Museum and Sequencing core visits

Museum and Sequencing core visits

by | Dec 11, 2023 | Research

Last week Dr. Burnes and I had the chance to visit Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Our visit was part of a project looking at biogeography of Sceloporus lizards, in connection with Dr. Burnes’...
BSB 360 Biomechanics poster session

BSB 360 Biomechanics poster session

by | Nov 15, 2023 | Education

Today students in my Comparative Biomechanics course presented posters summarizing published studies they researched related to biomechanics concepts we covered in class. Our audience were students in our SM100 seminar course. All the students did great presenting...
MUW Excellence in Research Award

MUW Excellence in Research Award

by | Nov 6, 2023 | Research

I’m very excited to share that this week I was awarded MUW’s first Excellence in Research Award for my research efforts at the W. I want to thank my chair for nominating me! I’m very proud of all the work I’ve done over the last few...
Mauritius Field Research

Mauritius Field Research

by | Sep 6, 2023 | Research

This summer I was lucky enough to plan a field research trip to the island of Mauritius in the Indian ocean. This trip was funded by the British Ecological Society, the MUW department of Science and Mathematics, Mississippi Space Grant Consortium, MUW Nancy Yates...
European Natural History Museum Visits

European Natural History Museum Visits

by | Aug 28, 2023 | Research

This summer I had the opportunity to visit three natural history museums in Europe! I visited the Natural History Museum in London, the National Museum of Natural History (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle) in Paris and the Natural History Museum of Marseille...
NASA NIFTY space science course

NASA NIFTY space science course

by | Jul 22, 2023 | Education, Outreach

Last week, we completed our 5-day, summer course for middle school kids at Plymouth Bluff! With our funding from the NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth (NIFTY), program, we were able to make this space science course free for participants! We had a total of 25...
New crested geckos

New crested geckos

by | Apr 30, 2023 | Outreach, Research

This week I received two new members of the lab. Two crested geckos! Graciously donated by Dr. Jeff Jenovets from Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science. They have a bight new enclosure...