Lab Alumni
Former Graduate Students

Hyena women united! Left to right: Stephanie Dloniak, Micaela Szykman, Heather Watts and Erin Boydston at the Wildlife Society meeting in Monterey, CA, September 2009.
Dr. Erin Boydston (PhD 2001)
eboydston [at] usgs.gov
tel. 714-508-4704 / fax. 714-508-4701
Research Ecologist
USGS Western Ecological Research Center
320 Commerce, Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92602
USA
Nature Conservancy Article on Erin's Work
Dr. Stephanie M. Dloniak (PhD 2004)
dloniak [at] kenyaweb.com
Director, The Mara Carnivore Conservation Project
PO Box 86
Karen 00502
Nairobi KENYA
Mobile phone: +254 736 192 242
Dr. Anne Engh (PhD 2002)
anne@babooncamp
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Joseph Kolowski (PhD 2007)
Conservation Biologist
National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution
Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Suite 3123, Washington DC 20560
Email: kolowskij@si.edu
Tel: 202.633.4787
Fax: 202.786.2557
www.si.edu/simab
Ms. Teresa McElhinny (MSc 1996)
mcelhinn [at] msu.edu
PhD Candidate, Michigan State University Department of Zoology
Dr. Eva Maria Muecke (PhD 2005)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Pacific University
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, OR, 97116
Dr. Scott Nunes (PhD 1997)
nunes [at] usfca.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Biology , University of San Francisco ,
2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117
phone: (415) 422-5645 fax: (415) 422-6363
Dr. Wiline Pangle (PhD 2008)
Visiting Scholar
Dr. Ian Hamilton Laboratory
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
300 Aronoff Laboratory
318 W. 12th Ave.
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
Email: pangle.4@osu.edu
Dr. Micaela Szykman Gunther (PhD 2001)

ms147 [at] humboldt.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Wildlife
Humboldt State University
1 Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521
Ph: 707-826-3520
Fax: 707-826-4060
Director, African Wild Dog Reintroduction and Conservation Program
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, Conservation & Research Center, USA
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/ReproductiveScience/African_Wild_Dog
Dr. Jaime B. Tanner (PhD 2007)
jtanner@admin.umass.edu
Darwin Postdoctoral Fellow
Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Program
319 Morrill 3
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Research Associate
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Michigan State University hyena pasting
2215 Biomedical Physical Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-4320
517-884-5399
theiskev@msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/user/theiskev
Dr. R.C. Van Horn (PhD 2004)
Research Associate, Applied Animal Ecology
Conservation & Research for Endangered Species (CRES)
Zoological Society of San Diego
15600 San Pasqual Valley Road
Escondido, CA 92027-7000
http://cres.sandiegozoo.org/staff/div_applied_cons.html
1302 Nebraska Ave., Apt 5-D
Fort Pierce, FL 34950
(517)-775-3618
Dr. Heather Watts (PhD 2007)
hewatts [at] ucdavis.edu
NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior
University of California, Davis
Animal Communication Lab
Davis, CA 95616
Former Post-docs
Assistant Professor
Texas Agricultural Experimental Station
1619 Garner Field Road
Uvalde, TX 78801
Dr. Carmen Salsbury
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Butler University
4600 Sunset Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46208