Earlier News

October 2023: Off to the University of Western Australia for sabbatical!
August 2023: Congrats to lab alum Dr. Josh Otten, who just joined the faculty at Cornell College!
May 2023: Congratulations to Paige Madden on completing her MS on population genetics and reproductive success in threatened turtle species of the Oak Openings!
October 2022: Josh Otten's paper on the effectiveness of rehabilitation of oiled turtles got lots of press, check it out!
August 2022: Our summer REU students did a fantastic job presenting their research at our final poster gala!
May 2022: Congratulations to Dr. Josh Otten on completing his PhD on impacts of the 2010 Kalamazoo River oil spill on map turtles!
December 2021: Congratulations to grad students Sarah Carter (MS) and Dr. Ian Clifton, who just completed their graduate degrees!
August 2021: Our research on effects of toxic algal blooms on wildlife health is featured on Yahoo News
July 2021: Our 2021 cohort of NSF-funded REU students did a fantastic job presenting their posters and lightning talks at our virtual final poster show!
July 2021: Lab alum Randy Thomas was the top recruit on Discovery+'s Shark Academy!
May 2021: Our paper on effects of harmful algal blooms on wildlife health was just published in Science of the Total Environment. Lots of undergrad co-authors!
Mar. 2021: Congratulations to lab REU alumnus Alexis Diaz, who received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
Jan. 2021: Tyara Vazquez's research was featured on The Wildlife Society's website
Dec. 2020: Congratulations to Austin Hulbert, who just completed his MS on hatchling turtle ecology!
Aug. 2020: Josh Otten's research on map turtles was featured on Michigan Public Radio and Great Lakes Now on the 10-year anniversary of the Kalamazoo River oil spill
May 2020: Our collaborative project with the Kennedy and Haller labs, REU student Casey Meyers, and MS graduate Jessica Garcia published in Toxins
Mar. 2020: Congratulations to PhD student Ian Clifton, who received a Canyonlands Research Center Graduate Research Scholarship
Jan. 2020: Congratulations to PhD student Josh Otten, who received a Graduate Student Research Award
July 2019: REU poster gala, 7/31 2-4pm
June 2019: Welcome to our 10 summer REU students! Alexis Diaz and Ashley Nunez will be working in the VertLab this summer.
Feb. 2019: Our Research Experience for Undergraduates program at UT's Lake Erie Center is funded by NSF!
Feb. 2019: PhD student Ian Clifton receives a Horned Lizard Conservation Society Research Gran
Jan. 2019: MS students Sarah Carter and Austin Hulbert received UT's Graduate Student Association Research grant
Dec. 2018: Congratulations to new MS graduates Tyara Vazquez and Jessica Garcia!
Aug. 2018: Welcome to our new PhD student, Josh Otten, studying turtles in the Kalamazoo River affected by the 2010 oil spill!
May 2018: Our research showing basking behavior in lizards is phenotypically plastic is published in Functional Ecology
Apr. 2018: Congrats to MS student Tyara Vazquez and undergrad Adam Siefker, awarded fellowships to continue their lizard research in the Abajo Mtns, Utah!
Mar. 2018: Welcome to our new MS students, Sarah Carter and Austin Hulbert, studying rare turtles in the oak openings of Ohio and Michigan!
Aug. 2017: fieldwork on thermal ecology of lizards along an elevational gradientJuly 2017: Lake Erie Center REU student poster gala!
June 2017: Recent media coverage of our research on freshwater turtle health and harmful algal blooms:
- WTOL11 News
- ABC13 News
- University of Toledo news
Jan. 2017: Welcome to our newest graduate student Jessica Garcia!
August 2016: Welcome to our two new graduate students - Ian Clifton and Tyara Vazquez!
July 2016: Completed another field season in the Abajo Range, Utah - more fun with Phrynosoma
July 2016: Elizabeth Sanchez, U South Carolina, presented her summer REU project at UT's Lake Erie Center: "Differences in baseline stress levels between freshwater turtle species"
December 2015: Our paper on virulence attenuation in the chytrid fungus is featured on GSA's blog
September 2015: Thanks to Dr. Charles Deeming for inviting me to speak at the 2015
Nest Construction and Function Conference, University of Lincoln, UK!
August 2015: Just returned from a fantastic field season in southeastern Utah - thanks to my awesome field assistants Gunnar, Kate, and Henry!!
May 2015: I will be joining the faculty at the University of Toledo in August 2015. Check back soon for updated contact information!

March 2015: Our paper on climate change effects on turtle health is published in Journal of Experimental Zoology
December 2014: Our paper on Bd genomics and virulence is published in The ISME Journal
September 2014: Our geographic comparison paper on painted turtles is published in Evolutionary Ecology
August 2014: Jeanine presents paper on ecological release at multiple spatial scales at the Ecological Society of America Conference

August 2014: Completion of the first season of data collection on montane lizard community responses to climate change!
June 2014: Another fun week teaching at the White Earth Indian Reservation’s Summer Academy of Math and Science!
April 2014: our work on reptiles with TSD and climate change is featured in New Zealand's Student Science series
March 2014: our recent Animal Conservation paper is featured on Grist.com
October 2013: Jeanine is an invited scholar at the Eighth Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research in Colorado Springs
April 2012: Jeanine is awarded an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology to join the Rosenblum Lab at UC Berkeley!