Carey Krajewski

Department of Zoology
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Current Graduate Students

Justin Sipiorski (Ph.D., in progress)

Dissertation topic: phylogeography of gars

Roberta Torunsky (Ph.D., in progress)

Dissertation topic: Conservation genetics of Eritrean gazelles

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Previous Graduate Students

Lori A. Armstrong (M.S., 1997)

Thesis: A Multigene Assessment of Phylogenetic Relationships in Antechinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)
Currently: Biology Instructor, Shawnee Community College, Ullin, IL

Larry J. Buckley (Ph.D., 1997)

Dissertation: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Genus Ctenosaura (Squamata: Iguanidae)
Postdoctoral (1997-1998): National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Currently: Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

Brian C. Cambron (M.S., 1998)

Thesis: A Phylogenetic Study of the Marsupial Genus Sminthopsis (Dasyuridae) Based on Cytochrome b DNA Sequences

Matthew G. Fain (Ph.D., 2001); NSF Graduate Fellow (1997-2000)

Dissertation: Phylogeny and Evolution of Cranes (Aves: Gruidae) Inferred from DNA Sequences of Multiple Genes
Postdoctoral (2001-2004): Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
Researcher (2004-2005): Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Mexico

James W. Fetzner, Jr. (M.S., 1993)

Thesis: Biochemical Systematics of the Crayfish Genus Orconectes: Relationships Among Subgenera
Ph.D., Zoology, Brigham Young University (2001)
Currently: Visiting Assistant Curator, Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Gregory R. Moyer (Ph.D., 2002)

Dissertation: Molecular Systematics of Thorny Catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae)
Postdoctoral (2002-2004): Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Mexico
Research Associate (2004-2006): Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Oregon State University
Currently: Geneticist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Warm Springs Regional Fisheries Center

Chad L.A. Sloan (M.S., 2000)

Thesis: Phylogenetic Position of the Limpkin (Aves: Aramidae) Based on the Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene
Currently: Biology Teacher, Warrensburg-Latham High School, Decatur, IL

Sheri A. Snowbank (M.S., 1995)

Thesis: Conservation Genetics of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana)
Currently: Program Assistant, Spooner Agricultural Research Station, Spooner, WI

Roberta Torunsky (M.S., 2007)

Thesis: Phylogeny and Phylogeography of the Dasyurid Marsupial Genus Murexia
Currently: Ph.D. student, Department of Zoology, SIUC

Timothy C. Wood (M.S., 1995)

Thesis: Genetic and Phylogeographic Relationships Among the Subspecies of Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)
Ph.D., Medical Genetics, University of Alabama Birmingham (2000)
Currently: Director, Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Greenwood Genetics Center

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* SIUC Department of Zoology

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