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EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS

OF CICHLID FISHES

 
  
 
 
 
 

 
 
PEOPLE

Faculty

Thomas D. Kocher

 

Postdocs

 

Graduate Students

Looking for a few good students to join our group!

Claire O'Quin (PhD) - Pigmentation in cichlid fishes

Maria Murray (PhD) - Population genetics of oysters

 

Research Assistants

Matt Conte (Bioinformatics)

 

Undergraduates

Soyunne Fernando

Henry Kamdem

Jessica Lakritz

Fiona Monosmith

Alison Ostrow

Diana Zhong

 

 

Former Post-docs

Scott France (1993-1996) Assistant Professor, U Louisiana, Lafayette

Patricia Rosel (1993-1997) Research Geneticist, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center

Woo-Jai Lee (1994-1997) Manager R&D, Genomar

Takayuki Katagiri (2001-2003) Assistant Professor, Tokyo Univ of Marine Science and Technology

J. Todd Streelman (1999-2004) Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Avner Cnaani ( 2003-2006) Research Scientist, Agriculture Research Organization (Israel)

Bo-Young Lee ( -2008) Product development, Solgent (Korea)

Ray Engeszer (2008-2009)

Jianzhou (Joe) Cui (2008-2009)

Koji Fujimura (2007-2011) Rsearch Fellow, The Jikei University School of Medicine

Reade Roberts (2004-2011) Assistant Professor, NC State University

 

Former Graduate Students

Jon Runstadler (M.S. 1992) Assistant Professor, U Alaska, Fairbanks

Bai (Bob) Xiong (Ph.D. 1992) Bioinformatics, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Diane Caporale (Ph.D. 1994) Professor, U Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Jeremy Glasner (Ph.D. 1996) Assistant Scientist, U Wisconsin, Madison

Nicole Perna (Ph.D. 1996) Associate Professor, U Wisconsin, Madison

Jeffrey A. Markert (Ph.D. 1999) Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History

Pat Danley (Ph.D. 2001) Assistant Professor, Baylor University

Nancy Garnhart (M.S. 2001) Massage Therapist

Craig Albertson (Ph.D. 2002) Assistant Professor, Syracuse University

Jason Curole (Ph.D. 2002)

Dr. Karl Diller( M.S. 2003)

Aimee Howe (M.S. 2004) Instructor, Mclennan Community College

Michael Kidd (Ph.D. 2005) Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University International

Jennifer Ser( M.S. 2007) Research Assistant, U Maryland

 

Former Undergraduates (please tell us where you are now!)

Bruno Chazaro B.S. 2002

Julie Carnevale B.S. 2002

Erin Collings B.S. Zoology 2004

Justin E. Stern B.S. Computer Science (2004)

Elizabeth Tomasino B.S. 2004

Cassandra Wishon B.S. 2004

Alyssa Treat B.S. 2009 - UM School of Nursing

 

 
 

 

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