Clinton R. Warren
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I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate at Illinois State University studying the response of turtle embryos to transient temperature exposures (e.g. heat waves and cold snaps) under the co-advisement of Rachel Bowden and Ryan Paitz. I’m additionally conducting a side project with Kara Andres exploring phenotypic variation in invasive round goby along their Illinois River expansion front. Previously, I received my B.S. and M.S. at Middle Tennessee State University in the lab of Matt Klukowski where I studied individual differences in wild box turtles, fence lizards, and house geckos.
Outside of the lab, I enjoy long-distance swimming and running, improving my Norwegian, hiking/sightseeing with my partner, and spending time with our two cats.
Outside of the lab, I enjoy long-distance swimming and running, improving my Norwegian, hiking/sightseeing with my partner, and spending time with our two cats.
Research Interests:
As a budding ecological physiologist, my research questions span animal development, physiology and behavior, often with the aim of understanding how organisms respond to fluctuating or novel environmental conditions.
My primary interests involve characterizing developmental and physiological responses of ectotherms to anomalous transient temperatures, and how variation in thermal history and non-genetic parental factors affect these responses. By assessing the response of ectotherms at both the molecular (e.g. gene expression, oxidative damage) and organism (e.g. survival, growth, sexual development) levels and across exposures of varying timing, intensities and durations, we might better describe their vulnerability to climate change.
I am also broadly interested in investigating the role of intra- and inter-individual phenotypic variability in the success of ectotherms facing novel or unusual environmental conditions. For example, how does phenotypic variation across small spatial or temporal scales influence the performance and survival of ectotherms encountering novel environmental conditions due to dispersal and/or climate change? How might native and invasive species differ in their responses?
As a budding ecological physiologist, my research questions span animal development, physiology and behavior, often with the aim of understanding how organisms respond to fluctuating or novel environmental conditions.
My primary interests involve characterizing developmental and physiological responses of ectotherms to anomalous transient temperatures, and how variation in thermal history and non-genetic parental factors affect these responses. By assessing the response of ectotherms at both the molecular (e.g. gene expression, oxidative damage) and organism (e.g. survival, growth, sexual development) levels and across exposures of varying timing, intensities and durations, we might better describe their vulnerability to climate change.
I am also broadly interested in investigating the role of intra- and inter-individual phenotypic variability in the success of ectotherms facing novel or unusual environmental conditions. For example, how does phenotypic variation across small spatial or temporal scales influence the performance and survival of ectotherms encountering novel environmental conditions due to dispersal and/or climate change? How might native and invasive species differ in their responses?