PEOPLE
CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS
Graduate Students
GISELE FERREIRA
GRADUATE STUDENT (PhD)
Diversity of amphibians in the Amazon. Including a compilation of the diversity of the group in Pará, and an evolutionaty study (morphology and genetics) of Map Tree Frogs (Boana semilineata).
LEO LANNA
GRADUATE STUDENT (PhD)
Former MSc. Student (2020-2022)
Diversity and conservation of Praying Mantises in Tropical rainforests.
Leo is the founder of Projeto Mantis (conservation photography project), a National Geographic Explorer, and a TED speaker.
ADDIE THIESSEN
GRADUATE STUDENT (MSc)
Osteology and MicroCT analysis of Anurans, skeletal adaptions and morphological variation in amphibians.
Undergraduate Students
André Giraldi
Diversity of salamanders in the California Floristic Province
Cort Gosli
Genetic and morphological diversity in salamanders in the Pacific Northwest
Jason Castro
MicroCT analysis of skeletal features in Map Tree Frogs
Sydney Moran
Evolution of eye shape in aquatic and terrestrial salamanders
JOIN THE TEAM
I am always considering curious and motivated students for work on evolutionary biology and conservation of amphibians (and some other organisms). Our team works on a variety of projects and I am always open to discuss new ideas for interesting projects that may fit your interests.
If you think you’d like to work with us, please send me an introductory email that includes some project ideas or interests and your CV. Then we can discuss options to come and work in the lab.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
I can take Master's students through Cal Poly Humboldt (California, U.S.) but spots are limited (usually only one new student per recruiting cycle). If you are interested in joining the team, please send me a message in advance so we can discuss availability and
Occasionally, I am able to host PhD students through Universidade Federal do Pará (Brazil).
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Our team includes many undergraduate students with different interests.Whether I accept new students in the lab will depend on space availability. Students interested in enrolling for research credits (BIOL 499) MUST contact me within the first two weeks of classes.
We also have limited of opportunities for volunteering at Cal Poly Humboldt Vertebrate Museum (see here). Many of the students working on independent research projects in the lab were initially volunteers at the Museum.
ALUMNI (Grad Students)
CRISTIAN MORALES, MSc.
MSc. Student (2015-2017)
Squamate reptiles diversity and evolution. Combined morphology and genetic data to study alopoglossid lizards.
JORDADA GUIMARÃES
MSc. Student (2019-2021)
JULIANA DAMASCENO
MSc. Student (2019-2021)
Phylogeography and taxonomy of Amazonian birds.
HENRIQUE MAIA
MSc. Student (2019-2021)
PAMELA SANCHEZ
MSc. Student (2019-2021)
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GERARDO GUTIÉRREZ
MSc. Student (2020-2022)
Systematics of Amazonian and Andean lizards using a combination of morphology, genetics and statistical analyses.
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GABRIEL NOVAES
PhD student, - co-advisor
Diversity and evolution of microhylid frogs.
CAMILA MOSER
PhD student (2021-2025)
Patterns of environmental pollution and its effects in pathogens and bacterial microbiome of amphibian skins.