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Students in the Wibbels Lab


Previous Students:

  • JoAnne Hanson. M.S. 1997. Thesis title: Development of Methods for Estimating Hatchling Sea Turtle Sex Ratios.
  • Jon Cowan. M.S. 1997. Thesis title: Cloning and Expression Analysis of Steroidogenic Factor 1 in a Turtle with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination.
  • Shane Tubbs. M.S. 1998. Plan II Thesis title: Prosection for Central Venous Line Placement.
  • Chris Murdock. M.S. 2000. Thesis Title: Development of a Quantitative Competitive RT-PCR for Aromatase and SF-1 Expression in a Reptile with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination.
  • Alyssa Geis. M.S. 2001. Thesis Title: Evaluation of Sex Ratios in Sea Turtle Populations.
  • Jenny Estes. M.S. 2003. Thesis Title: Evaluation of Hatchling Sex Ratios from Natural Nesting Beaches of Hawksbill and Green Sea Turtles.
  • Keela Dodd. M.S. 2004. Thesis Title: Investigations of the Physiology of Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination.
  • Alyssa Geis. Ph.D. 2004. Dissertation Title: Utilizing Technologies for Enhancing the Conservation of Sea Turtle Populations.
  • Chris Murdock. Ph.D. 2004. Dissertation Title: Molecular Basis of Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination.
  • Amber Park. M.S. Spring 2006. Thesis Title: Sex Ratios, Sexing Techniques and the Conservation of Sea Turtles.
  • Keela Dodd. Ph.D. Fall 2007. Dissertaion Title: The Molecular Biology of Temperature Dependent Sex Determination.
  • Corrie Therrien. M.S. Spring 2008. Thesis Title: Conservational Implications of Temperature- Dependent Sex Determination.
  • Anne Marie LeBlanc Eich. Ph.D. Fall 2009. Dissertation Title: Evoluntionary and Conservation Implications of Determination and Hatching Pedation in Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles.

Current Students:

  • Taylor Roberge: Research Topic: Biology of Diamondback Terrapin
  • Kayla Bieser: Research Topic:  Molecular Basis of Male Sex Determination in a Turtle with TSD.
  • Ricardo Tapilatu: Research Topic: Development of an Optimal Hatchery Program for the Leatherback Sea Turtles in Indonesia.
  • Jenny Layton: Research Topic:  Ecological, Evolutionary, and Conservation Impications fo TSD in Sea Turtles.
  • Andy Coleman: Research Topic: Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination and Marine Turtle Conservation.