A Backbone for the Peracarida is an international collaboration of museums and universities working to resolve the phylogeny of one of Earth's most astonishingly diverse animal groups by uniting the work and collections of peracarid biologists worldwide.
Aurélien De Jode — PostDoc
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Samantha Antonio — BS student
Victoria Vandersommen — MS student
Juliana Granados — BS/MS student
Ryan Moinazad — BS/MS student
Will Farris — post BS/MS student
Ethan Kahn — post BS/PhD student
Aiko Abo Dominguez — post BS/PhD student
Naomi Rodriguez — post BS/MS student
Curator, Crustacea
Anna-Chiara Barta — PhD student, University of Vienna, Natural History Museum of Vienna
Project: Phylogeny and Evolution of Peracarida (Crustacea)
Lena Ulrich — MS student, University of Vienna, Natural History Museum of Vienna
Project: Phylogenomic Study of Phreatoicidea
Professor für Allgemeine und Spezielle Zoologie
Markus Grams — PostDoc, Institut für Biowissenschaften, Allgemeine & Spezielle Zoologie
Project: Transformations in the evolution of Peracarida
Emma Palacios Theil — Adjunct Professor
Project: EHo-ShA - Evolutionary History of Shallow and Deepsea Apseudomorpha (Tanaidacea: Peracarida) (NCN OPUS 2023/49/B/NZ8/04237)
emma.palaciostheil@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Aleksandra Jakiel — Adjunct Professor
Kamila Głuchowska — PhD student
Dissertation: Genetic Basis of Deep-Sea Adaptations in Crustaceans of the Order Tanaidacea