Principal Investigator
	Philip J. Bergmann Chair of Biology Department Professor of Biology Chair of IACUC E-mail: pbergmann@clarku.edu CV | Publications
Current Students
	Max Olson PhD Student August 2021 – Present Max is interested in the evolutionary functional morphology of amphisbaenian burrowing.
	Evan Hubbs PhD Student August 2026- Present Evan is interested in herpetology and how predator-prey interactions are influenced by biomechanics.
	Achyuthan Srikanthan PhD Student January 2021 – Present Achyuthan is interested in the evolution and diversity of skin microstructures of squamate reptiles, and is particularly interested in snakes and skinks.
	Maddie McInnis January 2026 – Present Maddie is planning to do an accelerated Master’s degree, studying how lizard body proportions are evolutionarily related to locomotor performance.
	Hannah Butler August 2026 – Present Hannah is planning to do an accelerated Master’s degree, studying how skinks navigate horizontally-arranged clutter in their habitats.
	Luna Pagan August 2026 – Present Luna is an undergraduate student studying how legless lizards swim.
	Jacob Kaufman August 2026 – Present Jake is an undergraduate student studying lizard locomotion.

Graduate Student Alumni

Ella Incantalupo, MS: 1/2023 to 4/2026 – Thesis “How structurally cluttered environments affect locomotion in the lizard, Mochlus fernandi”

Alyssa Hopper, MS: 8/2023 to 4/2026 – Thesis “Evolution of vertebral ontogenetic allometry in giant salamanders”

Brennan Hare, MS: 5/2022 to 6/2026 – Thesis “Jumping performance, body condition, and structure of frog communities along an urbanized watershed”

Max Leslie, MS: 1/2022 to 11/2024 – Thesis “Ontogenetic allometry of the vertebral column in gigantic and non-gigantic salamanders”

Emma McLellan, MS: 8/2021 to 5/2024 – Thesis “Diversity of lizard swimming across species and the impact of morphology”

Julia Beebe, MS: 2/2021 to 5/2024 – Thesis “Where land meets water: A performance and kinematic study on a water-running lizards’ ability to transition between substrates”

Amy Cheu, PhD: 8/2015 to 5/2022 – Dissertation “Performance and kinematic variation in multiple modes of lizard locomotion” – Amy’s Website

Izzy Tonelli-Sippel, MS: 9/2018 to 5/2021 – Thesis “How form function relationships affect trait evolution: A simulation study”

Quincy Milton III, MS: 3/2020 to 6/2021 – Thesis “Locomotor determinants in a pike cichlid-guppy predator-prey interaction”

Sara Mann, MS: 9/2017 to 5/2020 – Thesis “Convergent evolution of snake-like body shapes in squamates: A comparison of locomotion”

Samantha Reed, MS: 5/2017 to 6/2020 – Thesis “Mechanisms determining performance of running on water in the quadrupedal lizard, Anolis sagrei“

Gen Morinaga, PhD: 9/2012 to 12/2018 – Dissertation “The evolutionary functional morphology of snake-like body shapes in squamate reptiles”

Marian Crockett, MS: 5/2014 to 8/2017 – Thesis “The effect of substrate unevenness and irregularity on locomotor performance and kinematics of curly-tailed lizards”

Rob Holden, MS: 5/2015 to 7/2017 – Thesis “Performance variation in basilisk lizards (Basiliscus vittatus) during different aquatic modes of locomotion”

Faye Harwell, MS: 5/2014 to 7/2016 – Thesis “The effects of body temperature and hydration on thermal and moisture preferences, and jumping performance in three species of frog differing in niche use and degree of relatedness”

Cynthia Alonso, MS: 1/2014 to 7/2015 – Thesis “Standardization of phylogenetically independent contrasts and regression”

Hannah Diebboll, MS: 6/2013 to 5/2015 – Thesis “Environmental, behavioral, and size effects on the dehydration rates of amphibians”

Allegra Mitchell, MS: 1/2011 to 5/2014 – Thesis “The effects of body temperature and hydration on environmental temperature and moisture preferences and jumping performance in green frogs (Lithobates clamitans)”

Natasha Tchamitchian, MA: 3/2011 to 5/2013 – Thesis “The effects of anthropogenic and natural acidification on Amphibians”

Past Students

Jin Yoo, BS: 9/2024 to 5/2026

Mia Tewes, BS: 5/2024 to 5/2026

Audrey Regulla-Wilkens, BS: 1/2025 to 12/2025

Maya Senquiz, BS: 1/2025 to 5/2025

Owen Nasi, BS: 1/2023 to 8/2024

Bea Macalalag, BS: 9/2022 to 5/2023

Julianne Liebow, BA: 9/2022 to 5/2023

Hannah Guss, BA: 1/2020 to 5/2022

Mayte Torres Zelaya, BA: 1/2020 to 5/2022

Nat Bickford, BA: 2/2021 to 5/2022

Biko Gayman, BA: 2/2021 to 5/2021

Sarah Charles, BA: 1/2020 to 12/2020

Ben McEvoy, BA: 5/2018 to 5/2020

Eric Cobert, BA: 5/2019 to 8/2019

Lana Le, BA: 1/2017 to 5/2018

Erika Schaper, BA: 9/2014 to 5/2018

David Berry, BA: 9/2015 to 5/2018

Jordan Majka, BA: 1/2016 to 5/2018

Kristen Glennie, BA: 1/2017 to 5/2018

Muhaj Azeez, BA: 5/2015 to 5/2016

Verna Zhao, BA: 5/2015 to 12/2015

Kyle Pettinelli, BA: 1/2012 to 12/2015

Molly Provost, BA: 5/2013 to 5/2015

Sarah Kaufman, BA: 5/2014 to 5/2015

Becca Rood-Goldman, BA: 8/2013 to 5/2014

Leah Siegel-Reamer, BA: 5/2012 to 5/2014

Mandy Gaudreau – PhD Student, 1/2012 to 5/2013

Kelsey Giedymin, BA: 9/2011 to 5/2012

Meredith Hare-Drubka, BA: 5/2011 to 15/2013

David Opp, BA: 1/2011 to 5/2011

Simone Palladino, BA: 9/2011 to 5/2012

Daniel Rabinowicz, BA: 1/2011 to 8/2012

Katelyn Richer, BA: 9/2012 to 5/2013

Erika Roth, BA: 5/2012 to 5/2013

Sarah Schnur, BA: 5/2012 to 5/2013

Allyson Zelck, 1/2011 to 5/2012

 

Our lab in tempore virus coronae, 2021, Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Achyuthan Srikanthan, Philip Bergmann, Nat Bickford, Izzy Tonelli-Sippel, Mayte Torres Zelaya, Quincy Milton, Amy Cheu, Biko Gayman, Hannah Guss, and Julia Beebe (see below for details)

Our lab in 2019: (L to R) Philip Bergmann, Amy Cheu, Lana Le, Ben McEvoy, Samantha Reed, Sara Mann, and Izzy Tonelli-Sippel.

Our lab in 2015: (L to R) Philip Bergmann, Gen Morinaga, Faye Harwell, Verna Zhao, Erika Schaper, Marian Crockett, Muhaj Azeez, and Rob Holden.

 

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