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Dr. Lisa Schwanz |
I completed my Ph.D. in Biology at the University of New Mexico in 2006. My dissertation research focused on condition-dependent maternal investment, largely in mammals. I examined, empirically and theoretically, how mothers alter their total investment in offspring and their division of resources between male and female offspring when their condition changes (e.g., when infected with a parasite).
Continuing my research on the evolution of reproductive strategies, I joined the Janzen Lab in 2006 to study temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). As an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow advised by Drs. Fred Janzen, Steve Proulx (Iowa State University), and Stuart West (University of Edinburgh), I am investigating the relationship between the local environment and patterns of TSD in freshwater turtles. Visit my web page to find out more about my research.