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Ecolunch | Climate Change and Head-Starting: Manipulating Life Histories Turtle Speed Ahead, Jan. 27

Dr. Willem Roosenburg

The Ecolunch Seminar Series presents Dr. Willem Roosenburg discussing “Climate change and head-starting: manipulating life histories turtle speed ahead” on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 11:50 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Use this Teams link. For more information, contact Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences, at  roosenbu@ohio.edu.

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January 2, 2021 at 5:30 pmEvents

National Geographic Quotes Roosenburg on Turtle Poaching in U.S.

Dr. Willem Roosenburg

  Dr. Willem Roosenburg was quoted in a National Geographic article headlined “Turtles Are Being Snatched From U.S. Waters and Illegally Shipped to Asia.” Roosenburg is Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. Willem Roosenburg, a turtle expert at Ohio University in Athens and the president of the Herpetologists League, […]

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October 31, 2019 at 4:35 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Saving the World, One Turtle at a Time

Terrapin photo by Willem Roosenburg in Maryland

Roosenburg Co-Edits ‘Ecology and Conservation of the Diamond-Backed Terrapin’ By Kelly Shockley ’19 Dr. Willem Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences co-edited and co-authored several chapters in a recently published book titled Ecology and Conservation of the Diamond-Backed Terrapin (Johns Hopkins University Press). His co-editor was Victor S. Kennedy. In 19 […]

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April 23, 2019 at 6:28 pmNews Research

Happy Beginnings | Cones Awarded NSF Fellowship, Plans for Ph.D.

Seth Cones

  Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Biological Sciences alum Seth Cones ’18 was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Cones earned a B.S.in Biological Sciences – Marine, Freshwater […]

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April 17, 2019 at 2:06 pmAlumni

Roosenburg Serves as President of Herpetologist’s League

Dr. Willem Roosenburg

Dr. Willem M. Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, was elected the Vice President and President-elect of the Herpetologist’s League in June, and following the unexpected retirement of the standing president, Roosenburg assumed the role of president in early August. The Herpetologists’ League is an international scientific society […]

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September 11, 2018 at 10:48 amNews

Tokash Presents Poster on Diamondback Terrapin Reproduction

Alayna Tokash with her poster at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting.

Biology graduate student Alayna Tokash presented a poster on diamondback terrapin reproduction at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting in San Francisco in January. Her poster was titled “Within and among year variation in reproductive output from two populations of the diamond-backed terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin.” Tokash is a […]

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February 12, 2018 at 7:22 pmResearch

Biologists Monitor Nearby Eastern Timber Rattlesnakes

Biologists Monitor Nearby Eastern Timber Rattlesnakes

By Robert Frank Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences I recently had the opportunity to accompany Biology professor Willem Roosenberg and his graduate assistants Alayna Tokash and David Jenkins on a trip to monitor three Eastern Timber Rattlesnakes. This team has been locating and recording the health of […]

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November 8, 2017 at 6:27 pmResearch