
Todd W. Pierson
assistant professor
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graduate students
We are recruiting Masters students to begin the Master of Science in Integrative Biology (MSIB) program at KSU in Fall 2021. If you think you might be interested, please send me an email! Please see the advertisement here for more information.
undergraduate students
Interested in conducting research in our lab? Do you want to gain experience in the field, laboratory, or analyzing data? We are always welcoming undergraduate students! Please email me to discuss opportunities.

Tyshiona Brandon
biology major
Tye is using collecting data from museum specimens and using geometric morphometric methods to study secondary sexual characters in salamanders.
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Kelly-Ann McDonald
biology major
Kelly-Ann is using collecting data from museum specimens and using geometric morphometric methods to study secondary sexual characters in salamanders.

Jasmyne Blake-Sinclair
biology major
Jasmyne is curating and analyzing observations from the citizen science databases, field notes, and scientific literature to better understand the phenology of nesting in two-lined salamanders.

Jadin Cross
modern language & culture (Spanish) major
Jadin is assembling and analyzing genome-wide SNP data to better understand the phylogeography of slimy salamanders in northern Georgia.

Tyler Schwartz
environmental science major
Tyler is building interactive and easily shareable maps for the lab's various research projects focused on phylogeography and contact zones.
frequent external collaborators
We are lucky to work with wonderful colleagues around the world. These include, but are certainly not limited to: