Jerry Husak, Ph.D. - Jerry has diverse research interests, and studies how evolution shapes the
morphology, physiology, and performance of organisms. He works on flies and beetles, but mostly
lizards.
Contact: jerry.husak"at"stthomas.edu
morphology, physiology, and performance of organisms. He works on flies and beetles, but mostly
lizards.
Contact: jerry.husak"at"stthomas.edu
Current Students
Interested in joining the lab? Contact Dr. Husak for opportunities!
Lab Alumni
2018 Lizard Lab - Back: Christine Rohlf, Kara Reardon, Dr. Husak; Front: Gianni Solis, Elliott Magnuson, Andrew Wang
Erik Sathe - Erik did several projects examining tradeoffs between speed and maneuverability in lizards, with the goal of understanding how speed can lead to mistakes during locomotion. He also studied the relevance of substrate variation to the evolution of locomotor performance. Erik is now working in Robert Dudley's lab at UC Berkeley.
Ariel Steele - Ariel examined allometric patterns of limb and head size divergence in six-lined racerunners. She also studied how diet affects aggression and fecundity of flies. Ariel then got her M.S. in Dan Warner's lab at Auburn University, and is now working on a Ph.D. in education.
Hannah Dahl - Hannah worked on our endurance training-diet restriction project in green anoles, where she was a diet enforcer.
Haley Ferguson - Haley worked on our endurance training-diet restriction project in green anoles, where she was our immune function and bacteria-killing guru.
Geena Lindeberg - Geena worked on our endurance training-diet restriction project in green anoles, where she was a trainer.
Alysha Nelson - Alysha worked on our endurance training-diet restriction project in green anoles, where she was a trainer.
Matt Rowe - Matt worked on our endurance training-diet restriction project in green anoles. He processed the effects on GI tract morphology.
Beth Skinner - Beth compiled published data on hormone levels, life history information, and abiotic factors to test macroevolutionary hypotheses about endocrine systems.
Ashley Stenstrom - Ashley worked on our endurance training-diet restriction project in green anoles, where she was a diet enforcer.
Beth Wittry - Beth examined the effects of exercise training on performance and muscle physiology of green anole lizards. She helped make our Olympic lizards.
Allison Keith - Allison was involved in several projects, including our early training project to make Olympic lizards (we did!). She also tested for differences in brain structure and maximal testosterone production among different Caribbean Anolis ecomorphs.
Adam Wieckert - Adam studied temporal variation in brain structure and androgen receptors in green anole lizards.
Kasey Diekmann - Kasey was the very first student in the lab. She was indispensable in getting things up and running, as well as putting together our brown anole brain atlas.