JENNA PRUETT

About Me

I am a PhD candidate in the Warner Lab at Auburn University. I am an evolutionary ecologist broadly interested in maternal effects and developmental plasticity. My current work is on reptile systems with a particular focus on how female nest choice affects development and fitness across life stages.

Jenna E. Pruett
Auburn University
Department of Biological Sciences
101 Rouse Life Sciences Building
Auburn, Alabama 36849
jep0057(at)Auburn.edu

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10/26/2020: Paper Accepted
The Warner Lab has been working together to follow a population of brown anoles that took up residence in a local greenhouse in Auburn, AL. The resulting paper has just been accepted in Biological Invasions! (Spoiler alert: They all died)

5/13/2020: Margaret McNeal Arant Award
I'm the recipient of the Department of Biological Sciences Margaret McNeal Arant Memorial Award in Zoology. "This award recognizes a graduate student in Zoology who demonstrates outstanding academic achievement, leadership qualities, and strong moral character."

4/23/2020: EE Williams Behavior Grant
I received a $1,000 EE Williams Grant in behavior from the Herpetologists' League to support my work on anole nesting behavior in relation to predator presence.

3/30/2020: Paper Accepted
Our paper, Communal egg laying behavior and the consequences of egg aggregation in the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), was accepted in Ethology. Some amazing Warner Lab undergrads led the writing on this paper where we examined communal nesting behavior and incubated eggs in aggregations to understand effects on embryo development.

3/25/2020: Animal Behavior Society Grant
I received a $1,300 Student Research Grant from the Animal Behavior Society to support my work on anole nesting behavior in relation to predator presence.

3/05/2020: Paper Accepted
My paper, Temporal variation in maternal nest choice and its consequences on lizard embryos, was accepted in Behavioral Ecology. In this paper I examine both maternal nest choice and the effects of that choice on embryo development in the field.