My work has involved a number of dedicated undergraduate students who have served a critical role in helping to expand what we know about amphibians in human-dominated systems.
Angela Burrow
As a member of the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduate Program, Angela examined variation in virulence of the amphibian chytrid fungus. She is currently a Ph.D. Student in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia.
Presentations: Wildlife Disease Symposium (University of Georgia), Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (Arkansas), REU Summer Research Symposium (Miami University)
Publication: Burrow, A.K., S.L. Rumschlag, and M.D. Boone. in press. Host Size Influences the Effects of Four Isolates of an Amphibian Chytrid Fungus. Ecology and Evolution.
Presentations: Wildlife Disease Symposium (University of Georgia), Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (Arkansas), REU Summer Research Symposium (Miami University)
Publication: Burrow, A.K., S.L. Rumschlag, and M.D. Boone. in press. Host Size Influences the Effects of Four Isolates of an Amphibian Chytrid Fungus. Ecology and Evolution.
Tara Keesling
Tara and I were members of Transforming Nature Research-Communication Program, a workshop series that paired scientists and artists together to communicate innovate messages related to human influences on watersheds. Tara wrote poetry inspired by my lab's research on pesticides. Our work together resulted in a chapbook of poems authored by Tara and a public reading of select poems: tarakeesling.wordpress.com/the-chapbook/.
Tara is currently a freelance marketer and copy writer. Here is a link to her portfolio: tmkeesling.com/
Tara is currently a freelance marketer and copy writer. Here is a link to her portfolio: tmkeesling.com/
Rayona Wise
Rayona was granted an Undergraduate Summer Scholar award to determine if pesticides increase American toad susceptibility to the amphibian chytrid fungus. Rayona is currently a masters student at Pace University pursuing a degree in Environmental Science.
Presentations: Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (University of Notre Dame), Ohio Valley Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Miami University) First place in poster competition
Publication: Wise, R.S., S.L. Rumschlag, and M.D. Boone. 2014. The Effects of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Exposure to American Toads in the Presence of an Insecticide. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33:2541-2544.
Presentations: Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (University of Notre Dame), Ohio Valley Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Miami University) First place in poster competition
Publication: Wise, R.S., S.L. Rumschlag, and M.D. Boone. 2014. The Effects of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Exposure to American Toads in the Presence of an Insecticide. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33:2541-2544.
Jeremy Caseltine
Jeremy's work examined the role of early-life exposure to stressful conditions in determining amphibian host susceptibility to the amphibian chytrid fungus later in life. Jeremy is currently in veterinary school at the University of Illinois.
Presentations: Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (University of Notre Dame), Ohio Valley Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Miami University)
Publication: Caseltine, J.S., S.L. Rumschlag, and M.D. Boone. 2016. Reduced Growth in Juvenile Amphibians Exposed to the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus. Journal of Herpetology. 50(3):404-408.
Presentations: Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (University of Notre Dame), Ohio Valley Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Miami University)
Publication: Caseltine, J.S., S.L. Rumschlag, and M.D. Boone. 2016. Reduced Growth in Juvenile Amphibians Exposed to the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus. Journal of Herpetology. 50(3):404-408.
- Media Coverage: wildlife.org/chytrid-fungus-survivors-suffer-stunted-growth/
Claire Meikle
Claire examined the influence of ultraviolet radiation on the effects of amphibian-chytrid pathogen interactions. She is currently in an M.D./Ph.D. program studying Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences.
Kristina Gaietto
Kristina was awarded a Howard Hughes Summer Scholarship to study the combined effects of the amphibian chytrid fungus and pesticides on larval development of frogs. She is currently a Pediatric Resident Physician at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Presentations: Miami Undergraduate Research Forum (Miami University)
Publication: Gaietto, K.M., S.L. Rumschlag, and M.D. Boone. 2014. Effects of Pesticide Exposure and the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus on Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) Metamorphosis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33:2358-2362.
Presentations: Miami Undergraduate Research Forum (Miami University)
Publication: Gaietto, K.M., S.L. Rumschlag, and M.D. Boone. 2014. Effects of Pesticide Exposure and the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus on Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) Metamorphosis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33:2358-2362.