Jacob received his M.Sc. degree in the Savage Lab in 2021. His project investigated MHC immunogenetics and invasion biology of American bullfrogs. He is currently working in the University of Tampa Biology Department as a laboratory coordinator.
Dr. Kevin P. Mulder
Kevin was co-advised by Guillermo Velo-Antón, Rayna Bell, and Anna Savage, and received his PhD from the Research Center for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources of the University of Porto (CIBIO) in 2020. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at CIBIO studying the evolution of viviparity in clades of Salamandra.
Johnathan Napier (UCF M.Sc. 2018)
Johnathan received his MSc in the Savage lab in 2018. He is currently a mathematics graduate student at Eastern Michigan University.
Joanne Saldanha (UCF Biology 2018)
Joanne was an undergraduate Honors in the Major thesis student. She’s currently a PhD student at SUNY Stonybrook.
Emily Karwacki (UCF Biology 2018)
Matthew Lawrance (UCF M.S. 2016, Savage lab manager 2016-2017)
Matt was the Savage Lab Manager from 2016-2017. He is currently a PhD student in the Storfer lab at Washington State University.
Sanabel Mahmoud (UCF Biology 2017)
Sanabel was an undergraduate researcher in the Savage Lab for over a year, working on stress gene characterization in frogs.
Tyler Stuck (UCF Engineering 2017)
Tyler was an undergraduate researcher in the Savage Lab for two years. He graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree with a minor in Bioengineering.
Taina Torres ((UCF Biology 2017)
Taina was an undergraduate researcher in the Savage Lab for over a year. She graduated with a Biology degree and a minor in Environmental Studies. She used GIS to model the distribution of disease in amphibian species and co-authored one lab publication.
Andrew Letter (UCF Biology 2016)
Andrew was an undergrad researcher in the Savage Lab. He recently completed his Master’s degree at Eastern New Mexico University.
Zach did an Honors in the Major undergraduate thesis in the Savage Lab. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Jeremi was an undergraduate researcher and field work expert in the Savage Lab. He is applying to graduate programs in wildlife management and still helps out with field work when he’s not fishing.
Yasmine Akhiyat (UCF Biology 2016)
Yasmine was an undergraduate researcher in the Savage Lab. She is currently in medical school.