Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Email: Kaitlin.Baudier@usm.edu
Lab: JST 416, Office: JST 413 Office Phone: 601-266-4660 |
Kaitlin M. Baudier, Ph.D. I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. I received my B.S. in Biological Sciences from Louisiana State University in 2008 and my PhD in Biological Sciences at Drexel University in 2017, advised by Sean O'Donnell. From 2017 to 2020 I did postdoctoral research in group defense and thermal ecology in the labs of Jennifer Fewell, Ted Pavlic, and Stephen Pratt, as part of the Social Insect Research Group at Arizona State University. In January of 2021 I began my current position as an Assistant Professor in the School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi. |
Graduate Students
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Karen Robles Lopez - PhD Student I was born and raised in Colombia. I studied biology in the University of Cauca and did my masters in the National University of Colombia, campus Medellín. I have worked with insects in different places of Colombia and I am very interested in Ecology, plant-insect interactions, and effects of climate change. I joined Dr. Baudier's lab this fall as a PhD student. I also loved to run, swim and travel. |
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Clayton Ziemke - PhD Student (co-advised by Dr. Don Yee) Born and raised in Colorado, I completed my B.A. in Biology at Pomona College where I worked on projects ranging from surveys of beetles in coastal sage-scrub ecosystems, to nest-finding behavior in turtle ants, to comparing biogenic amines in ant brains. Before coming to USM, I worked as a Curatorial Assistant in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, where I studied ant-plant mutualisms in the lab of Dr. Naomi Pierce. I'm especially interested in insect-plant interactions, community structure, and behavior. Outside of my academic work, I'm passionate about history and archaeology and enjoy drawing and photography. Google Scholar - OrcID - Twitter - Instagram |
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Kristin Robinson - PhD Student I am a born and raised Minnesotan. I attended the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities where I worked in Dr. Marlene Zuk's lab and received my B.S. in Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior. In the Fall of 2021, I joined the Baudier Lab as a PhD student in the Biological Sciences program at the University of Southern Mississippi. |
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Undergraduate Students
Alycia Johnson - Undergraduate Researcher
Taylor (Nikki) Guild - Undergraduate (Thesis) Honors Student
Taylor (Nikki) Guild - Undergraduate (Thesis) Honors Student
Past team members
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I'd also like to recognize the many amazing high school, undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, and graduate students who have played an integral role in various research projects over the years prior to the formation of our lab at USM. Many have gone on to pursue careers in education, biology, medicine, ecology and conservation. All are greatly appreciated.