People

People

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Anthony Barley
Graduate Student
785.864.3439
Dyche Hall

Anthony works on phylogenetics and evolution of reptiles and amphibians and is currently working on phylogeny of cat-eyed snakes.

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Rafe Brown
Curator in Charge
785.864.3403
rafe@ku.edu
Lippincott Annex

Rafe works on evolutionary processes of diversification in island archipelagos, with a particular emphasis in Southeast Asia and Melanesia. Rafe's webpage.

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Andrew Campbell
Collection Manager
785.864.4508
Dyche Hall
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Bill Duellman
Curator Emeritus
785.864.2360
Dyche Hall

Bill works on systematic herpetology in the neotropics, with an emphasis on marsupial frogs and their allies.

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Allison Fuiten
Graduate Student
785.864.3439
Dyche Hall

Allie works on osteological correlates of ecomorphological variation in Melanesian forest frogs.

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Jesse Grismer
Graduate Student
785.864.3439
Dyche Hall
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Charles Linkem
Graduate Student
785.864.3439
Dyche Hall

Charles works on phylogenetic systematics of lygosomeine skinks of Asia. Charles’ webpage.

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David McLeod
Research Associate
785.864.4479
Dyche Hall

David works on topics related to the morphology, systematics, and conservation of living amphibians.  Current research is focused on species boundaries within the Southeast Asian fanged frogs (genus Limnonectes).

Dave's webpage.

 

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Jamie Oaks
Graduate Student
785.864.3439
Dyche Hall

Jamie is a computational phylogeneticist with an interest in crocodilian diversification and timing of diversification in the genus Crocodilus.

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Laura Russell
Programmer
785.864.4681
Dyche Hall

I provide software installation (DiGIRTAPIRIPT), configuration and support to institutions with biodiversity specimen collections to bring them into the vertebrate collections network (VertNet) which includes the portals for MaNISHerpNETORNIS and FishNet.  My position is funded by the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) at the University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute.  Through VertNet, I maintain a close relationship with both NBII and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to ensure accessibility to data.  I am working with both groups and with the guidance of our steering committee and software developers on ways to improve the quality of the data and advance the technological infrastructures for sharing and using data online for research.  Additionally, through outreach activities, I share our knowledge with other communities in the interest of growing the content and quality of biodiversity data available online.

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Cameron Siler
Graduate Student
785.864.3241
Dyche Hall

Cameron studies body form evolution in fossorial lizards of the Philippines. Cameron’s webpage.

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Jeet Sukumaran
Graduate Student
785.864.3439
jeet@ku.edu
Dyche Hall

Jeet works on computational systematics with an emphasis on testing and refining new methods of biogeographical inference.  Jeet's webpage.

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Linda Trueb
Curator
785.864.3342
trueb@ku.edu
Lippincott Annex

Linda works on evolution of skeletal diversity and morphology in modern and fossil amphibians.

 

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Luke Welton
Graduate Student
785.864.3439
Dyche Hall

Luke’s research focuses on the systematic relationships and conservation of Asian squamates, with primarily interest in monitor lizards of the Philippines.