- Surveys for the Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in the Lower Rock Run Creek preserve system. 2017. Co-investigated with Dr. S. J. Baker.
- Assessment of Eryngium Stem Borer Moth status in Will County Sand Preserves. 2017. Co-investigated with J. Wiker.
- Herpetological communities of Kankakee sand prairie preserves in Will County, Illinois. 2012. Co-investigated with J. M. Mui and Dr. C. A. Phillips.
- Framework for a Final Phase of Spotted Turtle Research at Romeoville Prairie Nature Preserve in 2007. 2007. Co–investigated with W. J. Banning.
- Role of the Blanding’s Turtle in the freshwater turtle community at Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve, Will County, Illinois. 2006. Co–investigated with W. J. Banning.
- Continued study of the ecology of the freshwater turtle community at Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve: with special emphasis on the Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii). 2005. Co–investigated with Dr. C. A. Phillips and W. J. Banning.
- Chelonian community composition of Lockport Prairie North with an emphasis on the ecology of the state endangered Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingi). 2004. Co-investigated with Dr. C. A. Phillips.