birth_place nationality image_size field work_institutions residence article_title name alma_mater
canton , ohio united states 225px biology southeastern indiana -rrb- louisiana university , saint mary 's college -lrb- hammond , louisiana , united states david m. sever
 david m. sever ohio university , tulane university
david m. sever

david m. sever is an american herpetologist , histologist , anatomist and reproductive biologist .
he has been a professor and department head in the department of biological sciences at southeastern louisiana university since 2004 , and held the kenneth dyson endowed professorship in biological sciences from 2012 to 2015 .
he is well known for over 30 years of research on the secondary sexual characteristics of salamanders and more generally on comparative histoanatomy of the urogenital systems of vertebrates .
and was recognized as the 2013 distinguished herpetologist of the year by the herpetologists ' league .
