New lab equipment

New lab equipment

Despite a very busy semester teaching, I was able to get my hands on some new (to me) lab equipment! These old magnifying right light stands would be great for lighting while we image toe pads, except for the magnification part and the clunky and warn out springs...
MUW Faculty Talks

MUW Faculty Talks

This semester I had the great opportunities to present my research as part of the MUW Provost’s Faculty Symposium where I talked about my summer research in Hawaii looking at introduced lizard species. I was also invited to speak as part of the MUW Gordy Honors...
Lizards in the lab

Lizards in the lab

This semester we have added some lizards to the lab! We’ll be using these animals mainly as ambassadors during our school science nights or public events. Although we may take some measurements from them along the way. We have two introduced Mediterranean house...
SICB 2019

SICB 2019

I had a great time this year at SICB in Tampa. The gecko symposium was really amazing. It was inspiring and anxiety-induing to see all the awesome work that the rest of the gecko community is doing. I received a lot of great interest and feedback on my poster! Which...
MUW Research Funds for 2019

MUW Research Funds for 2019

I’m excited to let everyone know that we have been awarded funds from the MUW Faculty Research Committee and the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium to support three undergraduate researchers next semester (Arpana Upadhyay, Bailey Howell, and Elizabeth Fain) as...
Biomechanics Bibliography

Biomechanics Bibliography

For anyone looking to put together a biomechanics course or just interested in an introduction to comparative or evolutionary biomechanics, check out my peer-reviewed bibliography on Evolutionary Biomechanics now available on the Oxford Bibliography website (DOI:...