Herpetology and Scientific Organizations

CNAH: The Center for North American Herpetology provides a vast ammount of knowledge concerning everything related to North American Herpetology including recent and interesting publications, jobs, school oppurtunities, and grants.

SSAR: The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles published the Journal of Herpetology and Herpetological Review. Their site also contains job postsing and grant oppurtunities.

Amphibia Web: an online system that provides access to information on amphibian declines, conservation, natural history, and taxonomy.

PARC: Partners in Amphibian and Reptilc Conservation celebrated it's 10 year aniversery in 2009. is an inclusive partnership dedicated to the conservation of the herpetofauna--reptiles and amphibians--and their habitats. This organization is dedicated to all herps and focuses on the preservation of habitat.

Chopsticks for Salamanders: An organization dedicated to the conservation of salamanders and their habitat.

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation: covers tropical biology on a global scale. They publish the journal Biotropica.

ASIH: The American Society of Ichthyologist and Herpetologists hold a joint meeting annually with SSAR and the Herpetologists league. They publish the journal Copeia and also offer a few grants.

Friends and Colleagues

Martha M. Muñoz: Dr. Muñoz was my postdoc advisor. I started my position with her at Virginia Tech and recently relocated to the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. Martha focuses on a wide range of topics within ecology, evolution, and biomechanics.

Donald B. Miles: Dr. Miles was my PhD advisor and overall science/travel extrodinaire. Miles' work involves a broad spectrum of topics from thermal biology and evolutionary ecology. including the effects of global climate change on species diversity.

Shawn F. McCracken: I met Shawn when he was a Ph.D. candidate at Texas State University-San Marcos. His major interests include the conservation, ecology, and systematics of amphibians; with an emphasis on the effects of anthropogenic disturbance to amphibian diversity and abundance in tropical rainforests. Much of his work currently takes place in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park, one of the most bio-diverse spots on the planet. Shawn is also the the founder of the Tadpole Organization. Shawn is currently a Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Glen R. Hood: Dr.Hood is currently an Assistant Professor at Wayne State University. I met Glen when we were both Master's strudents at Texas State University-San Marcos. Glen has a interest in insect ecology and evolution, but much of his research focues on parasitoid systems.

Caitlin Gabor: Associate Professor at Texas State University-San Marcos. Her lab primarily studies behavior of Poeciliidae fish and Eurycea salamanders.

Chris Nice: Associate Professor at Texas State University-San Marcos. His lab studies the evolution and ecology of butterflies and other organisms (but Butterflies are defintily the favorite). Speciation is also a common focus of his lab.

Carl Anthony and Cari Hickerson: Carl and Cari are both researchers at John Carroll University. Their work deals with kin selection, cannibalism, food web dynamics, and the roles of aggressive behavior and territoriality in competitive exclusion. They are fond on Salamanders and good music.

Chris Sheil: Chris is a Professor at John Carroll University. He is interested in morphology and systematics of herps, with a focus of turtles. He likes good music and is an amazing artist.

Ralph Saporito: Ralph was one of my mentors during my REU program at La Selva Biological Station. At the time he was finishing his Ph.D. at Flordia International University. Currently he is an Associate Professor at John Carroll University where he does very cool work with animals that sequester toxins from their prey.

Donald J. Brown: I met Donald when he was a Ph.D. student at Texas State University-San Marcos. Donald was looking at the influence of fire and weather of various ecosytem components, particularly the Houston Toad. Donald ventures into other areas of work and I have colaborated with him on a couple projects. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor at West Virginia University.