Uche will be conducting research on the Washington University St Louis campus in the ENDURE neuroscience program (http://endure.wustl.edu). We are very proud of them, but we will miss you Uche!
Letty is a Ph.D. candidate!
Congratulations to Letty for passing her oral examinations and advancing to candidacy!
Noah Leith receives NSF GRFP Honorable Mention!
Congratulations to Noah Leith, first year Ph.D. student, for receiving an NSF GRFP Honorable Mention. We are proud of you Noah!
Anthony Macchiano is a Ph.D. student!
Anthony has switched from the M.S. program to the Ph.D. program. We are excited to see how Anthony’s project on the effects of developmental conditions on adult behavior and fitness-related traits develops over the next few years!
Dr. Brett Seymoure in The Guardian
Living Earth Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Brett Seymoure (Fowler-Finn, Koltz, and Dell Labs) talks about how lights lead to insect declines in The Guardian. Brett’s full research article can be found here.
Fowler-Finn Lab research in the news!
Research by Dowen Jocson (M.S. 2017) and other F-F lab members was on the front page of the Saint Louis Post Dispatch and covered by Saint Louis Public Radio!
New article on temperature coupling
New article in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology: Congrats Dowen and other F-F lab members!
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jeb.13506
Welcome HSSU REU students!
Uchechukwu, Mia, and Abisiola joined the Fowler-Finn Lab this summer as REU students (Research Experience for Undergraduates). We are excited about their projects exploring different aspects of how temperature affects mating behavior and reproduction in
NSF GRFP honorable mention for Leticia Classen Rodríguez
Letty received an Honorable Mention for her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program application - congrats for the well-deserved recognition Letty!
Welcome Noah Leith!
Noah Leith, previously an undergraduate in the Fowler-Finn lab, has officially joined as a Ph.D. student. Welcome Noah, looking forward to continued scientific excellence!
Undergraduates Shivika Ahuja and Matthew Udani win award at Sigma Xi symposium
Congrats to senior Shivika and Matthew for being awarded runner up at the University-wide Sigma Xi symposium for their poster on ant-treehopper communication. Shiv and Matthew were mentored by PhD student Will Shoenberger - congrats to Will on a successful project!
Awards for Anthony Macchiano and Leticia Classen Rodríguez
Anthony Macchiano and Leticia Classen Rodríguez were awarded 2nd and 3rd prize for the Biological Sciences category at the University-wide Graduate Student Association Symposium at Saint Louis University - congrats Anthony and Letty!
New article out in Behavior Genetics
Kasey and colleague Brian Boutwell (SLU) had a paper published in Behavior Genetics. A SPARK micro grant from SLU’s Office for the Vice President for Research funded the collaboration. You can read the article here.
Leticia Classen Rodríguez is now a Ph.D. student!
Letty is now a Ph.D. student in the lab, and will be funded by her Saint Louis University Diversity Fellowship. Visit our people page for updates on the exciting research Letty has planned for the next few years!
Welcome Anthony Macchiano!
University Diversity Fellowship for Leticia Classen-Rodriguez
Undergraduate Fellowship for Noah Leith
Travel award for Leticia Classen-Rodriguez
Congrats to Leticia, who was awarded a diversity travel award to cover some of the costs of traveling and presenting at the Animal Behaviour Society meeting this summer!
Undergraduate presenters Noah Leith, Simone Ymson and Pallavi Mhaskar
Fowler-Finn lab undergraduates were busy presenting at various venues this spring.
Congrats McNair Scholar Ciarra Anders!
Ciarra has received a prestigious McNair Scholar award, bestowed upon 25 high achieving undergraduate scholars at SLU