2012 COURSE DATES: AUGUST 4 – 17, 2012 - Sirenian International

Grants and Internships
Faculty Development Grant for travel to the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology’s
Annual Symposium in Seattle, WA. $1024. January 2010.
The Effects of Incubation Temperatures on Embryonic Development and Post-hatching Morphology
and Behavior in Malayan Box Turtles (Cuora amboinensis). Summer 2006. Funding by
University of Evansville Undergraduate Research Program and Honor’s Program. Students:
Alison Rohde, Katie Aldred, and Natalie Byars.
Management of the Cuora amboinensis Taxon Management Group through Genetic Identification
of Captive Stock. Spring 2006. $1,735. University of Evansville’s Undergraduate Research
Program. Student: Sasha Rohde.
Continued Support for the University of Evansville Captive Breeding Colonies of Asian Turtles.
Spring 2005. $1,359. Univ. of Evansville Alumni Research and Scholarly Activity Fellowship.
Subspecies Identification of Individuals in a Captive Colony of Malayan Box Turtles, Cuora
amboinensis. Summer 2005. Funding Univ. of Evansville Honor’s Program. Student: Andrea
Eyler.
Treatment of Parasites in Malayan Box Turtles, Cuora amboinensis. Summer 2005. $9,810.
Funding Univ. of Evansville Undergraduate Research Program. Student: Bozorgmehr Ouranos.
Ultrasound Technology in the Research Lab and Classroom. 2004. $2,500. U.E. Arts, Research and
Teaching Projects Grant.
Maintenance and Reproduction in Two Asian Turtle Assurance Colonies. Fall 2003, Spring 2004.
Total $5,330. University of Evansville’s Alumni Research and Scholarly Activity Fellowship.
Behavior of the Olive Ridley in the Reproductive Patch. 1993. National Geographic Society. David
Owens grantee.
Reproductive Physiology of Clemmys guttata (Spotted Turtle). Grantee and Primary Investigator.
1991-1992. Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation.
Life History Study of Clemmys guttata. Primary Investigator. 1989.
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation.
Vertebrate Zoology Internship, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 1988. Project:
Skeletochronological Age Estimates on the American Toad and the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle.
Travel Grants (2 @ $500) from Dept. of Biology, Texas A&M Univ. 1995 and 1997. To attend the
77th Annual Meeting of Herpetologists’ League/SSAR and 15 th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium.
Travel Grant ($500) to 2 nd International Congress on Chelonian Conservation. From Congress
organizers. 1995.
Research Presentations
T. Hayes and H. Kalb. 2010. Visual Stages of Egg Development in the Malayan box turtle (Cuora
amboinensis) as Observed with Ultrasound Technology. Annual Conference of the Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle WA. (Poster presentation)
N. Byars, A. Rohde, K. Aldred, and H. Kalb. 2007. Effects of Incubation Temperature on
Incubation Duration and Hatchling Fitness in Malayan Box Turtles (Cuora amboinensis). 21 st
National Conference on Undergraduate Research, California. Apr. 12-14. (Poster presentation)
H. Kalb, N. Byars, and K. Aldred. 2006. Observations on Reproduction in a Captive Colony of
Malayan Box Turtles, Cuora amboinensis. 4 th Annual Symposium on Conservation and Biology
of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. St. Louis, Mo. Aug 10-13. (Poster presentation)
A. Rohde, B. Ouranos, S. Patton and H. Kalb. 2006. Parasites Present in a Stable Breeding
Population of Malayan Box Turtles (Cuora amboinensis). 4 th Annual Symposium on
Conservation and Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. St. Louis, Mo. Aug 10-13.
(Poster presentation)
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