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Trevor Krabbenhoft, Associate Professor
We study fish genome evolution and the origins and maintenance of biodiversity. I am particularly interested how polyploidy (whole genome duplications) contribute to phenotypic and ecological diversity in fishes such as suckers (Catostomidae) and ciscoes (Salmonidae).
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Dr. Daniel (Dan) MacGuigan, NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology
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Dr. Levi Gray, Postdoctoral Researcher
Levi studies speciation and phylogenetics in a wide variety of organisms. |
Dr. Nathan Backenstose, Dean's Graduate Fellow
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Dr. Hannah Waterman, Schomburg Graduate Fellow
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Kimberly Louisor, Schomburg Graduate Fellow and M.S. Student
Kimberly did her M.S. in the lab and is studying the genomic mechanics behind aging in Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) and the evolution of aging in catostomids. She is now working on her PhD in Vinny Lynch's lab. |
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Dr. Christopher Osborne, USFWS Pathways Intern
Christopher used pangenomics to study variation in thiaminase tolerance in lake charr (Salvelinus namaycush) populations for his PhD work in my lab. He also investigated how hatchery environments alter the epigenetic characteristics of lake charr used for restoration stocking efforts in the Laurentian Great Lakes. |
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Sarah Chang, Ph.D. Candidate
Sarah is interested in the use of genomics to investigate evolutionary applications to fish conservation and adaptation to climate change. |
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Brian Foote
Brian got his M.S. in the lab as a follow-up to his undergraduate honors work. He studied the invasion dynamics and genomes of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in Lake Erie. He is now our boat captain on Lake Erie and project manager for grass carp research. |
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Pia Schwarz, M.S. Student
Pia is studying the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of a hybrid swarm of tessellated darters, Etheostoma olmstedi. She is also an excellent tennis player at University at Buffalo, having recently been named to the MAC 1st team! See here for more about Pia's research and tennis success at UB: arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/biological-sciences/news-events.host.html/content/shared/arts-sciences/biological-sciences/2022/pia-schwarz-wins.detail.html |
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Former Lab Members
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Dr. Tianying Lan, Senior Research Scientist
Tianying studied the evolution of catostomid (sucker) genomes in the context of whole genome duplications. She is now a Senior Application Scientist at Arbor Biosciences.
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Dr. Moisés Bernal, Postdoctoral Researcher
Moisés studied the connection between genetics, morphology, and ecology in Great Lakes Coregonus species ("ciscoes"). Moisés has moved on to an Assistant Professor position at Auburn University: http://www.auburn.edu/academic/cosam/faculty/biology/bernal/index.htm Read more about Moisés' work at: https://sites.google.com/site/moisesbernalresearch/ |
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Dr. Isabel (Isa) Porto-Hannes, Research Scientist
Isa worked on understanding the invasion dynamics of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in Lake Erie. She is also interested in freshwater mussel (Unionidae) conservation and restoration. Isa is now a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Environment and Sustainability at University at Buffalo. |
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Katherine (Katie) Eaton, Miles Fellow and Undergraduate Honors Student.
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Jessie Pelosi, Formerly an undergraduate honors student at Univ. Buffalo.
Jessie did his undergraduate research on octocoral bleaching and systematics (M. Coffroth and H. Lasker labs). He is currently a Grinter Fellow and PhD Candidate at the University of Florida, working on comparative and population genomics of ferns in the Sessa and Barabazuk labs. |
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Emily Bouffard, Undergraduate Honors student and Miles Fellow
Emily studied the effects of laboratory (hatchery) rearing conditions on cisco (Coregonus artedi) development using direct RNA nanopore sequencing. |
