The Team

Kaera, aka the little menace, continues to be involved in upcoming field projects. She completed her masters degree at Kansas University where she studied social networks in lizard populations. She is currently writing up the manuscripts from this work while eating delicious food and deciding what her next steps will be. 

Dahtiya Stanley is a freshman at Haskell Indian Nations University, majoring in environmental science. She is working with the Lizard Task Force on the interactions between introduced and native lizard species. 

Maliya is a senior at Lawrence High School where she manages the girls’ basketball team. She is planning a project with the Lizard Task Force examining personality in lizards (i.e., behavioral syndromes). This fall, she will be applying to colleges where she hopes to study biology. Her hobbies include nature walks and drawing. She also has experience as a professional fireworks target!

Alicia Pham is a freshman at the University of Kansas where she currently studies ecology & evolutionary biology and geology. When she isn’t working with the Lizard Task Force to save the world, she can be found reading, weightlifting, or playing video games. 

Maddox is a senior at the University of Kansas studying neurobiology and behavior in the Psychology Department. She loves reptiles, and enjoys hiking and rock climbing, as well as woodworking, crocheting, and metalworking to make jewelry.

Nathan is an MBA and Computer Science student from the University of Kansas. After graduating from KU, he is now working for a local Kansas City distributor with a focus in technical business architecture, data management, and technical business transformation.

He works with Erell in managing and maintaining the website, and with the overall tech stack used by the team.