Current Lab Members
![]() Professor Biology / Pharmacy 305B 860-486-4452 (office) elizabeth.jockusch ![]() |
![]() Ph.D. Student Termite warfare and weapons |
![]() M.S. Student (co-advised with Mark Urban) Biology / Pharmacy 213 |
![]() Technician Caira / Jockusch labs Biology / Pharmacy 318 hannah.ralicki ![]() |
![]() Postdoctoral Researcher Biology/Pharmacy 322 justin.kratovil ![]() |
![]() M.S. Student Conservation genetics of Batrachoseps campi Biology/Pharmacy 318 |
Katherine Starr Undergraduate Researcher 2019- NSF REU (summer 2019) |
![]() Undergraduate Researcher 2019- SURF (summer 2020) |
![]() Undergraduate Researcher with Liz Project: Impact of fighter ratios on group versus individual termite battles 2018- |
![]() Undergraduate Researcher with Liz Project: Effects of battle size on termite aggressiveness 2018- |
Samantha Bird Undergraduate Researcher Project: Oviposition site selection in Eurycea bislineata 2020- |

Lab Alumni
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Alumni
![]() Ph.D., 2020 Dissertation Abstract 2020: Lecturer at UConn-Hartford |
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![]() M.S., 2018 2020: Bioinformatician at American Type Cultures Collection |
![]() Ph.D. 2019 Dissertation Abstract 2020: postdoc at Cornell |
![]() Ph.D., 2013 Dissertation abstract Assistant Professor, U. North Florida |
![]() M.S., 2012 Community Outreach Manager, CT Humane Society |
![]() Ph.D., 2011 Dissertation abstract Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland |
![]() Postdoc, 2007-2008 Tenured Scientist, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid |
![]() Postdoc, 2005-2008 Associate Professor, Colby College |
![]() Technician, 2006-2008 |
![]() Ph.D., 2007 Dissertation abstract Associate Professor, Plymouth State University |
![]() Ph.D., 2005 Dissertation abstract Herpetological Geneticist, USGS San Diego Field Station |
![]() Postdoc, 2001-2004 Professor, College of the Holy Cross |
![]() Schlichting/Schwenk labs Ph.D., 2010 Dissertation Abstract Assistant Professor, Arcadia University |
Undergraduate Thesis Students
![]() Thesis: The relationship between soil conditions, forest composition, and morph frequencies of a woodland salamander, Plethodon cinereus SURF (summer 2018) 2020: M.S. Program, John Carroll University |
![]() Thesis: The impact of distance from a stream on color morph distributions of Plethodon cinereus, the Eastern Red-Backed Salamander SURF (summer 2019); Outstanding EEB major (2020) 2020: M.S. Program, Eastern Kentucky U. |
![]() Thesis: Phenotypic responses to changes in RNA interference parameters in a hemipteran (Oncopeltus fasciatus) SURF (summer 2017) |
![]() Thesis: Investigating mouthpart development patterning in Tribolium castaneum larvae through RNA interference targeting cap-n-collar and Wnt6 2019: M.S. Program, Boston University |
![]() McNair Scholar Thesis: Correlation between body parts in holometabolous and hemimetabolous insects 2020: Physician’s Assistant (M.S. from Pace University) |
![]() Thesis: An analysis of the developmental genes fringe, frizzled, and dishevelled in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum 2018: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Colby College |
![]() Thesis: Exploring the evolution of the arthropod labrum in Tribolium castaneum. 2013: Freelance artist |
![]() Thesis: Demystifying cryptic species in the Batrachoseps relictus group 2018: NYU Sackler Institute |
![]() Thesis: Evolutionary implications of a gene duplication event: comparison of nubbin in Tribolium castaneum and Drosophila melanogaster. 2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana U. |
Other Undergraduate Researchers
![]() Brian Branciforte (2003-2004) |
Madison Caballero
(2014-2015) |
![]() Derek Cornetta (2008-2009) |
![]() Sean Edington University of Virginia (summer 2006) |
![]() David Farris, Jr. (2011-2013) |
![]() Taylor Ferguson (2012-2013) |
![]() Vance Harper (2008-2009) |
![]() Dan Kirk (2010-2011) |
![]() Jessica Klein (2006) |
![]() Daniel Madden (2011-2012) |
![]() Eliana Mejia (2005) |
Kate Morozova (2011) |
![]() Justin Mortimer (2000) |
![]() Jeremy Pang National University of Singapore (2017) |
![]() Lisa Rodriguez (2001) |
![]() Jallah Rouse Johnson C. Smith University (summer 2007) |
![]() Ashley Sullivan (2013) |
![]() Avis Thompson Johnson C. Smith University (summer 2008) |
![]() Sarah Vetrano (2014-2015) |
![]() Jennifer Wheeler (2003) |
![]() Chelsea Willett (2009-2011) |
Lab Visitors
Chris Evelyn Graduate Student Visitor, 2011 Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara |
Jorge Gutiérrez Rodríguez CSIC Research Visitor, 2012 Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Postdoc: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) |
Christina Kocer CT DEP weasel identification, 2007-2008 USFWS, White-Nose Syndrome National Assistant Coordinator |
Anny Peralta García Graduate Student Visitor, 2008 Conservación de Fauna del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California |
Alireza Sari, Ph.D. Research Visitor, 2009, 2011, 2012 Zoological Museum, University of Tehran |
Prashant Sharma EDEN Fellow, 2012 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin |
Vasylyna Strus, Ph.D. Research Visitor, 2019-2020 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv |