Rate My Professor Thomas McElroy

McElroy's research centers on molecular ecology, exploring ecological factors structuring genetic variation within and among natural populations and communities, with relevance to natural resource management. Active projects encompass bat ecology and conservation, phytoremediation of lead-contaminated soils using switchgrass, population genetics of rare salamanders, and urbanization impacts on wildlife genetics. He has co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and proceedings, including "Differential Toxicity and Venom Gland Gene Expression in Centruroides vittatus" (PLOS ONE, 2017), "Isolation by Distance Shapes Population Genetic Structure of a Rare Terrestrial Salamander, Plethodon petraeus, with an Extremely Narrow Range" (Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2021), "Evaluation of Chelating Agents Used in Phytoextraction by Switchgrass of Lead (Pb) Contaminated Soils" (Plants, 2022), "Extinction-Colonization Dynamics Structure Genetic Variation of Spotted Sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) in the Florida Everglades" (Molecular Ecology, 2003), and a refereed book chapter "Ecological Scale and Its Implications for Freshwater Fishes in the Florida Everglades" (2001). McElroy provides undergraduate research opportunities, supervising projects presented at conferences like the Association of Southeastern Biologists and Evolution meetings, fostering skills in independent thinking and communication.