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Faculty, Staff, & Students in Our Lab

Dr. Phillip Harris


Phillip Harris, Ph.D.
Professor
Curator of Fishes, The University of Alabama Ichthyological Collection​


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Coordinator of Zoological Collections

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Graduate Students

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Jacob Lamb
M.S. - current student.

Non-thesis project title - Review of heat shock proteins in fishes.


Past Lab Members

Graduate Students

Justin Bagley

​Justin Bagley
M.S. 2008

Non-thesis project title - Congeneric phylogeographical sampling reveals polyphyly and novel biodiversity within black basses (Centrarchidae: Micropterus)

Current Position - Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Jacksonville State University.

Kebede Beshera

​Kebede Beshera

Ph.D. 2012

Dissertation - Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, population structure and taxonomy of large barbine minnows (Labeobarbus: Cyprinidae)

Current Position - Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University Eunice
Brook Fluker
Brook Fluker
Ph.D. 2011

Dissertation - Spring-adapted darters (Percidae: Etheostoma) as a model to understand factors that influence diversification, gene flow, and genetic variation in freshwater fishes

Current Position - Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecology & Curator of Fishes, Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University

Jenjit Khudamrongsawat
Jenjit Khudamrongsawat
Ph.D. 2007

Dissertation - Comparative study of life history and population structure of the endangered vermilion darter (Etheostoma chermocki) and its sister species, the Warrior darter (E. bellator) 

Current Position - Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Mahidol University, Thailand
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​Ryan Lavoie

​M.S. 2019

Non-thesis project title - De novo assembly and annotation of four Vietnamese terrestrial gastropod transcriptomes


Current Position - just graduated and seeking opportunities!
Matt Piteo

​Matthew Piteo
M.S. 2013

Non-thesis project title - Life History of Labidesthes vanhyningi (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae; Stout Silverside) in the Black Warrior River Drainage, Alabama

Current Position - Biological Science Technician, Abernathy Fish Technology Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mike Sandel
Michael Sandel
Ph.D. 2012

Dissertation - Evolutionary relationships and historical biogeography of pygmy sunfishes (Percomorphacea: Elassoma)

Current Position - Associate Professor of Zoology and Coordinator of Conservation Programs, University of West Alabama

Nathan Whelan

Nathan Whelan
Ph.D. 2013

Dissertation - Conservation, life history and systematics of Leptoxis Rafinesque 1819 (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae)

Current Position - 
Assistant Professor, US Fish and Wildlife Service Director, Southeast Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Auburn University

Current and Recent Undergraduate Students

Elizabeth Bellayuto. Undergraduate Researcher. Project - Population Genomics of Mobile River Basin fishes.
Cori Depew. Undergraduate Researcher. Project - Life History and Feeding Ecology of Etheostoma kanawha
Kaylea Hudson. Undergraduate Researcher. Project - Population Genetics of Tuscumbia darters based on single nucleotide polymorphisms.
Emily Frances Marshall. Undergraduate Researcher. Project - Population Genomics of Mobile River Basin fishes.
Daphne Strong. Undergraduate Curatorial Assistant.
Julia Wood
Julia Wood. Undergraduate Curatorial Research Assistant. BSc 2019. MSc 2021 - Univ. of West Alabama. Currently - Ph.D. student, Yale University.
Stella Wilson
Stella Wilson. Undergraduate Research Assistant. BSc 2021. Currently - MSc student at UA (Shogren Lab)
Patrick Lewis
Patrick Lewis. Undergraduate Research Assistant. BSc 2020.
Sergei Kilic
Sergei Kilic. Undergraduate Research Assistant. BSc 2020. Currently - MS student in Education at UA. Project - Taxonomy of Rhinogobius from Vietnam.
Cameron Johnson. Undergraduate Research Assistant. BSc 2020.

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I am always looking for dedicated, enthusiastic undergraduates to join my lab. Please contact me if you are interested in biodiversity, ecology, & evolutionary biology research projects on fishes, snails, or other aquatic taxa. Please go to the Prospective Student page for more information and how to apply.

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