Dr. Nathan Whelan joined the Department of Biological Sciences in 2008 after finishing his B.S. at Truman State University. Dr. Whelan worked in Dr. Phil Harris’s lab on a dissertation entitled “Conservation, life history and systematics of Leptoxis Rafinesque 1819 (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae).” Subsequently he moved just down the road to conduct postdoctoral research with Dr. Ken Halanych at Auburn University, and he is currently Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Conservation Genetics Lab and an Assistant … Continue reading Former Graduate Student Spotlight: Dr. Nathan Whelan