​Van Den Bussche Laboratory of
Conservation Genomics
Doctoral Students
Dr. Dana N. Lee
Dissertation Title: Dietary analysis and conservation genetics of the endanged Ozark big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii ingens
Graduated: August, 2013
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, McMurry University, Abilene, TX
Dr. Justin B. Lack
Dissertation Title: Population genetics of invasive Rattus in North America>
Graduated: May, 2012
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Dr. Brandi Coyner
Dissertation Title: Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of the genus Akodon (Rodentia: Cricetidae).
Graduated: December, 2010
Current Position:
Dr. Zachary P. Roehrs
Dissertation Title: Vespertilioninae Systematics: Using nuclear markers to elucidate tribal phylogenetic relationships.
Graduated: August, 2009
Current Position: Instructor, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne ,WY
Dr. David Onorato (co-advised with Dr. Eric Hellgren)
Dissertation Title: Conservation ecology of an isolated population of black bears in the Big Bend ecosystem.
Graduated: May, 2003
Current Position:
Dr. Steven Hoofer
Dissertation Title: Molecular phylogenetics of vespertilionid bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae).
Graduated: May, 2003
Current Position:
Dr. Gregory Wilson (co-advised with Dr. Karen McBee)
Dissertation Title: Phylogeography of four species of boreal-adapted rodents in the central Rocky Mountain region.
Graduated: August, 2001
Current Position:
Dr. Terry Malloy (co-advised with Dr. Anthony Echelle)
Dissertation Title: Introgessive hybridization between native and non-native smallmouth bass in Oklahoma.
Graduated: August, 2001
Current Position:
Dr. Russell Pfau (co-advised with Dr. Karen McBee)
Dissertation Title: The major histocompatability complex in the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus): molecular evolution, evolutionary toxicology, and patterns of geographic variation.
Graduated: August, 2000.
Current Position:





