Herp Club Alumni
Zach Barfield
BS from NC State was in Natural Resources.
-spent two summers radio-tracking Northern Pine Snakes at Ft. Bragg and the Sandhills Gamelands
-did a nocturnal snake activity project in the NC sandhills
-one of the founding members of the NCSU Herpetology club.
-Has had photos published in NC Wildlife Magazine.
Now I'm back at UNCC getting the rest of my premed classes in and taking the MCAT. I will apply to med school summer 2012.
Contact: Email, Facebook
-spent two summers radio-tracking Northern Pine Snakes at Ft. Bragg and the Sandhills Gamelands
-did a nocturnal snake activity project in the NC sandhills
-one of the founding members of the NCSU Herpetology club.
-Has had photos published in NC Wildlife Magazine.
Now I'm back at UNCC getting the rest of my premed classes in and taking the MCAT. I will apply to med school summer 2012.
Contact: Email, Facebook
Nathan Shephard
- Currently attending graduate school at Marshall University
Thesis:
The Edge Effects of Gated Roads and Recreational Use Trails on Survivorship and Abundance of Plethodon nettingi and other Plethodontid Salamanders from the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia
- Looking at how trails and gated roads affect Cheat Mountain Salamander (Federally Threatened Salamander) survivorship and abundance.
Other:
- Assisted with various other herpetofaunal surveys / studies throughout NC, SC, WV, and Ecuador.
- Published Photographer
Bio:
- In 2006 I received a BS in Zoology from NC State University and for the next three years I continued my work with NC State Museum of Natural Sciences as a Herpetology Lab Technician and then later as a Living Collections Technician. I left my position at the museum in the spring of 2009 to pursue graduate school and to do field work on the federally endangered Cheat Mountain Salamander (Plethodon nettingi) in the high elevations of West Virginia. My research focuses on the survivorship of the Cheat Mountain Salamander (P. nettingi) in association with the edge effects of roads and trails. I have also started a project trying to understand the elevational influence on the diet ecology of Thamnophis sirtalis. I travel extensively around the US and often abroad (Namibia 2006 and Ecuador 2008) surveying for reptiles and amphibians. As I travel and do field work, I try and document my experiences through photography.
Contact: Email, Flickr
Thesis:
The Edge Effects of Gated Roads and Recreational Use Trails on Survivorship and Abundance of Plethodon nettingi and other Plethodontid Salamanders from the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia
- Looking at how trails and gated roads affect Cheat Mountain Salamander (Federally Threatened Salamander) survivorship and abundance.
Other:
- Assisted with various other herpetofaunal surveys / studies throughout NC, SC, WV, and Ecuador.
- Published Photographer
Bio:
- In 2006 I received a BS in Zoology from NC State University and for the next three years I continued my work with NC State Museum of Natural Sciences as a Herpetology Lab Technician and then later as a Living Collections Technician. I left my position at the museum in the spring of 2009 to pursue graduate school and to do field work on the federally endangered Cheat Mountain Salamander (Plethodon nettingi) in the high elevations of West Virginia. My research focuses on the survivorship of the Cheat Mountain Salamander (P. nettingi) in association with the edge effects of roads and trails. I have also started a project trying to understand the elevational influence on the diet ecology of Thamnophis sirtalis. I travel extensively around the US and often abroad (Namibia 2006 and Ecuador 2008) surveying for reptiles and amphibians. As I travel and do field work, I try and document my experiences through photography.
Contact: Email, Flickr
Kevin Messenger
Accomplishments
- Two published articles, several pending or in the works
- Published photographer in multiple magazines (2 I think)
- Published photographer in 2 books
- Work (projects) in Australia, China, FL Keys, WV, SC
Thesis
Current master's thesis is on the growth and age at reproductive maturity of the Carolina Pigmy Rattlesnake
Contact: Email, Flickr
- Two published articles, several pending or in the works
- Published photographer in multiple magazines (2 I think)
- Published photographer in 2 books
- Work (projects) in Australia, China, FL Keys, WV, SC
Thesis
Current master's thesis is on the growth and age at reproductive maturity of the Carolina Pigmy Rattlesnake
Contact: Email, Flickr
