THE RANDALL LAB

Department of Biology Hensill Hall San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway San Francisco, California 94132 (415)338-6962 Send mail to: joz@sfsu.edu

(left to right) Debra Shier, Denise Boltas, Regan Rostain, Jan Randall, Jennifer Osborn, Kelly Collins, Heather Murdock

General Research Interests

Animal Behaviour, Evolutionary Biology, Behavioural Ecology, Communication, Social Organization

THE MAJOR PROFESSOR

  Dr. Jan Randall - Professor of Biology

THE STUDENTS

•   Denise Boltas - Antisnake behavior in two species of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens & D. deserti)
  
•   Kelly Collins
  
•   Heather Murdock - Olfactory communication in giant kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens)
  
•   Jennifer Osborn - Mate recognition by vocalization in the common raven (Corvus corax)
  
•   Regan Rostain - Spacial and social organization in river otters (Lutra canadensis)
  
•   Debra Shier - Social Organization and Communication in Heermann's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys heermanni)

THE ALUMNI

•   Ilka Schultz - M.A. 1993
  
•   Pam Donegan - M.A. 1994
•   Evon Hekkala - M.A. 1995, currently PhD student at Columbia in New York
  
•   Marjorie Matocq - M.A. 1995, currently PhD student at UC Berkeley
  
•   Leonora Perri - M.A. 1997
  
•   Debra Pires - currently PhD student at UCLA
  
•   Maureen Sullivan - biology teacher at St. Ignatius High School

OUR FIELD SITES

•   The Carrizo Plain Natural Area - California Valley
  
•   Dune Lakes Limited - San Luis Obispo County
  
•   Suisun Marsh - Solano County
  
•   Kern River Preserve - Kern Valley
  
•   Caifornia Desert Studies Center (Zzyzx) - Baker

•   Ecocenter Dzeiran - Bukhara, Uzbekistan
•   Repetek Bioreserve - Turkmenistan