Vincent R. Farallo

Department of Biology

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA 18510

vincent.farallo (at) scranton.edu

I joined the Biology Department at the University of Scranton as an Assistant Professor in 2020. I will be continuing my research focusing on understanding why species occur where they do, with a focus on understanding habitat use and physiology of plethodontid salamanders. I have also started working on the ecophysiology of dendrobatid frogs focusing on the impacts of alkaloid sequestration. For any students at the University of Scranton (or high schoolers thinking of enrolling here), please reach out so we can discuss research opportunities!

Before joining the University of Scranton, I was a post-doctoral researcher at Yale University in the lab of Dr. Martha Muñoz. I received my B.Sc. from John Carroll University in 2006 and M.Sc. from the population and conservation biology program at Texas State University-San Marcos in 2009. During my stay at Texas State I was mentored by Dr. Michael R.J. Forstner while I completed my master's thesis project on the role of predation in the evolution of color polymorphism in the mottled rock rattlesnake (Crotalus l. lepidus). I completed my Ph.D. at Ohio University in Athens, OH under the guidance of Dr. Donald B. Miles in 2017. My dissertation focused on the role of micro-habitat in the evolutionary ecology of plethodontid salamanders.