Dr. Kristin Duffield
Kristin recently defended her dissertation on terminal investment in crickets. She began an NSF-supported postdoctoral appointment in our research group in January 2019. Kristin is co-advised by Ben Sadd.
Kylie Hampton
Kylie is a Masters student examining the influence of nuptial feeding on female immunes responses in crickets. Kylie is co-advised by Ben Sadd.
Ian Rines
Ian is a new PhD student who will be using genetic knockdowns to assess the effect of male-derived accessory gland proteins contained in male nuptial gifts on female reproductive physiology and behavior.
Rachael DiSciullo
Rachael is a PhD student exploring the role of sexual selection in the evolution of song structure in house wrens.
Kara Hodges
Kara is a Masters student who is investigating whether egg pigmentation reflects oxidative balance in female house wrens, and whether this, in turn, influences male provisioning behavior.
Madi Rittinger
Madi is a new Masters student who is planning on
pursuing a project on sex-specific effects of hatching
order and synchrony on nestling baseline corticosterone in house wrens.