Chris Winne is originally from Houston, TX. His research interests are broad, but commonly include the physiological ecology, evolutionary ecology, and conservation ecology of reptiles and amphibians, especially snakes. For example, Chris uses integrative research approaches designed to understand the evolution of thermal physiology and ecology within ectotherms–with the hope that understanding how reptiles have responded (e.g., behavioral, physiological, and/or genetic) to past environmental temperature changes will lead to a better understanding of how they might respond to future climatic changes (e.g., global warming). For his master's degree in Biology (Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX), Chris examined the thermal physiology of adult and neonate (born in a common garden environment) diamondback water snakes (Nerodia rhombifer) from four populations along a latitudinal gradient to determine if there were acclimation-based or genetic-based intraspecific latitudinal differences in thermal physiology. Currently, Chris is designing and initiating his PhD research (University of Georgia) to answer similar questions with Whit Gibbons and Bill Hopkins at SREL.