People
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Lauren earned a BSc in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida (2012), a Master of Research from University College London (2014), and a PhD from the University of Vermont (2022). Her doctoral research focused on Ranavirus in New England amphibian communities and consisted of field, molecular, and computational techniques to address community and disease ecology and evolution topics: the relationship between host diversity and disease, underlying genetic mechanisms of susceptibility, and macroparasite co-infection dynamics. Broadly, she aims to understand the interactions among host species, the environment, pathogens, and their vectors to improve disease predictions and inform conservation and management efforts. Lauren works in the Kramer Lab. Email: lvash@usf.edu |
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Amanda Brandt, Ph.D.
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Amanda works in the Harwood Lab. Email: amandambrandt@usf.edu |
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Olivia Feagles, Ph.D.
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Olivia has had a dynamic collection of research experience in field ecology. She truly began research through multiple internships at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. At STRI, she collaborated on multiple behavioral ecology projects comparing the effects of sleep deprivation on learning (bats and insects) and assisted in physiological research exploring neuroanatomical differences between castes of ants and sexes of harvestmen. In Spring 2024, she received a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where her research focused on behavioral variation in both female mate choice and male sexual displays in grey treefrogs. As a postdoc at USF in the Yang Lab, she is collaborating on a project exploring questions surrounding how sexual imprinting impacts sexual selection trends and divergence patterns. These sexual imprinting assays focus more specifically on distinct color morphs and modes of parental tadpole care in neotropical poison frogs. Email: ofeagles@usf.eduWebsite: https://ofeagles.weebly.com/ |
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Mayank Gangwar, Ph.D.
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Mayank works in the Kramer Lab. Email: mgangwar@usf.edu |
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Lindsay McCulloch, Ph.D.
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Lindsay works in the Zalamea Lab. Email: lmcculloch@usf.edu |
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Yu Zeng, Ph.D.
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Yu is interested in the biomechanics and evolution of locomotor and feeding systems. His current research at the Deban Lab at USF is centered around the remarkable musculoskeletal system responsible for ballistic tongue projection in salamanders. Email: yuzeng@usf.edu |
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