Courtney L. Fitzpatrick

The Fitzpatrick crew had another great year at TAMU Biology’s annual Student and Postdoc Research Conference (SPRC)! Brittany, Austen, and Ruby had the opportunity to share some of their dissertation work with the department. Special congratulations to Brittany for participating in the Data Blitz and winning best poster! — 01/25/25

Austen eats and drinks some much needed cheese and champagne with the lab and friends after passing his qualifying exams! Congratulations to the Fitzpatrick Lab’s first PhD candidate! — 11/13/24

Ruby had the opportunity to attend Evolution in Montreal, Canada! Not only did she present her research on female adolescence, but she was also selected to share a story in partnership with Story Collider! Ruby gives an enthralling account of a potential near-death experience via elephants during her time managing a remote field site in Kasanka National Park, Zambia. Give it a listen! — July 2024

Courtney, Colton, and Austen had a great time presenting at Animal Behavior Society in London, Ontario, Canada, hosted by Western University! A special shoutout to Courtney for organizing a symposium entitled “Female ornamentation and reproductive competition: a compendium of possible mechanisms”.

— June, 2024

Brittany’s first official field season for her dissertation at Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) in Portal, AZ. Brittany spent nearly 4 months wrangling, observing, and hatching Sceloperus virgatus lizards to underststand more about the females’ sexual ornamentation. Stay tuned for the exciting results! — Summer 2024

The Fitzpatrick lab brings another successful semester to a close with some yummy sushi! — 12/02/2024

Courtney had the pleasure of visiting both Notre Dame and the University of Oklahoma to give seminar talks this fall. Thanks to Drs. Julian Torres-Dowdall and Ingo Schlupp, respectively, for being such great hosts. — 10/10/2023 & 11/15/23

The Fitzpatrick Lab, and family, gathered out at the “range area” to watch the annular solar eclipse. Eerie and other-wordly, we have our calendars marked for April 2024 when we are very near the path of totality! — 10/06/2023

The Fitzpatrick Lab hosted Dai Shizuka for a visit to EEB. We took Dai for a walk at the range area and saw a cottonmouth. The dyed in the wool herpetologist among us was particularly happy about that. Thanks for visiting us and for a great seminar, Dai! — 09/11/2023

In preparation to send Elizabeth George off to her new job in the Carter Lab at The Ohio State University, we gathered for some bowling! Fitzpatrick Lab trivia: Austen has been a serious bowler most of his life. He tolerated some non-serious bowling and was generous with his tutorials! — 07/02/2023

Brittany took her first trip to SWRS to meet up with collaborators and to start hatching plans for her dissertation research, which will focus on understanding the biology of female breeding color in striped plateau lizards. — 05/2023

The Fitzpatrick Lab hosted Joel McGlothlin for a visit to the Biology department. Thanks for visiting us and for a great seminar, Joel! — 04/2023

The Fitzpatrick Lab hosted Liz Hobson for a visit to the Biology department. Thanks Liz for a great seminar! — 09/2022

Lab road trip to Southwestern Research Station. As the lab works on launching studies of female ornamentation in lizards, we all took a road trip to the Southwestern Research Station to meet up with collaborator Stacey Weiss and to see some Sceloporus virgatus in the flesh! We made the hard core decision to do the drive from College Station to SWRS in one day, which we don’t recommend! But the chiricahuas do not disappoint. — 07/2022