Amber Singh, M.S.
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Doctoral Student
Department of Biology
SDSU / UC Riverside Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Biology
SDSU / UC Riverside
Primary Email: [email protected]
Building/Location
Life Science North - 206
5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego,
CA
92182
Mail Code: 4614
Website Links
Bio
I am interested in the behavior and cognition of lizards, specifically looking at how human interference has affected the evolution of lizard cognition through urbanization and the introduction of non – native/invasive species.
Education
M.S. in Ecology & Evolution
San Jose State University
B.S. in Zoology
University of Florida
B.S. in Anthropology
University of Florida
Fun Facts
What is your favorite thing to do with your free time?
Go herping, knit, and take care of all of my (many) animals
Mentors
Awards & Honors
2024: ESA 2024 Student Volunteer Support
2024: Clarence & Lyle Burmahln Fellowship, San Jose State University
2023: Induction into the Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi
2023: H. Thomas Harvey Memorial Fellowship, SJSU Graduate Student Fellowship.
2020: Induction into the Phi Beta Kappa Society
2020: President’s Honor Roll, University of Florida
2019: University Scholars Program, University of Florida
2019: Charlotte Magnum Student Support, registration support for SICB
2018: Charlotte Magnum Student Support, registration support for SICB
2017: Second place in First Annual Herbert Wertheim Collage on Engineering Research Service Centers (RSC) and Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technologies (NIMET) Open House and Research Showcase Poster Competition
Research
Herpetology, Cognition and Behavior, Urban Evolution
Presentations
Ecological Society of America (ESA) – Oral Presentation – Long Beach, CA Aug. 2024 “Effects of intra- and trans-generational glucocorticoid exposure on Habitat Choice in the western fence lizard (S. occidentalis)”
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) – Oral Presentation – Ann Arbor, MI June, 2024 “Effects of intra- and trans-generational glucocorticoid exposure on activity budget in the western fence lizard (S. occidentalis)”
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM) – Poster Presentation – Prague, Czech Republic, 2019 “Tips and Fits: Tricks to 3D puzzle making”
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM) – Oral Presentation – Prague, Czech Republic, 2019 “Variation in the bony labyrinth (inner ear) of anurans”
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) – Poster Presentation – Tampa, FL Jan. 2019 “Tips and Fits: Tricks to 3D puzzle making”
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) – Oral Presentation – San Francisco, CA Jan. 2018 “Variation in the bony labyrinth (inner ear) of anurans”
Annual Herpetological Conference – Poster Presentation – Gainesville, FL 2017 “Interspecific variation in the Bony labyrinth (inner ear) of anurans”
Publications
Essner, R.L., Jr., R.E. Pereira, D.C. Blackburn, A.L. Singh, E.L. Stanley, M.O. Moura, A.E. Confetti, and M.R. Pie. (2022). Semicircular canal size constrains vestibular function in miniaturized frogs. Science Advances 8: eabn1104.
Weinell, Jeffery, Daniel J. Paluh, Amber L. Singh, David C. Blackburn, Rafe M. Brown. (2019). Myersophis alpestris (Myers’ Mountain Snake) reproduction. Herpetological Review: 50(1):164-165.