Category: Herper of the week

The goal of Herper of the Week is to highlight people from all walks of life who work with reptiles and amphibians and show their work to others. This week’s Herper of the Week is Dr. James Van Dyke. He earned his Ph.D from the University of Arkansas, with his dissertation on viviparous snakes and… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Dr James Van Dyke

The goal of Herper of the Week is to highlight people from all walks of life who work with reptiles and amphibians and show their work to others. This week’s Herper of the Week is Dr. Amanda Duffus, Associate Professor of Biology at Gordon State College. She obtained her Ph.D from the Queen Mary University… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Dr. Amanda Duffus

The goal of Herper of the Week is to highlight people from all walks of life who work with reptiles and amphibians and show their work to others. This week’s Herper of the Week is Dr. Frank Glaw, curator of herpetology at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. He has helped describe over a hundred new species of reptiles and… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Frank Glaw

Every week, a post about a herper (reptile and amphibian enthusiast) is made to show the public just who they are and what they do. 70% of Americans can't even name a living scientist. We hope to include people from a variety of different backgrounds to show that frogs, amphibians, and reptiles are for everyone.… Continue reading Herper of the Week

The Herper (reptile and amphibian enthusist) of the Week is Michel Ohmer, Postdoctoral research assistant at Richard Zawacki Lab in Pittsburgh. She obtained her Ph.D from the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia. Her Ph.D was about skin shedding in frogs and how the different rates of shedding and the different types of skin can… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Michel Ohmer

The Herper of the Week is Gilbert Adum, SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana Executive Director and Co-Founder.  He just gained admission to the University of Cambridge to pursue a Masters degree (MPhil) in Conservation Leadership.  He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology's Department of Wildlife in Kumasi, Ghana. He is… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Gilbert Adum

The Herper of the Week is Nick Caruso, a Ph.D student at the University of Alabama and acclaimed co-author of Does it fart? Nick studies terrestrial salamanders, especially in relation to distributions of them at different scales. Nick Caruso has also just published a book with Dani Rabaiotti. The book is called Does it fart?. It… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Nick Caruso

The Herper of the Week is Mark D Scherz, a Ph.D student from  Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and Technische Universität Braunschweig. His Ph.D research is on reptiles and amphibians of Madagascar. Mark has described many new species of herps from Madagascar including chameleons, frogs, and geckos. Besides just finding new species, he is an… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Mark D Scherz

The Herper of the Week is Yusan Yang, a Ph.D candidate from the University of Pittsburgh. She obtained her Bachelor's of Science in Biology from the National Taiwan University Her current research is on sexual selection and behavioral isolation in the polymorphic Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio). You can learn more about her research on… Continue reading Herper of the Week: Yusan Yang