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Eric Riddell, Principal Investigator (eriddell@iastate.edu)
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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Cody Porter, Postdoctoral Researcher
I joined the Ecophysiology Lab after a 2-year stint as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Lees-McRae College. I received my PhD in 2020 from the University of Wyoming, where I focused on behavioral and ecological mechanisms underlying adaptive radiation and speciation. My research is now expanding to include physiological approaches to studying adaptation broadly. Outside of science, I enjoy hiking, birding, herping, mothing, watching the Detroit Pistons lose, and cooking/eating. |
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Issi Burger, PhD Student
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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Past Students
Graduate Students:
Colton Poore (MS) - Thesis title: Thermal physiology of queens reveals insights into climate vulnerability in two co-occurring native bumble bees (Bombus)
Undergraduate Students:
Alejandro Medina-Valencia
Hailey Christoph
Graduate Students:
Colton Poore (MS) - Thesis title: Thermal physiology of queens reveals insights into climate vulnerability in two co-occurring native bumble bees (Bombus)
Undergraduate Students:
Alejandro Medina-Valencia
Hailey Christoph