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Organismal and Environmental Biology at CNU

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Current and past members of our lab

Matthew S. Lattanzio, P.I.

Associate Professor in Organismal and Environmental Biology
matthew[dot]lattanzio[at]cnu[dot]edu
Office: Forbes Hall, Room 1004
Ph. 757-594-7044

CNU Website
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Curriculum Vitae

  Graduate Students  
Andreanna Schultz

Thesis title: Beyond Thermoregulation in Lizards: UV Regulation Along an Ecological Gradient

UV Regulation, Climate change, Evolutionary Physiology, Herpetology
andreanna[dot]schultz[dot]22[at]cnu[dot]edu

 

 

 


Graduate student
Ke'alani Sison

Thesis title: Does Urbanization Alter the Escape Behavior and Ecomorphology of Ornate Tree Lizards (Urosaurus ornatus) in Tucson, Arizona?

Conservation, Bhysiology, Behavior
kealani[dot]sison[dot]18[at]cnu[dot]edu


  Undergraduate Researchers  

Marcus Williams

Ecology, Physiology, Behavior
marcus[dot]williams[dot]22[at]cnu[dot]edu



 




 
  Lab Alumni  
Researcher studying salamanders Marlena Hamilton (M.S., Fall 2023)

Climate change, Physiology, Behavior
abigail[dot]reed[dot]16[at]cnu[dot]edu

 
  Abigail Reed (M.S., Spring 2022)

Abigail is a coauthor on a manuscript from an independent study in our research lab!
abigail[dot]reed[dot]16[at]cnu[dot]edu

 

Madison McCann (M.S., Fall 2018)

Madison is currently working in environmental conservation in North Carolina. She is a coauthor on Maleah's project on spatial variation in ecomorphology in sage-brush lizards.
madison[dot]mccann[dot]13[at]cnu[dot]edu



William Ternes (M.S., Spring 2018)

Will is currently a Keeper and Conservation Biologist at the Chattanooga Zoo. Will is a coauthor on Julie's project on natural selection that is now published in Evolution.
william[dot]ternes[dot]14[at]cnu[dot]edu

 

Zachary Martin (M.S., August 2017)

Zach is currently teaching at his high school alma mater in Charlottesville, VA and coaching lacrosse. Zach published his collaboration with Kylie and I in 2018.
zachary[dot]martin[dot]11[at]cnu[dot]edu

 
     
  Dane Conley

Dane recently completed a project exploring how variation in ultraviolet (UV) light influenes thermoregulation behavior in lizards! He also conducted field study on the spatial ecology of western fence lizards, prior to beginning his graduate work at Virginia Tech in fall 2021!    
dane[dot]conley[dot]18[at]cnu[dot]edu

 

Jenell Glover

Jenell completed a project exploring how male color variation influences female mate choice in a color polymorphic lizard species. Her manuscript was just accepted for publication!
jenell[dot]glover[dot]17[at]cnu[dot]edu



Michael Buontempo (B.S., Spring 2020)

Michael conducted two projects in our lab; one project on the ecogeographic divergence in hognose snake coloration is currently under review for publication in Herpetologica. Michael is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Texas at El Paso on rattlesnake biogeography.
michael[dot]buontempo[dot]16[at]cnu[dot]edu



Dawson Brown (B.S., Spring 2019)

Dawson conducted and published on a study exploring how shifts in ecological context can perturb social dominance hierarchies in lizards.
dawson[dot]brown[dot]15[at]cnu[dot]edu



Maleah Manion (B.S., Spring 2018)

Maleah has a publication in Herpetologica on her research exploring ecomorphology and thermal ecology interactions in widespread lizards. She is currently applying to graduate schools in Virginia.
maleah[dot]manion[dot]15[at]cnu[dot]edu

 

Cynthia Morris (B.S. Spring 2017)

Cynthia earned her M.S. degree in another lab at CNU and published her undergraduate research in our lab in the journal Behaviour.
cynthia[dot]morris[dot]13[at]cnu[dot]edu

 

Julie Taylor (B.S., Fall 2017)

Julie earned an M.S. degree at University of Kansas in paleobiology and is currently seeking PhD opportunities in evolutionary biology. She has a publication on boldness behavior in lizards in Ethology and a publication on natural selection on a widespread lizard species in Evolution.
julie[dot]taylor[dot]14[at]cnu[dot]edu



Kylie Krohmaly (B.S., Spring 2017)

Kylie is currently working on her Ph.D. in Biomedicine at The George Washington University. She published her work on male mate choice in tree lizards in 2018.
kylie[dot]krohmaly[dot]13[at]cnu[dot]edu