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Current lab members:

The Hill Lab   November 2007  From left to right : Geoff Hill, Austin Mercadante, Christina Booher, Brian Rolek, Wendy Hood, Susan Balenger, Kristal Huggins, Chris McClure, John Steffen, Rusty Ligon, Mark Liu, Camille Okekpe     Click here for more lab pics

Graduate students (for whom I am major professor)  Mark Liu (e-mail)  (web). PhD. Student. Genetic compatibility and ornamental color in eastern bluebirds. Susan Balenger (e-mail).  PhD. Student.  Genotype quality and ornamentation in the House Finch. Brian Rolek (e-mail).  M.S. Student.  Woodpecker abundance in relation to habitat in northern Florida. Rusty Ligon (e-mail).  M.S. Student.  The function of breast spots and blue coloration in juvenile bluebirds. Chris McClure (e-mail). M. S. Student. Habitat predictors of songbird occupancy in southeastern forests. Austin Mercadante (e-mail). M. S. Student. Status signaling and plumage coloration in the Eastern Bluebird. Postdocs students affiliated with lab John Steffen (e-mail).  Postdoc w/Dr. Art Apel.  Functionality of carotenoid pigmentation in anolis lizards.

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Hill lab alumni (and where they are now):

• Bailey McKay (web page).  M.S. Student.  Phylogeography of the Yellow-throated Warblers and House Finches.
• Herman Mays (web page).  Postdoc.  Genetic paternity studies in the House Finch and Eastern Bluebird. (Faculty position; curator of vertebrates, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History).
• Dr. Kristy Farmer (e-mail). Ph.D. (2006).  Co-advised with Dr. Sharon Roberts. Co-evolution of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and a novel host, the house finch (Auburn Univ. Outreach Coordinator).
• Dr. Stéphanie Doucet (web). Ph.D. (2006).  The evolution of sexual ornamentation in long-tailed manakins (Faculty Position, University of Windsor).
• Dr. Kristen Navara (web).  Ph.D. (2005). Co-advised with Dr. Mary Mendonça. Maternal effects in the house finch. (Assistant Professor, U. Georgia).
• Dr. Lynn Siefferman (web). Ph.D.(2005). The signal function of structurally-based and pigment-based sexual ornaments in eastern bluebirds. (Assistant Professor, Appalacian State Univ.).
• Dr. Matt Shawkey. Ph.D. (2005) Avian-microbe interactions in relation to sexual selection. (Assistant Professor, University of Akron).
• Dr. Daniel Mennill. Postdoctoral Associate (2002-2004). Vocal communication and avian mating systems. (Faculty Position, University of Windsor).
• Michelle Beck. M.S. (2003). Mate-guarding and paternity in the house finch: interacting effects of song and plumage color. (Ph.D. Student, Wahshington State University).
• Dr. Paul Nolan. Ph.D. (2002) Song and plumage color as multiple ornaments in the house finch. (Assistant Professor, the Citadel).
• Dr. Alex Badyaev. Postdoctoral Associate. (1999-2002) Ecological and evolutionary causes of inter- and intraspecific variation in sexual dimorphism. (Associate Professor; University of Arizona).
• Leslie Cole. M.S. (2002) Female aggression in the house finch. (Senior Lab Technologist at the Mayo Clinic).
• Anne Dervan. M.S. (2001) The effects of hatch order and sex on nestling growth in the house finch. (High School teacher, Atlanta, GA)
• Renée Duckworth. M.S. (2000) The effects of hormone manipulation on parasite resistance and immune parameters in the house finch. (Ph.D. Student, Duke University).
• Dr. Barbara Ballentine. M.S. (2000) Song, mate guarding, and mate choice in the Blue Grosbeak. (Postdoctoral Associate, National Zoo).
• Andrew Stoehr. M.S. (1999) Testosterone and reproductive trade-offs in the House Finch. (Ph.D Student, Univ. of California-Riverside).
• Dr. Kevin McGraw. M.S. (1999) The significance of male plumage coloration in mediating reproductive success and social dominance in the House Finch. (Associatie Professor, Arizona State University).
• Dr. Amber Keyser. M.S. (1998) Is structural color a reliable signal of quality in Blue Grosbeaks? (Postdoctoral Associate, Portland, Oregon).
• William Brawner. M.S. (1997) The effects of coccidial and mycoplasmal infection on plumage pigmentation in male House Finches: a test of the Hamilton-Zuk Hypothesis. (In private DVM practice, Montg., AL).
• Sheldon Plentovich. M.S. (1997) Habitat use by wintering Henslow's Sparrows in Baldwin Co. AL. (Endangered Species Specialist, USFWS).
• Marjorie Tobias. M.S. A test of sensory bias models using tail length in the House Finch. (1997). (lecturer Penn State - Beaver Campus, Geneva College).

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Last Update: May, 2007