MUW Kossen Faculty Excellence Award

MUW Kossen Faculty Excellence Award

At this spring 2026 graduation ceremony, I was surprised to receive this year’s Kossen Faculty Excellence Award! According to MUW’s announcement Dr. Travis Hagey, associate professor of biology, was announced as the Kossen Faculty Excellence Award...
SICB 2026

SICB 2026

This was an exciting year for the SICB conference. I brought three MUW undergraduates to Portland, OR. One student, Maddie Guerin, presented a poster on a long term project in my lab, looking at ontogenetic changes in toe pad morphology and performance in crested...
LSU Shreveport visit

LSU Shreveport visit

In October, I brought two students, Maddie Guerin and Kane Petty, to visit Dr. Stu Nielsen’s gecko lab at LSU Shreveport. We got to check out his live animal breeding facility, and measure a handful of live geckos.     and help preserve specimens!     ...
JMIH 2025

JMIH 2025

I was very excited to attend and present at this year’s Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in St. Paul, Minnesota. I was invited to give a presentation as part of the “Science in 3D” symposium. I talked about my trials and...
Paris Natural History Museum visit 2025

Paris Natural History Museum visit 2025

This summer I visited the Paris Natural History Museum to continue broadening my lizard morphology dataset. Thank you very much to the curators and staff for their assistance! I was also lucky enough to check out the public exhibit!...