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Eric Riddell, Principal Investigator ([email protected]) CV
My name is Eric, and I am joining the faculty of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Iowa State University. After college, I abandoned my ambition of becoming a dentist and moved to the Galapagos Islands. I spent several months working at hotels and teaching English, but then I got an opportunity to work on a deserted island studying a colony of Nazca boobies. In graduate school, I dove headfirst into the field of environmental and ecological physiology, and I haven't looked back. I love what I do, and I also love spending time with my family, friends, and fishing.
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Braulio Assis, Postdoc
I am an evolutionary ecologist who studies how animal populations respond and adapt to a changing world. To address this question, I have explored various study organisms including fish, orb-weaving spiders, and lizards. In the Riddell Lab I work with lungless salamanders to understand how they respond to environmental change. In my free time I enjoy Brazilian music, the bass guitar, cooking, and swimming. |
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Issi Burger, PhD Candidate
I joined the Ecophysiology Lab after completing my Masters in the Conservation Physiology Lab at Mississippi State University, focusing on amphibian reproductive physiology. While at Iowa State, I will be modeling species distribution of salamanders while also aiming to better understand their evolutionary and physiological ecology. When I’m not in the lab or in the field, I can be found reading, exploring the outdoors, or spending time with my partner and three pups. |
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Tamara Tyner, PhD Student
My name is Tamara and I am joining the Ecophysiology Lab after studying and working as a Forensic Anthropologist for the past few years. Before my anthropology days, I studied organismal biology and stable isotopes in aquatic food webs at the University of Kansas. I'm very excited to return to bio and explore the physiology of bumble bees! Outside of researching, I enjoy cooking, gardening, and any sort of adventure I can jump into with friends and family. |
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Savannah Weaver, PhD Student
I am pursuing my PhD in the Ecophysiology Lab after spending my Master’s investigating the hydration and evaporative water loss of lizards in the Physiology Ecology of Reptiles Lab at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. While at UNC Chapel Hill, I will be focusing on hydric trade-offs for anurans, their acclimation capacity, and how that will relate to their extinction or resilience to climate change. In addition to the mind-blowing physiology of reptiles and amphibians, I love the great outdoors, my mischievous kitties, and good food. |
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Past Lab Members
Postdocs:
Cody Porter - Assistant Professor at Hope College (website)
Graduate Students:
Colton Poore (MS) - Communications Specialist at Princeton University
Postdocs:
Cody Porter - Assistant Professor at Hope College (website)
Graduate Students:
Colton Poore (MS) - Communications Specialist at Princeton University
- Thesis title: Thermal physiology of queens reveals insights into climate vulnerability in two co-occurring native bumble bees (Bombus)