Principle Investigator

Associate Professor - Biology

Graduate Program Coordinator - Biology

Faculty Profile

Research Interests:

• Systematics & Phylogenetics

• Cryptic Speciation

• Biogeography

• Evolution in Extreme Environments

CV

Project: Using speleogenomics to elucidate flooded cave biodiversity.

Ph.D., Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston (2022)

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Feature in Nature: Where I Work

Now: Assistant Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University

PhD, Marine Biology 2021

Texas A&M University Galveston

Dissertation: Assessing the biogeographic distribution of anchialine cave fauna using Typhlatya (Crustacea: Atyidae) and Remipedia (Crustacea) as model taxa.

Now: Assistant Professor, Berea College

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PhD, Marine Biology 2022

Texas A&M University Galveston

Dissertation: Characterizing the ecosystem function and biodiversity in the anchialine caves of the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and marine caves of Belize.

Now: Postdoc, Texas A&M University San Antonio

Postdoc, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal

Collaboration: Physiology and gene expression in anchialine cave shrimp, Typhlatya, of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Collaboration: Metabarcoding of benthic eurkaryotes from anchialine caves of Mexico

Professor Emeritis, University of Alaska Anchorage

Collaboration: Morphological evaluation and phylogeny of Amphinomida (Annelida)

Universidade Federal do Amazonas

Collaboration: Morphological evaluation and phylogeny of Amphinomida (Annelida)