by hageyt | Jun 2, 2019 | Outreach, Research
The two Hemidactylus turcicus in the lab got a refreshed enclosure today. After a quick visit to a local plant nursery, $30 worth of broken slate pieces, and a couple tubes of JB weld epoxy, they now have their very own rocket outcrop. It should give them lots of warm...
by hageyt | Jun 2, 2019 | Research
I am excited to share (albeit a little late) that MUW undergrad Bailey Howell was awarded a travel grant through the Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution award program to present her research working with Dr. Kristin Winchell looking at urban and forest anole toe pads...
by hageyt | Jun 1, 2019 | Education, Research
In addition to wrapping up may first year as a new faculty, I also celebrated a couple of awards! Both of these awards I was nominated for, either by my department chair or by students. I received a MUW Alumni Association New Faculty Award, which recognizes the hard...
by hageyt | Jun 1, 2019 | Education, Research
This spring I had a great time presenting research and education material at a handful of venues. I presented some of my summer research investigating Hawaiian lizards as part of the MUW Science and Mathematics seminar (SM100) How Lizards Use Their Habitat: Rough vs...
by hageyt | May 29, 2019 | Research
One of the most fun parts of doing biology research, in my opinion, is designing equipment to take the kinds of measurements and gather the kind of data that you need. I designed a couple pieces of lab and field equipment in grad school and have continued using those...
by hageyt | Apr 26, 2019 | Outreach, Research
On April 10th, I had the pleasure of guest posting on the #herpetALLogy twitter account. I wanted to share the awesome diversity seen across gecko toe pads! Please welcome @TravisHagey for today's #herpetALLogy takover. (We hear there will be geckos!!) Travis...
