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November 8, 2024, Filed Under: Uncategorized

Former Lab Members

Former Graduate Students (degree and years in Ryan lab)

  • Dr. Diana Hews (Ph.D., 1984-1990) Professor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute http://www.indstate.edu/biology/faculty/hews.htm
  • Dr. William Wagner (Ph.D., 1985-1991) Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln http://cricket.unl.edu/People/Wagner.html
  • Ms. Alice Lockhardt ( M.S., 1985-1988)
  • Dr. Janna Ellingson (Ph.D., 1988-1994)
  • Dr. Rex Cocroft (M.S., 1989-1992) Professor, University of Missouri http://www.biosci.missouri.edu/cocroft/homepage.htm
  • Dr. Erika Deinart (Ph.D., 1989-1997) Organization for Tropical Studies, San Jose, Costa Rica http://www.ots.ac.cr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=311&Itemid=441
  • Dr. Kui-Chu Chen (M.S., 1990-93) Biology Program, Cornell University
  • Dr. Karen Warkentin (Ph.D., 1991-1997) Professor, Boston University MA http://people.bu.edu/kwarken
  • Dr. Rebecca Thompson, (Ph.D., 1992-1998)
  • Dr. Steve Phelps (Ph.D., 1997-1998) Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/ib/faculty/phelps.html
  • Dr. Paige Warren, (Ph.D., 1993-2000) Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst http://nrc.umass.edu/index.php/people/faculty/warren-paige-s/
  • Dr. Gil Rosenthal (Ph.D., 1993-2000) Associate Professor, Texas A&M, College Station http://swordtail.tamu.edu/en/index.html
  • Dr. Nicole Kime (Ph.D., 1996-2 001) Associate Professor, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin http://natsci.edgewood.edu/Faculty/kime/default.htm 
  • Dr. Dawn Johnson (Ph.D., 1995-2001)
  • Dr. Marcos Gridi Papp (Ph.D. 1997-2003) Assistant Professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA http://www.pacific.edu/x33030.xml
  • Ms. Kathy Boul Kasic (M.S. 2000-2003, M.F.A Science and Natural History Filmmaking 2007) Metamorph Films http://metamorphfilms.com
  • Dr. Ray Engeszer, (Ph.D. 2000 – 2005) http://www.facebook.com/engeszer
  • Dr. Ximena Bernal (Ph.D.  2001 – 2006) Professor, Purdue University, Indiana http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/xbernal
  • Dr. Beth Dawson (Ph.D. 2002-2007)
  • Dr. Rachel Page (Ph.D. 2002–2008) Research Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama http://www.noseleaf.com/
  • Dr. Alex Baugh (Ph.D. 2005-2009) Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College
  • http:// http://www.orn.mpg.de/130526/Baugh   
  • Dr. Karin Akre (Ph.D. 2004-2010) Austin TX
  • Dr. Luis Bonachea (Ph.D. 2004-2010) San Jose State Univ.   
  • Dr. Pam Willlis (Ph.D. 2004-2011) Vancouver, Canada
  • Dr. Chad Smith (Ph.D. 2005-2011) Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at PACT Pharma, https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-smith-b2422b126 
  • Dr. Patty Jones (Ph.D. 2008-2014) Bowdoin College, http://www.joneslabbowdoin.com/
  • Dr. Monica Guerro (Ph.D. 2007-2014) Escuela Politechnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador, monkymiau@gmail.com
  • Ms. Audrey Stewart (MA 2011-2014) Austin Community College
  • Dr. Amanda Lea (Ph.D. 2008-2015), Texas Health and Human Services
  • Dr. Sofia Rodriguez (Ph.D. 2010-2016) Manager of Costa Rica Education Programs  OTS, http://sofrog.info/
  • Dr. Meghan Still (Ph.D. 2012-2020), Emancipet
  • Dr. Caitlin Leslie (Ph.D. 2014-2020) University of Texas, Austin
  • Dr. Claire Hemingway (Ph.D. 2014-2020) University of Tennessee
  • Dr. May Dixon (Ph.D. 2014-2021) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute/Princeton University
  • Dr. Tracy Burkhard (Ph.D. 2014-2021)  Lewis & Clark College, OR 
  • Dr. Hans Bilger (Ph.D. 2018-2023) Sound Engineer, https://hansbilger.com/
  • Dr. Briana Sealey (Ph.D. 2019-2024)
  • Dr. Allison Davis Connelly (Ph.D.
  • Dr. Brandi Christiano (Ph.D. 2020-2024), Research Scientist at Bat Conservation International

Former Postdocs (years in Ryan lab)

  • Dr. Brian Sullivan (1984-1986) Professor, Arizona State University, West Campus, Phoenix http://www.austincc.edu/akeddy/ 
  • Dr. Anne Keddy-Hector (1989-90) Austin Community College TX http://www.austincc.edu/akeddy/   
  • Dr. Cathy Marler (1991-1993) Professor University of Wisconsin, Madison http://glial.psych.wisc.edu/index.php/psychsplashfacstaff/113
  • Dr. Molly Morris (1989-1995) Professor Ohio University, Athens http://www.biosci.ohiou.edu/faculty/morris/Molly_Morris/Welcome.html     
  • Dr. Deborah McLennan (1994-1995) Professor, University of Toronto http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/mclennan
  • Dr. Lixing Sun (1995-1996) Professor, Central Washington State College, Washington http://www.cwu.edu/~biology/faculty/currentFaculty/sun/
  • Dr. Klauida Witte (1995-1997) Faculty, Germany http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb8/biologie/mitarbeiter/witte/
  • Dr. Jaime Bosch (1997-1999) Curator, Museo Nacional, Madrid, Spain http://www.sosanfibios.org/menu_en.php
  • Dr. Caitlin Gabor (1997-2000) Associate Professor, Texas State University, San Marcos http://www.bio.txstate.edu/~gabor/gabor.htm
  • Dr. Peter Hurd (1998-2001) Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada http://www.psych.ualberta.ca/~phurd/     
  • Dr. Ham Farris ( 2000 – 2002) Assistant Research Professor, LSU Health Science Center School of Medicine, New Orleans http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/neuroscience/faculty_detail.aspx?name=farris_hamilton
  • Dr. Ingo Schlupp (2000-2001) Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Norman http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/S/Ingo.B.Schlupp-1/
  • Dr. Karin Pfennig (2000-2002) Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill http://web.me.com/kpfennig/Site/Welcome.html
  • Dr. Heike Pröhl ( 2000-2003) Assistant Professor, University of Hanover, Germany http://www3.tiho-hannover.de/einricht/zoo/heikep/heikep.htm
  • Dr. Molly Cummings (2001-2004)  Professor, University of Texas, Austin http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/ib/faculty/cummings.htm
  • Dr. Katherine Lampert (2002–2004) Postdoctoral Associate, University of Bochum, Germany http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/spezzoo/klhomepage/klmain.html
  • Dr. Ryan Taylor (2004–2005) Assistant Professor, Salisbury State University, Maryland http://www.salisbury.edu/biology/faculty/RTaylor.html
  • Dr. Chris Funk (2004-2006) Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins http://rydberg.biology.colostate.edu/funklab/           
  • Dr. Martin Schlaepfer (2003-2007) Senior Lecturer, University of Geneva http://www.esf.edu/efb/schlaepfer/
  • Dr. Kim Hoke (2002–2008) Associate Professor, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins http://www.biology.colostate.edu/faculty/kimhoke
  • Dr. Bret Pasch (2012-2014) Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
  • Dr. Martin Jansen (2013)  Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt
  • Dr. Alex Jordan (2013-2016) Group Leader Max Planck Institute of Ornithology, Germany
  • Dr. Wouter Halfwerk (2012-2014) Assistant Professor VU University of Amsterdam
  • Dr. Heidi Smith-Parker
  • Dr. Jianguo Cui (2015-2016) Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sichuan, China
  • Dr. Mirjam Amcoff (2014-2017)  University of Stockholm, Sweden
  • Dr. Fernando Mateos-Gonzalez (2014-2017) Researcher, Alka Wildlife, Czech Republic  (https://www.alkawildlife.eu/)
  • Dr. Leonie Baier

Former Interns on Tungara Project, Panama

(ug – undergraduate | gs – graduate student | pd – postdoc | PI – principal investigator)

2015

Caitlin Leslie (gs) University of Texas, Austin
Areli Benito (ug) University of Peru, Lima
Jianguo Cui (pd) University of Texas, Austin

2014

Meghan Still (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Brianna Osinski (ug) – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Caitlin Leslie (ug) – Texas A&M University, College Station

2013

Meghan Still (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Javier Mendez (ug) – Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Sabina Noll (us) – University of Rochester, NY

2012

Amanda Lea (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Meghan Still (ug) – Arizona State Univeristy, Phoenix
Andrew Smejdir (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
Saul Beckett (gs) – University of York, UK

2011

Amanda Lea (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Meghan Still (ug) – Arizona State Univeristy, Phoenix
Saul Beckett (gs) – University of York, UK

2010

Amanda Lea (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Sofia Rodriguiz (gs) – University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Tyler Hoskin (ug) – Butler University, Indiana

2009

Jenny Saunders (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
Sasha Ozeroff (ug) – Simon Fraser University, Canada
Sandra Goutte – Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
 
2008

Alexander T. Baugh (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Amanada Lea (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
Lucia Zeigler (gs) – Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
Sandra Gouttee – Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

2007

Alexander T. Baugh (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Nicos Lession (ug) – Duke University, North Carolina
Amy Dapper (ug) – William and Mary College, Virgina

2006

Alexander T. Baugh (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Victoria Flechas (gs) – Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Luis Bonachea (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
 
2005

Karin Akre (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Flávia Araújo Barbosa (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Alexander T. Baugh (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Rafael F. Guerrero (gs) – University of de los Andes, Colombia

2004

Karin Akre (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
Ximena Bernal (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Fabian Jara (gs) – Uentro Regional University of Bariloche, Argentina
Jdliana Zina Ramos (gs) – University of Estadual Padlista, Brazil
 
2003

Ximena Bernal (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Ondi Crino (ug) – Lewis and Clark College, Oregon
Carolina dlloa (gs) – University of de los Andes, Colomba
Ham Farris (pd) – Louisiana State University, New Orleans
Kathrin Lampert (pd) – University of Texas, Austin

2002

Sebastian Barrionuevo (ug) – Fundacion Lillo, Argentina
Ximena Bernal (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Kathy Bodl (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
Judith Scarl (ug) – Harvard University, Massachusetts
Ham Farris (pd) – Louisiana State Univeristy, New Orleans
Kathleen Lynch (gs) – University of Texas, Austin

2001

Ximena Bernal (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Flor Vera Candioti (gs) – Fundacion Lillo, Argentina
Kathleen Lynch (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Ham Farris (pd) – Louisiana State University, New Orleans

2000

Ximena Bernal (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Chris Jennings (ug) – Cornell University, New York
Yanerys Ramos (ug) – Cornell University, New York

1999

Elisa Atarod (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
John Jairo Estrada (gs) – University of de Antioquia, Colombia
Gil Rosenthal (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Steve Phelps (pd) – University of Texas, Austin

1998

Jaime Bosch (pd) – Madrid, Spain
Michael Dillon (ug)niversity of Texas, Austin
Javier Fiano (ug) – Fundacion Lillo, Argentina
Steve Phelps (gs) – University of Texas, Austin

1997

Ariadne Angdlo (gs) – University of Toronto, Canada
Jaime Bosch (pd) – Madrid, Spain
Liliana Ferrari (gs) – Fundacio Lillo, Argentina

1996

Nikke Kime (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Margit Kapfer (ug) – University of Vienna, Austria

1995

Maria Elena Bridarolli (gs) – Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
Laurie Dries (gs) – University of Texas, Austin

1994

Shelly Rodriguez (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
Zaida Tarano (gs) – Universidad de Simon Bolivar, Venezuela

1993

Marc Dantzker (gs) – University of Texas, Austin
Gil Rosenthal (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
Mohamood Sasa (ug) – University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

1992

Marc Dantzker (ug) – University of Texas, Austin
Diego Lombeida – University of Catolica, Ecuado

1991

Ghisselle Alvarado (ug) – University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Pablo Monsivais (ug) – University of Texas, Austin

1990

Federico Bolanos (ug) – University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Kyra Mills (ug) – University of Kansas, Lawrence

1989

Janna Ellingson (gs) – University of Texas, Austin

1988

Camilo Silva (gs) – University of de los Andes, Colombia
Stacia Yoon (ug) – Indiana University, Bloomington

1987

Stan Rand (PI) – STRI, Gamboa, Panama
Mike Ryan (PI) – University of Texas, Austin

Primary Sidebar

Lab Members

  • Mike Ryan, Professor
  • Luke Larter, Ph.D. Student
  • Sydney Jansen, Ph.D. Student
  • Logan James, Research Associate
  • Ummat Somjee, Postdoc
  • Judith Smit, Postdoc
  • Emma Griffiths, Visiting Scholar
  • Alissa Murphy, Undergrad
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