Dr. Brett R. Riddle


Ph.D. Students

Rob Bryson ( WEBSITE )
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.

Derek Houston
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
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
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 J. Mantooth ( WEBSITE )
M.S. (Zoology), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1999

Research Interests: Biogeography, systematics, and molecular evolution of locally and globally distributed mammalian taxa; evolution of North American deserts.
Dissertation Title: Perspectives on the biogeographic history of North American deserts from the evolution and biogeography of volant mammals.

Sean Neiswenter ( WEBSITE )
M.S. (Biology), Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, 2004

Research Interests: Mammalian ecology and evolution, desert ecosystems
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