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Current Graduate Students--Click HERE for information about former students.
 
 
Isaiah Samek
Isaiah joined the lab in August 2025 after receiving his BBA in Marketing from the University of Kentucky.
 
Project Title: Genetic diversity and population structure of the Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus woodi) in a fragmented forest
Jerica Eaton
Jerica joined the lab in August 2023 after receiving her BS in Biology from Western Kentucky University.
 
Project Title: The effect of two common herbicides on the growth and development of two anuran species (Boreorana sylvatica and Dryophytes chrysoscelis)
Elizabeth Strasko
Elizabeth joined the lab in January 2022 after receiving her BA in Biology from Asbury University.
 
Project Title: Measuring temporal variation in ephemeral pond amphibian communities using metabarcoding.
 
 
Current Undergraduate Students
 
 
Quinn Hartman
Quinn is a WKU student majoring in Biology and received a Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) grant in 2025.
 
Project Title: Determining patterns in the genetic structure of Pacific Chorus Frog populations.
Andrew Jackson
Andrew is a WKU student majoring in Molecular Biotechnology and received a Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) grant in 2023.
 
Project Title: Analyzing gene flow and genetic structure in stoneflies: insights into population dynamics.
Naiya Sims
Naiya is a WKU Honors College student majoring in Biology and received a Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) grant in 2022.
 
Project Title: Determining patterns of gene flow and genetic structure in spider beetles.
 
 
 
 

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