Scott Goeppner

Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Oklahoma, 74074

Email: scott.goeppner@okstate.edu

Phone Number: 405-404-5119

 

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Education:

• PhD student (Advisor: Dr. Barney Luttbeg), Oklahoma State University- Expected Graduation: May 2021

• Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth- May 2015

  • Summa Cum Laude

  • Commonwealth Honors Scholar

 

Grants:

• Biological Basis of Behavior at Oklahoma State University: NSF-REU Grant (Summer 2014, $5,500)

• Undergraduate Research Grant from Office of Undergraduate Research at UMass Dartmouth (Spring 2014, amount: $150)

 

Publications:

• Beaty LE, Wormington JD, Kensinger B, Bayley K, Goeppner S, Gustafson K, Luttbeg B. (2016). Shaped by the past, acting in the present: transgenerational plasticity of anti-predatory traits. Oikos, DOI: 10.1111/oik.03114.

 

Presentations:

• Goeppner, S., & Paz-y-Mino-C, G. (2015) Social behavior in captive white winged wood ducks (Cairina Scutulata). Updated poster presented at 21st Annual Sigma Xi research conference at UMass Dartmouth (April 2015), and the 2015 UMass Dartmouth Honors Convocation (April 2015).

• Goeppner, S., Beaty, L. & Luttbeg, B. (2015)  Impact of Phenotypic Plasticity and Transgenerational Effects on the Antipredator Behavior of Freshwater Snails (Physa acuta). Updated poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach FL., January 3-7, 2015

• Goeppner, S., Beaty, L., & Luttbeg, B (2014). Impact of Phenotypic Plasticity and Transgenerational Effects on the Antipredator Behavior of Freshwater Snails (Physa acuta). Poster presented at Oklahoma State University REU symposium (July 2014). 

• Goeppner, S., & Paz-y-Mino-C, G. (2014). Social behavior in captive white winged wood ducks (Cairina Scutulata). Poster presented at 20th Annual Sigma Xi research conference at UMass Dartmouth (April 2014) and the 20th annual Undergraduate Research Conference at UMass Amherst (April 2014)

 

Academic Honors:

• UMass Dartmouth Biology Department Academic Excellence Award- May 2015

• Chancellor’s List at UMass Dartmouth 6 semesters: (Fall 2012, Spring 2013 Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015)

• Member of UMass Dartmouth Honors Program (Fall 2012- Spring 2015)

• Walking with Jane Scholarship (2011-2015)

• EP Charlton Scholarship (Academic Year 2014-2015)

• John F. Smith Jr. Presidential Scholarship (Academic years 2014-2015 and 2013-2014)

• Fall River Endow Scholarship (Academic year 2012-2013)

• University Scholarship (From UMass Dartmouth; Academic Year 2012-2013)

• Westport Watershed Alliance Scholarship (Fall 2011)

• Luther Bowman Scholarship (Fall 2011)

 

Research Experience:

• Honors thesis project (Advisor- Dr. Guillermo Paz-y-Mino C.) 

  • Title- Social interactions between white winged wood ducks (Cairina scutulata) at the Roger Williams Park Zoo.

• Research fellow in the Lab of Dr. Guillermo Paz-y-Mino C. at UMass Dartmouth (September 2013-May 2015)

  • Duties: Observe and record the social interactions of White winged wood ducks at the Roger Williams Park Zoo using an ethogram and data collection sheets, develop research questions about parent offspring conflict in ducks.

• Research fellow in the lab of Dr. Barney Luttbeg at Oklahoma State University (June-August 2014)

  • Duties: Assist in snail project: maintain lab snail population, develop research questions and experimental design, perform behavioral assays on snails, photograph snail shells and measure aspects of their morphology, and help analyze data and document results.

 

Teaching Experience:

• Teaching Assistant for BIOL 1114 at Oklahoma State University (Supervisor: Dr. Donald French, August 2015- Present)

  • Duties: Assist students as they develop their own research questions and hypotheses, design experiments and write up their results.

 

References

• Dr. Barney Luttbeg

  • Email- luttbeg@okstate.edu

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    Associate Professor- Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University

• Dr. Guillermo Paz-y-Miño C.

  • Email- guillermo.pazyminoc@gmail,com

  • Co-director of  NESP (New England Public Science) at Roger Williams University

• Dr. Richard Connor

  • Email- rconnor@umassd.edu 

  • Professor- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth

• Dr. Robert Drew

  • Email – rdrew@umassd.edu

  • Assistant Professor- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

 

Professional Skills

• Proficient in performing statistical analysis with Microsoft Excel and R

• Basic skills with Image J, TPSdig software

• Experience using ethograms to collect observational data