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Current Lab Members

Dr. Rickey Cothran

I'm an ecologist that studies aquatic ecosystems. My students and I work in a variety of freshwater systems from small springs to large reservoirs and natural lakes. We ask questions in the areas of behavioral ecology, community ecology and evolutionary ecology.

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Joseph Alcuitas

Joseph is studying how mate quality affects offspring sex ratios in amphipods.

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Casady Sublett

Casady is surveying streams in SE OK for the elusive three-tooth longhorn caddisfly (Triaenodes tridontus).

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Rachel Uhlig

Rachel is exploring how mate choice affects offspring sex ratios in amphipods.

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Madison Normile

Madison is exploring how seasonality affects mating patterns in amphipod populations.

Lab Alumni

Shanna Simmons

Shanna explored how female diet affects the outcome of sexual conflict over precopulatory mate guarding. She is a graduate of the PharmD program at SWOSU.

Dr. Ashna Dhoonmoon

Ashna's research centered on understanding how population parameters affect the costs associated with sexual conflict in amphipods. Ashna earned a PhD at Penn State Hershey and is currently a postdoc at Penn State College of Medicine.

Sinthia Youmbi

Sinthia addressed how predator cues affect the mating behaivor of amphipods. Sinthia is pursuing medical school.

Bailee Fehring, DVM

Bailee studied how male attractiveness affects brood sex ratios in amphipods. Bailee is a graduate of Oklahoma State College of Veterinary Medicine.

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David Castellanos

David studied animal personality in amphipods. 

Allison Statton

Allison studied the foraging preferences of aquatic hemipterans. She is now an adjunct chemistry instructor at Mid-American Christian College.

Lindsey Hendricks

Lindsey explored how very low concentrations of pesticides, that are typically found in nature, affect the growth, survival and development of amphipods. Lindsey is a CNA in western OK.

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Arissa Mercer

Arissa studied resource competition among cryptic species of amphipods. She is now pursing a Ph.D. in microbiology at Tulane.

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Denton Parsells

Denton studied how cultural eutrophication affects sexual selection in amphipod populations. Denton is in medical school at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith.

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Shayla Miller

Shayla studied how female diet affects the resolution of sexual conflict in amphipods. She is currently attending OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Brendan Harrison

Brendan studied the population-level consequences of sexual conflict in amphipods. He is currently General Manager for New Western.

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Ryan Agyemang

Ryan studied how mate quality affects offspring sex ratios in amphipods.

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Chandler Ake

Chandler studied how predation affects mating decisions in amphipods.

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Connor Slattery

Connor explored local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in spring amphipod populations. He is currently considering graduate school options.

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Paulina Mujica

Paulina studied how sexual conflict affects resource use in freshwater amphipods.

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