Anne brilliantly defended her dissertation titled Investigating the effects of urbanization on the life history of an invasive amphibian. Her research investigated how urbanization and pollutants affect invasive Cuban tree frogs. She measured life history traits and telomere length (cellular aging marker) in frogs from different habitats and found no effect. She also tested the effects of carbon nanoparticles and microplastics on tadpole development and telomere length. Overall, Cuban tree frogs appear to be very resilient to the tested stressors. The study highlights the complexity of amphibian telomere dynamics and the need for further research on more amphibian species. Congrats Dr. Sabol!
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