LAB MEMBERS:

Windsor Aguirre, Associate Professor

Ph.D. State University of New York, Stony Brook - CV - Background

Kaleigh Arnold, Graduate Student

Joined Fall 2021 - The impact of temperature induced vertebral anomalies on C-start swimming performance in Astyanax mexicanus (Teleostei: Characidae).

Olivia Schweikart, Graduate Student

Joined Fall 2021 - Environmental DNA (eDNA) Assessment of Freshwater Fishes from the Guayas River Basin Threatened by Coastal Incursion.

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Christian Graca, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2020 - The impact of extreme miniaturization on the skeleton of the characid Iotabrycon praecox.

César Fuentes, Graduate Student (Coadvised with Caleb McMahan, Field Museum)

Joined Fall 2020 - Niche overlap between sympatric species of the cichlid genus Rocio (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in Guatemala.

Joe Forberg, Graduate Student

Joined Fall 2016 - Temperature Effects on the Development of the Axial Skeleton in Astyanax mexicanus.

Shrusti Brahmbhatt, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Summer 2021 - Sexual dimorphism in the skeleton of the miniature characid Iotabrycon praecox.

Emily Kon, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Fall 2021 - DNA metabarcoding of Neotropical fishes using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing.

Victoria Salazar, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Fall 2021 - DNA metabarcoding of Neotropical fishes using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing.

Konrad Taube, Graduate Student (Coadvised with Caleb McMahan, Field Museum)

Joined Fall 2019 - Phylogeography and Genomics of Central American Freshwater Fishes.

Kristin Staub, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Fall 2019 - Skeletal Variation and Evolution of Fishes in Andean Mountain Streams.

Aisha Owens, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2020 - The Effect of Skeletal Anomalies on Escape Performance in Fishes.

Kayla Corcoran, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Fall 2020 - Evolutionary genomics of an endemic fish genus in the Ecuadorian Andes.

Lily Murphy, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Fall 2020 - Evolutionary genomics of an endemic fish genus in the Ecuadorian Andes.

Jessica Vaclav, Graduate Student

Joined Fall 2017 - Ecological Stoichiometry of Neotropical Fishes Along Elevational Gradients of the Andes Mountains.

Medea Gough, Undergraduate Lab Manager

Joined Fall 2019 - DNA Barcoding and Conservation Genomics of Neotropical Fishes.

Blake Timmerman, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2020 - DNA Barcoding of Neotropical Fishes.

Sara Alharbi, Graduate Student

Joined Winter 2017 - Temperature effects on the expression of body axis regulatory genes in the early development of Astyanax mexicanus.

Roberto Cucalon, Graduate Student

Joined Fall 2016 - Phylogeography of the Neotropical characid Rhoadsia.

Elizabeth Sutherland, Undergraduate Lab Manager

Joined Winter 2019 - Osteological variation and evolution of Neotropical characids.

Kirby Karpan, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Summer 2015 - DNA Barcoding of the freshwater fishes of Western Ecuador - Tinkering with the axial skeleton II: Vertebral length variation among ecologically divergent threespine stickleback.

Tasha Wierzal, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Summer 2016 - Phylogeography of the Neotropical characid Rhoadsia. Vertebral length variation in sticklebacks and their closest relatives.

Franklin Joaquin, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2016 - Failure to launch: The threespine stickleback of Lake Michigan.

Thomas Borders, Undergraduate Lab Manager

Joined Summer 2015 - Lionfish Population Genetics - Development of the axial skeleton and body form in Astyanax mexicanus.

Melina Kanji, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Fall 2015 - The effects of temperature variation on vertebral anomalies in Astyanax mexicanus.

Aerin Nilsen, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Fall 2016 - Vertebral anomalies in the Neotropical characid Rhoadsia.

Ashley Young, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2016- Variation in vertebral number along an elevational gradient in a Neotropical tetra.

Alex Jagla, Undergraduate Lab Manager

Joined Winter 2015 - Effects of temperature on gene expression during the development of the axial skeleton in Astyanax mexicanus.

Grace Malato, M.S. Student - Website

Joined Fall 2013 - Speciation, gene flow, and morphometric variation in the genus Rhoadsia (Teleostei: Characidae: Rhoadsiinae) along an altitudinal gradient.

Winer Daniel Reyes, M.S. Student, Website

Joined Fall 2013 - Effects of temperature and water flow on morphology and swimming performance of Astyanax mexicanus (Teleostei: Characidae).

Currently a Lab Tech in Biomedicine (Virology) at Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Guayaquil Ecuador.

Katie Carlson, Lab Manager & Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2014 - Vertebral and body shape variation in fishes.

Accepted to the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Marissa Locke, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2014 - Genetic diversity of Alaskan threespine stickleback; Ecology and evolution of neotropical fishes in western Ecuador.

Accepted to the Ph.D. Program in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University (Saint Louis).

Seth Contreras, M.S. Student

Joined Fall 2012 - Body shape and vertebral evolution in the Gasterosteoidei.

Currently a Pharmacy Tech.

Lissette Arellano, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2013 - Vertebral evolution in the Gasterosteoidei

Carla Benedetto, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Summer 2013 - Phenotypic variation in the transitional region of the axial skeleton of threespine stickleback

Currently a Student Finance and Academic Consultant for DeVry University.

Cat Collins, Lab Manager/Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2013 - Individual specialization and evolution of invasive round goby in Lake Michigan.

Maxine Loh, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2013 - Evolution of vertebral morphology in South American characids. Isolation of microsatellite loci from Rhoadsia spp. (Characidae) in western Ecuador.

Joined Ph.D. Program at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

Rachel Reynolds, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2013 - Vertebral and body shape variation in ecologically divergent threespine stickleback.

Currently a Research Study Coordinator at Northwestern University.

Webster Vital, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Winter 2013 - Genetic basis of lateral plate evolution in threespine stickleback fish. Isolation of microsatellite loci from Rhoadsia spp. (Characidae) in western Ecuador.

Joined the M.P.H. Program at DePaul University.

Vinh Vu, Former Lab Manager/Undergraduate Research Assistant

Isolation of microsatellite loci from neotropical fishes.

Joined the Ph.D. Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Alex Confer, Former Lab Manager/Undergraduate Research Assistant

Body shape and vertebral evolution in tetras (Characidae) in northwestern South America.

Accepted to Veterinary School at Western University of Health Sciences.

Mario Luckett, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Vertebral disorders in humans and vertebrates.

Teresa Maviglia, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Individual specialization and the evolution of invasive fishes in the Great Lakes.

Keshia Marcelle, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Ecological and genetic divergence of tetras (Characidae) in western Ecuador.

Rupali Padhiar, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Microgeographical distribution of divergent mtDNA haplotypes in Alaskan threespine stickleback.

Joined the Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program at Andrews University.

Maddie Temple, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Evolutionary diversification of fishes.

Sara Zufan, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Genetic diversity and divergence of a recently established threespine stickleback lake population.

Joined the M.P.H. Program at Columbia University.

Cory Drevecky, M.S. Student

Genetic divergence of sympatric anadromous-lake resident threespine stickleback in Mud Lake, Alaska.

Ashley Brown, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Microgeographical distribution of mtDNA haplotypes in Alaskan threespine stickleback

Went to Pharmacy School at Midwestern University. Currently Pharmacy Resident at Children's Hopsital of Wisconsin.

Jane Christman, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Isolation of microsatellite loci from Hoplias microlepis.

Went to Veterinary School at Michigan State University.

Rosanna Falco, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Genetic divergence of sympatric anadromous and resident lake stickleback in Mud Lake, Alaska.

Joined the M.S. Program at Rush University. Currently a Perfusionist at Indiana University Health.

Evolution of the vertebral column in "benthic" threespine stickleback populations.

Joelle Mbatchou, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Use of AFLP markers to study genetic differentiation of freshwater fishes in western Ecuador.

Joined the Ph.D. Program at the University of Chicago.

Kendal Walker, Undergraduate Research Assistant/Former Lab Manager

Evolution of the vertebral column in "limnetic" threespine stickleback populations.

Became a Lab Manager at the University of Michigan.

Mary Beddaoui, Undergraduate Research Assistant - Microgeographical distribution of mtDNA haplotypes in Alaskan threespine stickleback

Commodity Manager at Stepan Company (Chemical company).

Amanda Peters, Undergraduate Research Assistant - Population genetics of Alaskan threespine stickleback

Works at AIDS Foundation of Chicago.

Miguel Rojas, Former Lab Manager/Undergraduate Research Assistant - Phylogenetics of freshwater fishes in western Ecuador / Population genetics of Alaskan threespine stickleback

Joined the M.S. Program at Loyola University.