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Faculty in the Herpotology Group

Sharyn B. Marks, PhD (University of California at Berkeley), Assistant Professor of Zoology, and Associate Editor for Herpetological Review

Research Interests: Development and evolution of amphibians, especially evolution of direct development in plethodontid salamanders; amphibian ecology, life history, and conservation biology.

Contact Information: Tel: (707) 826-5560, Fax: (707) 826-3201

E-mail: sbm1@humboldt.edu

James H. Howard, PhD (University of Idaho), Dean of the College of Natural Resources and Sciences

Research Interests: Conservation biology, evolution, herpetology, and population and conservation genetics.

Contact Information: Tel: (707) 826-3256, Fax: (707) 826-3201

E-mail: howard@humboldt.edu (Jim is the person on the right)

John O. Reiss, PhD (Harvard University), Assistant Professor of Zoology

Research Interests: Evolution of amphibian metamorphosis, amphibian olfaction, vertebrate developmental and evolutionary morphology, vertebrate natural history.

Contact Information: Tel: (707) 826-4156, Fax: (707)826-3201

E-mail: jor1@humboldt.edu Web: http://www.humboldt.edu/~jor1

Hartwell H. Welsh, PhD (University of California at Berkeley), Adjunct Professor, Department of Wildlife Management; Research Herpetologist, USDA Forest Service

Research Interests: Conservation biology, biogeography, effects of landscape-scale processes and habitat alteration on reptiles and amphibians.

Contact Information: Tel: (707) 825-2956, Fax: (707) 825-2901

E-mail: hwelsh@fs.fed.us

Lowell Diller, PhD (University of Idaho), Adjunct Professor, Department of Wildlife Management; Wildlife Biologist, Simpson Timber Company

Research Interests: Life history and ecology of reptiles and amphibians.

Contact Information: Tel: (707) 668-4428, Fax: (707)668-4402

E-mail: ldiller@simpson.com