Ken Dodd Email & Phone Number

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Courtesy Associate Curator of Herpetology, Florida Museum of Natural History

Gainesville, Fl

Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL 32611, andProgram in Interdisciplinary Ecology [School of Natural Resources and Environment]Past Students: MS. Elizabeth Domingue (1995): Amphibian and Reptile Communities of Temporary Ponds in a Managed Pine FlatwoodsMS. Charles Knapp (1999): Population Biology of a Translocated Iguana (Cyclura) Colony in the BahamasMS. Alison Hamilton (2000): Evidence for Ontogenetic Shifts in Box Turtles: Activity Patterns, Movements, and Use of Microenvironments and Habitats by Juvenile Terrapene carolina bauri on Egmont Key, FloridaMS. Ann Marie Clark (2006): Using Microsatellite Loci to Determine the Fine Scale Genetic Structure of a Complex of Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) Dens in Northeastern New York StateMS. Yurii Kornilev (2008): Behavioral Ecology of the Suwannee Cooter (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis) in a Blackwater Spring-fed RiverMS. J. Michael Butler (2008): Morphology, Molecules, and Delineation of the Gulf Coast Box TurtleMS. Ravi Kailas (2008): Non-thesis technical paper – Habitat Fragmentation and Conservation TheoryMS. Anthony Lau (2011): Spatial Ecology of the Gopher Tortoise in Coastal Sand Dune Habitat: Burrow Site Selection, Home Range and Seasonal Activity PatternsPhD. Lora Smith (1999): The Status and Ecology of the Angonoka Tortoise (Geochelone yniphora) of Western MadagascarPhD. Steve Johnson (2001): Life History, Ecology, and Conservation Genetics of the Striped Newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus)PhD. Charles Knapp (2005): Ecology and Conservation of the Andros Island Iguana (Cyclura cychlura cychlura)Committee Member: 8 MS (Robin Boughton ['97], Deborah Epperson ['97], Gregg Klowden [‘00], Elizabeth Knizley ['97], Jamie Barichivich [‘06], Jennifer Staiger [‘99], Brooke Talley [Environmental Engineering; ‘05], Amber Pitt [‘05])3 PhD (Krista McCoy [‘07], Mike McCoy [Biology; ‘06], Erik Blosser [Entomology; ‘14])Senior Thesis Advisor: Maya Zacharow [‘02]

Gainesville, Florida Area

Zoologist (Research), GS-15/5 (Retired 02/03/2007)Florida Integrated Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL.(position previously associated with National Ecology Research Center, U.S. Fish and WildlifeService; National Biological Survey; National Biological Service) Responsible for conducting research projects in the Southeastern U.S and Caribbean.Project Leader, USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI), Southeastern US

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.Responsible for gathering data on status of reptiles and amphibians throughout the world;preparation of documents to list species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; preparationof status reports and summaries; specialist in ES Program on herpetological matters; conductresearch as appropriate; editor of all ES Federal Register documents.

Starkville, Ms.

Taught Vertebrate Zoology, General Biology, Mammalogy

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Zoology

Dissertation: Defensive mechanisms of Neotropical salamanders (Tribe Bolitoglossini) with an experimental analysis of immobility.

M.S, Zoology

Bachelor’S Degree, Zoology

High School Diploma