Mariah Mack

Mariah graduated from Penn State-Behrend with a BS in Biology. While there, they worked with Dr. Lynne Beaty on a variety of amphibian projects, including dorsal coloration patterns in American Toads, which was published in 2021 in the Journal of Herpetology. After graduation, they spent a year as an intern at the Memphis Zoo, where they worked on husbandry of Dusky Gopher Frogs and gamete cryopreservation in Fowler’s Toads. Their MS research is focusing on how hydroperiod and non-consumptive predator effects influence salamander life histories.

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Mack M. and L. Beaty. 2021. The Influence of Environmental and Physiological Factors on Variation in American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus) Dorsal Coloration. Journal of Herpetology 55: 119-126
Jessica Sandoval

Jessica obtained her ​BS from the University of Central Florida. As an undergrad, she assisted on several research projects, including work with bats, wetland biogeochemistry, and gopher tortoises. Post-graduation, she worked as a field technician for the USFS. Most recently, Jessica was a wildlife technician for the Longleaf Alliance, where she worked with the endangered Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander. She is focusing her MS research on different factors that affect rates of paedomorphosis in mole salamanders in natural ponds.

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                                                       John Moore

John received his BS in Biology from the University of Texas-Austin. As an undergrad, he worked with Dr. Melissa Kemp on projects that examined morphological variation in Ambystoma salamanders and Phrynosomatid lizards, as well participated in general herpetofauna surveys in central Texas. After graduating, John worked as a field technician at Texas A&M, working with species such as Houston toads and chicken turtles. For his thesis, John will be investigating how variation in food web structure impacts pond-breeding salamanders. John is also participating in the Watershed Scholars program while at SIUE.

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Claudette Conigliaro

Claudette earned a bachelor’s degree in wildlife management from SUNY-Cobbleskill. After graduating, she held a variety of ecology-oriented positions and worked with a variety of taxa, including burying beetles, small mammals, and raptors, as well as was an environmental education intern at Archbold Biological Station. Most recently, Claudette work as a wildlife technician with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation, where she conducted surveys for numerous taxa, including hellbenders, queensnakes, and several species of turtles. Claudette will be focusing her MS research on how phenological variation impacts species interactions among larval salamanders. Claudette is also participating in the Watershed Scholars program while at SIUE.