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ABOUT ME

My research focuses on the evolution of visual systems and color signals using studies of comparative molecular evolution, protein modeling, behavior, and electrophysiology in a diversity of animals.

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LAB MANAGER

Mireille Steck

Working behind the scenes on most things arthropod with a bias towards marine fauna, particularly marine and stomatopod.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

McLean Worsham

PhD candidate interested the intersection of micro– and macroevolutionary processes, the evolution of evolvability, and the evolution of novelty. Currently his research is focused on the effects of chromosome number evolution and genomic architecture on fish macroevolution under a co-advisorship between Rosana Zenil-Ferguson at the University of Kentucky and Megan Porter.

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Noah Doeden

PhD student studying visual diversity in marine invertebrates. My current focus is on comparing the expression and localization patterns of ultraviolet light sensitive opsins in stomatopod larvae and adults.

Hannah Moon

PhD student studying the visual systems of procellariiform seabirds. Focusing on the spectral, temporal, and molecular aspects of vision to help reduce anthropogenic impacts of light on birds.

Sophia Hanscom

Masterʻs student currently studying the behavior, specifically boldness, aggression, and territoriality, of the invasive stomatopod species Gonodactylaceus falcatus. My research aims to characterize intraspecific behavioral variation and to determine if behavioral strategies (behavioral syndromes and ability to learn) that have been shown to contribute to invasion success are present.

Graduate Students