student (Neurobiology and Behavior) Carissa Leeson, PhD student (Psychology- Animal Behavior)

Anne Solomon, PhD student (Zoology) Melana Yanos, PhD student (Psychology- Behavioral Neuroscience)

 

Committe service for completed PhD:

Brendan Reeves, PhD 2005 (Psychology- Animal Behavior) Renee Robinette, PhD 1999 (Psychology- Animal Behavior)

Jamie Theobald, PhD 2004 (Neurobiology and Behavior) Brian Walker, PhD 2003 (Zoology) Kathleen Gobush, PhD 2007 (Zoology)

Cheryl Frederick, PhD 2008 (Psychology- Animal Behavior) Deborah Ignatoff, PhD 2008 (Psychology- Animal Behavior)

 

Graduate and Undergraduate Researchers (current in bold type)

Paper wasp biodiversity: Sean Tully (NSF-REU; Psychology honors)

Brain plasticity and evolution: Kayla Helem, Hans Kelstrup, Ben Land (Neurobiology & Behavior Graduate Student rotation), Justin Neste (NSF-REU), Andrea Repetto (NSF-REU and UW Mary Gates Fellow), John Salvo, Bill Wood (Neurobiology & Behavior Graduate Student)

Army ant ecology/behavior: Elise Koncsek

Bumble bee behavior: Amelia Brunskill (Mary Gates Fellow) ,Tina Gray, Mary Kotschwar (Univ. of Puget Sound), Janake Nathan (Univ. of Chicago), Monica Reichardt (Hughes Fellow), Linnaea Renz, Dave Verdirame (Univ. of Puget Sound)

Genetic markers: Olivia Gelow, Tarn Adams, Katie Edwards, Kristin Haff, Alisa Hove (UC Davis), Amy Kasameyer (UC Davis), Meredith Klacking, Ana Kobayashi, Tina Stremick, Yoko Takahashi

Behavioral physiology: Natalie Bostwick, Mark Burns, Jen Gee, Melissa Nakanishi

Caloric restriction: Joel Greenwood

Paper wasp behavioral ecology field research: Sara Ranger (Graduate student), Nick Spang, Doug Wacker

Termite caste development: Dan Markiewicz (Graduate student), Chris Dalinkus