Bohenek Lab

Welcome. I am a freshwater aquatic ecologist investigating the patterns that drive our natural world. I am currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas where I research freshwater community ecology and ecophysiology using insect and amphibian model systems. I also teach Biostatistics.

Why are organisms where they are?

The lab has a general interest in how aquatic communities assemble through processes of dispersal and colonization. In particular, I am interested in how aspects of patch quality affect oviposition and colonization dynamics of organisms with complex multi-stage life cycles such as aquatic insects and amphibians.

What happens to them once they get there?

One of our primary research interests lies in exploring the ecophysiology of phenotypic plasticity. In particular, I am interested in how natural and anthropogenic environmental stressors affect plasticity, with emphasis on phenotype expression in facultatively paedomorphic salamanders.