Our research uses integrative systematics approaches, including genetic, genomic, phylogenetic, ecological and morphological evaluations, to uncover evolutionary processes that drive diversity, adaptations and biogeographic distributions of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine invertebrate species found in biodiversity hotspots around the world.

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May 2025

April 2025

Members of the Borda Lab attend and present at the A&M-SA Student Research Symposium, San Antonio, Texas: Bernard Mbithi (MS Biology), Muntadher Mashan (undergraduate), Marci Casias (undergraduate), Connor Grizzle (undergraduate), and Marco Rodriguez (undergraduate). Bernard Mbithi - First Place Winner - Graduate Oral and Muntadher Mashan - First Place Winner - Undergraduate Oral

March/April 2025

PI Borda participates in Meiofaunal Workshop hosted by Dr. Samuel Gomez and Dr. Beatriz Yanez Rivera at the Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, Mazatlan Academic Unit.

February 2025

Fifth (and final)  expedition with research team to Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula & Conzumel Island, Mexico: Borda (PI), Dr. Calderon-Gutierrez, David Brankvits (National Research Council of Italy) and John Pohlman (USGS).

January 2025

Borda lab featured in the news: San Antonio Express News and KLRN TV (Starting: 9:15).

Members of the Borda Lab attend and present at the 2025 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas: Dr. Fernando Calderon-Gutierrez (postdoc), Gabrielle Vaughn (MS Biology), Grace Tindall (MS Biology), Gabrielle Silva (undergraduate) and Danielle Bragg (undergraduate)