The Current Research Team
Here is the current lab team!
Olivia Frary
I’m working on a project to determine if the difference in genome size between homogametic and heterogametic individuals in a species contributes to the difference in lifespan between those individuals.Started Spring 2023
Website here
Babs Jetton
Constructing Diptera phylogeny and investigation of Diptera karyotype evolutionStarted Spring 2023
Website here
Haylee Beck
Survey of forensically relevant Diptera in UtahStarted Fall 2023
Audrey French
I'm currently working on identifying the chromosome shape variation and evolution in fruit flies. I'm currently studying biology and plan to go on and study genetics.
Bailey Jannuzzi
Working to develop genomic and bioinformatic pipelines in order to identify environmental DNA from Diptera samples.Started Spring 2024
Website here
Research Alumni
Here are past researchers I have worked with.
Remington Motte
Working on questions in evolutionary biology and learning comparative phylogenetic methodsStarted Spring 2022, Graduated Spring 2023, Started PhD Fall 2024
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Samantha Curnow
Investigating genome size evolution in Drosophila species and its relation to temperature and climate variables.Started Spring 2022, Graduated Spring 2024
Marissa Ohran
Assembling and assessing problematic genomics (lots of heterochromatin!)Started Fall 2021--Graduated Spring 2023
Website here
Alli Konstantinov
Phylogenetic Trait SimulationsTexas A&M University Biology
Alex McGuane
miRNA qPCR and RNA prepTexas A&M University Entomology
Michelle Jonika
Immature blow fly sex identification using qPCRTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics/Forensics
Elizabeth Piron
Genome size and underreplication estimatesTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics
Renee Holmes
Genome size and underreplication estimatesTexas A&M University Entomology
Melissa Mynes
Genome size and underreplication estimatesTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics
Margaret Garrett
Genome size and underreplication estimatesTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics
Zoe Ward
Development of experiments for forensic entomologyTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics
Anika Sharma
Fulbright Scholar investigating mRNA markers of developmentin Chrysomya rufifaciesTexas A&M University Entomology