Ashlyn is a Masters student interested in climate-driven shifts in butterfly morphology and physiology. Her work is currently funded by a ‘Support for Graduate Students’ Award.

Rachel is a Masters student in the Carter and Propper Labs and is studying the interplay between temperature stress and disease in amphibians.

Cat is a Ph.D. student in the Carter and Propper Labs studying amphibian biodiversity using eDNA. Cat bridges Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western methodologies to conduct research that both advances science and honors cultural perspectives. Cat is funded by the NSF GRFP.

Kate is a PhD student studying how animals adapt to a warming climate. She plans to use both molecular and field based research techniques to evaluate physiological mechanisms and biogeographical processes in a globally distributed pollinator. Kate is funded by an NSF GRFP.

Colton is studying climate-driven shifts in the morphology of Polyphylla beetles using both museum specimens and wild-caught beetles. His work is funded by a Hooper Undergraduate Research Award.

Sofie is interested in the climatic stressors that influence disease dynamics in Arizona tiger salamanders. Their work is funded by a Hooper Undergraduate Research Award and she earned the university nomination for the Goldwater Scholarship.

Megan is interested in how climate extremes influence reproduction in a globally distributed butterfly. Her work is funded by a Hooper Undergraduate Research Award.

Mo is studying thermal sensitivity of metabolism in caterpillars and their work is funded by a Hooper Undergraduate Research Award.

Zeke joined the lab via the Interns to Scholars program and is digitizing Vanessa butterflies in the NAU arthropod collection for several projects in the lab.

Andrew is an expedition photographer in residence at Innovation Bound. Andrew takes a leading role on our Finding the Wild Within projects as a camera operator, editor, and storyteller.

Costa is the co-founder of Innovation Bound and a freediving instructor. Costa takes a leading role on our Finding the Wild Within projects.

Morgan is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Tennessee. In addition to contributing to our dung beetle thermal physiology work, Morgan takes a leading role on the salamander stress physiology research in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

Ben is a recent grad from the University of Tennessee and faculty at Baylor High School. Ben takes a leading role on the salamander stress physiology research in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

Dakota studies the prey behavior of small mammals in the Southwest.

Maisey’s research heavily draws upon optimal foraging theory.