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Jacob Youngblood, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Biology
Southern Oregon University
Dr. Jacob Youngblood joined SOU as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2022. He completed his PhD at Arizona State University in the labs of Mike Angilletta and John VandenBrooks. When Jacob is not conducting research or mentoring students, he enjoys playing disc golf, being outside, and spending time with his family.
Current Lab Members (as of October 2026)
Current Lab Members (as of October 2026)
Julia Brancacio
Undergraduate Researcher completing senior thesis on how temperature alters the macronutrient intake of migratory grasshoppers (Melanoplus sanguinipes) - based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation award no. 2437167
Former Lab Members (all SOU students)
Former Lab Members (all SOU students)
Paige Rosenberg, 2025-2026: Completed senior thesis on body size clines of grasshoppers in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Andrew Breeden, 2025-2026: Completed senior thesis on the spatiotemporal patterns of grasshopper outbreaks in eastern OR (based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation award no. 2437167).
Jacob Florey, 2023-2025: Completed senior thesis on nutritional ecology of grasshoppers; grant recipient from Friends of CSNM
Joe Baures, 2024-2025: Completed senior thesis on thermal ecology of grasshoppers; grant recipient from Friends of CSNM
Avery Hernandez, 2024-2025: Assisted with grasshopper husbandry and collecting data on geometric framework of nutrition
Liora Solomon, 2024-2025: Prepared voucher specimens of grasshoppers collected from CSNM
Sienna Bauer, 2024: Presented poster of course-based research on range dynamics of Darlingtonia californica at ESA 2024
Maureen Brennan, 2024: Presented poster of course-based research on range dynamics of Darlingtonia californica at ESA 2024
Shawn Johnson, 2024: Presented poster of course-based research on range dynamics of bobcats at ESA 2024
Trevor Holt, 2023-2024: Grant recipient from Friends of CSNM
Claire Klocksieben, 2023-2024: Completed senior thesis on nutritional physiology of Manduca sexta
Tayla Moore, 2023-2024: Grant recipient from Friends of CSNM; presented poster on range dynamics of Chloealtis grasshoppers at ESA 2024
Bethany McKenzie, 2023-2024: Completed senior thesis on microbiome composition of the endemic grasshopper Melanoplus ascensus
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