Post Tagged with: "Willem Roosenburg"

by Kristin M. Distel “My internship taught me about my skills and interests, and it took me outside of my familiar environment in Ohio,” says Danielle Butts, a senior in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, who spent summer of 2016 completing an exciting internship at Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge in Kodiak, […]

by Kristin M. Distel “I can apply these skills to other areas in my field, whether I go on to earn a Ph.D. or to work in other research positions,” says Alayna Tokash, now a master’s student in ecology and evolutionary biology. Tokash, also an Ohio University undergraduate alumna of […]

Dr. Willem M. Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences, was quoted in an NPR interview on “America’s Biggest Terrapin Business Thrives During Ban on Capture.” The Diane Rehm Show interview aired on WYPR. Diamondback terrapin are a proud symbol of Maryland: a handsome turtle with a white neck spotted with black […]

Dr. Willem Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences, is part of an Ohio University team awarded a three-year, $600,000 federally funded research contract form the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to monitor traffic safety and the effectiveness of wildlife preservation efforts along the new U.S. Route 33 Nelsonville Bypass. The 8.5-mile, […]

The Fall 2014 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Colloquium—“Ecolunch”—presents Dr. Willem Roosenburg, Department of Biological Sciences, on “Demography, Halfway Technologies, and Triumphs of Terrapin Conservation” on Oct. 1. Roosenburg is Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. All seminars are open to the public and meet in Irvine Hall Room 159 on […]

  Biological Sciences student Sarah Kitson presented a paper on “Performance of Malaclemys terrapin Hatchlings: Variation in Seasonal ” at the 2014 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists July 30 to Aug. 4 in Chattanooga, TN. Her co-author was Dr. Willem Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. Abstract: […]

Biological Sciences alum Christopher Howey ’14Ph.D. presented a paper on “Thermoregulation and Energy Expenditures of Black Racers (Coluber constrictor) in Thermally Contrasting, Burned and Unburned Landscapes” at the 2014 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists July 30 to Aug. 4 in Chattanooga, TN. Howey earned a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from […]