Melissa Jane Van Kleeck-Hann

I am a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Hawaii Manoa's Hawaiian Tree Snail Conservation Lab (May 2016), and previous graduate from Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo (August 2012, May 2010). I've been working with reptiles and amphibians throughout my undergraduate and graduate careers from boas and pythons to chameleons and frogs, including basic husbandry and community outreach education at Truman State University's Herpetarium, and invasion ecology research on predatory herpetofauna in Hawaii. My Master's thesis focused on morphological variation and taxonomic assessment of Boa constrictors, while my dissertation involved invasion ecology of Jackson's chameleons. My current research interests range broadly from rapid adaptation in invasive species to animal behavior and how sexual selection can drive speciation.

May 2016