Rob Bryson ( WEBSITE ) (advisor: Dr. Brett Riddle)
M.S. (Biology), Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, 2002

Research Interests: The evolution and systematics of Latin American herpetofauna, particularly the highland forms of mainland Mexico.
Dissertation Title: Phylobiogeography of Herpetofauna Inhabiting the Mountainous Regions of Mexico.

Mallory Eckstut ( WEBSITE) (advisor: Dr. Brett Riddle)
B.A. (Biology), Bard College at Simon’s Rock; Massachusetts, 2006
M.S. (Biological Sciences), Southeastern Louisiana University; Louisiana, 2008

Research Interests: Historical biogeography, methodological development, historical ecology, evolution of vertebrate reproductive strategies.
Dissertation Title: The role of novel methodologies in historical biogeographic inference of the North American desert biota

Matt Graham ( WEBSITE) (advisors: Dr. Jef Jaeger and Dr. Brett Riddle)
B.S. (Biological Sciences, Minor in Chemistry ), Marshall University, West Virginia, 2004
M.S. (Biological Sciences), Marshall University, West Virginia, 2007

Research Interests: Natural history of North American scorpions and herpetofauna.

Viki Hemmings(advisors: Dr. Jef Jaeger and Dr. Brett Riddle)
B.S. (Biology & Physical Education), EKTF-Teacher Training College, Eger, Hungary, 1997

Research Interests: Population genetics, phylogeography, and conservation biology.
Dissertation Title: Population structure and phylogeography of two related leopard frogs, Rana onca and Rana yavapaiensis.

Connie Herr (advisors: Dr. John Klicka and Dr. Brett Riddle)

Research Interests: Phylogeography and Population Genetics of songbirds

Derek Houston (advisor: Dr. Brett Riddle)
M.S. (Zoology), Brigham Young University, 2002

Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of North American freshwater fishes.
Dissertation Title: Phylogenetic affinities and biogeographic implications of evolution in a clade of western North American cyprinids.

Tereza Jezkova (advisor: Dr. Brett Riddle)
M.S. (Biology & Geography), Prague, Czech Republic

Research Interests: Phylogeography, population genetics, and ecological niche modeling.
Dissertation Title: Integrating comparative phylogeography with ecological modeling to investigate Late Quaternary biogeography in four species of kangaroo rats (genus Dipodomys).

Adam Leland (advisor: Dr. Brett Riddle)
M.S. (Biology ), San Diego State

Research Interests: Phylogeography of reptiles in the Southwestern Deserts of North America; integration of genetic markers and GIS; investigating and describing the spatial occurence of parthenogenesis in whiptail lizards.
Dissertation Title: Geographical parthenogenesis in whiptail lizards (genus Aspidoscelis).

Stacy Mantooth (WEBSITE) (advisor: Dr. Brett Riddle)
M.S. (Zoology), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1999

Research Interests: Biogeography of North American deserts and aridlands; population genetics and molecular evolution
Dissertation Title: Perspectives on the biogeographic history of western North America from the evolution of the embedded mammalian fauna

Markus Mika ( WEBSITE ) (advisors: Dr. John Klicka and Dr. Brett Riddle)
M.S. (Zoology), Brigham Young University

Research interests: Ecology, evolution, and population genetics of New World birds and bats; conservation biology and breeding/foraging ecology of owls.
Dissertation title: Population genetics and recent evolutionary history of the Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus)

Sean Neiswenter ( WEBSITE ) (advisor: Dr. Brett Riddle)
M.S. (Biology), Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, 2004

Research Interests: Mammalian ecology and evolution, desert ecosystems

Brian Smith (advisors: Dr. John Klicka and Dr. Javier Rodriguez)
B.S. (Biology), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2005

Research Interests: Molecular evolution, biogeography, and parrots
Dissertation title: Hitorical/Statistical Phylobiogeography, Population Genetics and Ecogeography of Lowland, Mid-Elevation, and Montane Wet/Dry forest Neotropical Aviafauna using a multi-locus approach in a hypothesis testing framework.