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Below are some pictures taken of lab members in action:

February 11, 2022: Thank you to Yoel Stuart for being our 2022 Darwin Day speaker. Fantastic talk on stickleback evolution in the fossil record.

August 16, 2021: Congratulations to Konrad Taube for successfully defending his thesis on the Phylogenomics of cichlid and live-bearing fish species in Middle America.

February 12, 2021: Very excited to have Liliana Davalos of Stony Brook University as our 2020 Darwin Day Speaker.

July 16, 2020: Congratulations to Jessica Vaclav for successfully defending her thesis on the ecological stoichiometry of freshwater fishes from southwestern Ecuador.

March 2, 2020: Congratulations to all the DePaul students that participated in MEEC this year, especially Medea Gough, Kris Staub, and Roberto Cucalon.

March 2, 2020: Very nice to visit Illinois Tech and give a seminar. Thanks to Andrew Howard for the invitation and the nice mug.

February 14, 2020: Milton Tan of the Illinois Natural History Survey and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign giving a fantastic Darwin Day Talk at DePaul.

December, 2019: Windsor Aguirre ran a four day introductory workshop on Geometric Morphometrics at the University of Guayaquil in Ecuador. Pictures Here.

November 8, 2019: Excellence in Science. Medea Gough presenting her work on DNA barcoding freshwater fishes in western Ecuador.

August, 2019: Pictures from Windsor Aguirre's vacation to Glacier National Park.

July, 2019: Pictures from our first Galapagos: Evolution & Society Study Abroad program.

June 26, 2019: It's a small world. Ran into my first DePaul undergraduate research assistant Miguel Rojas at Max London's thesis defense. Miguel and Max worked in the same lab at Loyola University so Miguel came to see his friend defend. Ten years go by so quickly!

June 13, 2019: Great end of the quarter dinner with our Galapagos: Evolution and Society study abroad course. Stan Cohn (not pictured) is teaching Galapagos Natural History. Windsor Aguirre is teaching the evolution and society component.

May 10, 2019: Showing fellow DePaul Biology Profs Jalene LaMontagne and Jason Bystriansky the X-ray room at the Field Museum of Natural History during members night. My students and I have spent quite a bit of time there over the years.

March 14, 2019: Roberto Cucalon successfully defended his M.S. thesis on the Phylogeography of the Neotropical Characid Genus Rhoadsia. Congratulations Roberto!

February 1, 2019: Thank you to Dr. Adam Ferguson for being our 2019 DePaul Darwin Day Speaker.

November, 2018: At Chimborazo base camp (Ecuador), 4800 m (15,748 ft) above sea level. Will return some day to climb a little higher.

November, 2018: Jungle Windsor visiting an indigenous community near Puyo, Ecuador.

November, 2018: Living the good life. Reading in Ayangue, Ecuador.

November, 2018: Can you say Nanopore? Holding a tiny genome sequencer in the palm of my hand is surreal. The Aguirre Lab will definitely be getting one of these in the near future. Picture taken at the Genome Assembly Workshop lead by Stephen Prost at the University of Montana, Missoula.

September 26, 2018: Our first data on clover cyanogenic frequencies as part of the Global Urban Evolution project

September 25, 2018: Windsor Aguirre participating in his first Study Abroad fair to tell students about our new short-term program Galapagos: Evolution & Society.

July-August, 2018: Jessica Vaclav and Windsor Aguirre traveled to Ecuador to collect and process samples for Jessica's thesis research on ecological stoichiometry of Neotropical fishes.

July, 2018: Windsor Aguirre traveled to Cuenca, Ecuador to participate in a workshop on endangered freshwater fish species.

July, 2018: Windsor Aguirre traveled to the Galapagos to work out the logistics for DePaul's new short-term Study Aborad program Galapagos: Evolution & Society. Pictures coming.

June 12, 2018: Windsor Aguirre sampling Clover at Windsor Ave. in Chicago for the Global Urban Evolution project.

June 9, 2018: Blast from the past as former Aguirre Lab undergrads came to a grad student commencement party. Pictured from left: Frank Joaquin (former undergrad), Roberto Cucalon (current grad student), Thomas Borders (former undergrad), and Windsor Aguirre (right).

May 18, 2018: Kirby Karpan (left) pictured with other seniors nominated for the Biology Major of the Year award.

May 18, 2018: Tasha Wierzal presenting at the Biology Senior Symposium.

February, 2018: Photos from Thom Sanger's 2018 Darwin Day talk at DePaul. Photos courtesy of DePaul Dept. Biological Sciences. Click here

July, 2017: Photos from July 2017 collections for Rhoadsia phylogeography study. Click here

June, 2017: Thomas Borders receiving the DePaul Biology Major of the year award.

May 26, 2017: DePaul Biology Senior Symposium. Click here

April 22, 2017: March for Science - Earth Day - Chicago. Click here

March 16, 2017: Our first year graduate students presented their research proposals to the Department. Congratulations to Sara, Roberto, Joe, and the rest of the first year students for a job well done. Photo by Jalene LaMontagne.

February 18, 2017: DePaul Darwin Day 2017 with Dr Lydia Hopper of the Lincoln Park Zoo. Click here

December 21, 2016: Pictures taken at the Isla Santay near Guayaquil, Ecuador. Click here

December 21, 2016: Visit to Isla Santay near Guayaquil, Ecuador with the legendary Ronald Navarrete, Jaime Buestan, and Felix Man-Ging. Windsor Aguirre is on the far right.

December 1, 2016: Blast from the plast. Michelle Johnson (former Biology advisor) organized a DePaul biology advising reunion over beers at Derby. Pictured from left John Dean (Biology Dept. Chair), Amanda Mahoney (former Biology staff), Jason Bystriansky, Jalene LaMontagne, Michelle Johnson, Margaret Silliker, Felicia Gowanlock (another former Biology advisor), and yours truly Windsor Aguirre.

November 4, 2016: Our lab representing at the DePaul Science Showcase.

September 20, 2016: New grad student Roberto Cucalon's team won the first year scavenger hunt. May now expect trophies for all grad student accomplishments!

September 1, 2016: It begins - DePaul University Convocation.

August 26-27, 2016: Isla de la Plata, Manabi, Ecuador. Click here

August 21, 2016: Cerro Blanco, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Click here

June 22, 2016: DePaul Biology Department Retreat. Go Team Bio!!!

June 17, 2016: DePaul Biology Department Retreat Kickoff Social at Derby. Photo courtesy Jalene LaMontagne.

June 13, 2016: It's official, Windsor Aguirre has been promoted to Associate Professor. Looking forward to many more years at DePaul! Picture of Windsor with the hard copy of the application package submitted in September 2015.

June 3, 2016: Alex Jagla's (second from left) last day in the lab. Good luck with all Alex, you will be missed!

April 13, 2016: Windsor Aguirre spent a morning representing "scientist/professor" for Career Day at CICS West Belden. Great kids, great school, great experience.

Darwin Day @ DePaul - February 12, 2016. Click here.

Pictures of Alex Jagla, Kirby Karpan, and Thomas Borders presenting at the 2015 DePaul Science Showcase, Nov/6/15. Click here.

Congratulations to Daniel Reyes for successfully defending his thesis: Effects of temperature and water flow on morphology of Astyanax mexicanus (Telesostei: Characidae) on Aug/14/15. Way to go M.S. Reyes!

Katie Carlson at the College of Science and Health Banquet held Jun/7/15 receiving her Biology Major of the year award from Windsor Aguirre.

Congratulations to Katie Carlson for being named the Biology Major of the year. Katie is on the far left and is pictured with the other nominees.

Katie Carlson receiving her Biology Major of the year award from Dr. Carolyn Martineau. Congratulations Katie!

Sketch of Windsor Aguirre riding a stickleback for his birthday created by the lab students.

Windsor Aguirre manned the Biological Sciences table for Spring Visit Day.

Pictures from Darwin Day 2015 at DePaul University. David Toews from Cornell was our invited guest speaker. Click here to view.

Daniel Reyes and Marina Chavez examining data in the lab. An Astyanax in mid C-start is drawn on the white board.

Windsor Aguirre was awarded the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Best Paper for a Young Scholar in ichthyology. The honor was granted for his 2013 paper on Hoplias evolution in western Ecuador. The award was granted in the Spring of 2014 and received in October.

Windsor Aguirre joined the External Advisory Board for the AGEP-T FRAME program at Stony Brook University in September, 2014.

Windsor Aguirre was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Society of Leadership and Success, DePaul University Chapter, June 2014.

Lissette Arellano presenting at the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 5, 2014. Maxine Loh also gave a poster and oral presentation on her summer work at Rosalind Franklin. Great job Lissette and Maxine!

Lab white board doodle created by multiple unidentified students in March 2014. One of the sustpected doodlers, Daniel Reyes, in the background.

Gift from lab for end of quarter/early Christmas. Wonderful lesson on thoughtfulness. Thanks!

Carla Benedetto, Cat Collins, Maxine Loh, Rachel Reynolds, and Webster Vital presented posters at the DePaul Science Showcase on Nov 8, 2013. Way to go!!! Click here for a link to the photos.

Windsor Aguirre traveled to South Carolina with several other Biology faculty in June 2013. Click here for a link to the photos.

Vinh Vu was named the College of Science and Health Biology major of the year in May 2013. Congratulations Vinh!

Windsor Aguirre gave the first annual Darwin Day seminar at DePaul University: "Darwin would be proud: Insights into evolution from the threespine stickleback".

Windsor Aguirre was featured in a DePaul University add campaign in Fall 2012. Hollywood, here I come!

Windsor Aguirre attended the Seventh International Conference on Stickleback Behavior and Evolution held on Bainbridge Island (Seattle), WA, Jul 29-Aug 3, 2012. Click here for a link to more photos.

Pictures taken by Windsor Aguirre in Loja province, Ecuador in August 2011. Click here for link to album.

Windsor Aguirre in the lab. Picture taken by DePaul photographer for news piece on the discovery of a new loricariid in southwestern Ecuador that was highlighted on National Geographic's web page - April 2012.

Windsor Aguirre on his birthday with stickleback cake made by Jalene LaMontagne (with help from Beth LeClair) - April 30, 2012.

Maddie Temple collecting body shape data on tetras from southwestern Ecuador. Alex Confer observing.

Picture of Windsor Aguirre at DePaul SACNAS chapter meeting - April, 2012.

Pictures from Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium held on March 3, 2012. For pictures of the event, click here.

Fall 2011 Vertebrate Diversity and Evolution class at the Field Museum during a class field trip (picture posted January, 2012)

Spring 2011 Vertebrate Diversity and Evolution class at the Field Museum observing preserved coelacanth specimens (picture posted January, 2012)

Cory Drevecky suggesting that Windsor Aguirre might want to consider running for mayor of this small North Dakota town if the professor thing doesn't work out... (picture posted October, 2011)

Chalkboard drawing of Windsor Aguirre from Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin article "Time to Teach" (August 2011: Vol. 24, No. 3). See web extra Chalkboard for text. Click here for link.

End of year lab picture taken June 2, 2011. From left to right, Rosanna Falco, Jane Christman, Windsor Aguirre, Ashley Brown, Kendal Walker.

Pictures from Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium held at the Museum of Science and Industry on April 2, 2011. For pictures of the event, click here.

Picture from DePaul Magazine Fall 2010 photo spread.

Pictures from field work conducted in Alaska June 14-24, 2010 by Windsor Aguirre and Cory Drevecky. Click here for the full album.

Amanda Peters presenting a poster on her research to the Chair of Biological Sciences, Stan Cohn, at the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (CAURS) held at DePaul University on April 10, 2010.

End of year ice cream party. Picture taken outside of lab in McGowan South in late May, 2010. From Left: Mary Beddaoui, Kendal Walker, Windsor Aguirre, Miguel Rojas, Ashley Brown, Cory Drevecky, Amanda Peters, (Not pictured: Shawn Giddeon, Joelle Mbatchou).

Windsor Aguirre (towards left) at a backpack electrofishing course held in late March, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. The course was run by James Reynolds.