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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), salmonids, and sturgeon.
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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 field research. Ask Brian about how to extract the highest molecular weight DNA you've ever seen. |
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. Levi Gray, Postdoctoral Researcher
Levi studies speciation and phylogenetics in a wide variety of organisms. |
Dr. Daniel (Dan) MacGuigan, NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology
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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. |
Dr. Nathan Backenstose, Dean's Graduate Fellow
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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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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 studied the evolution of aging in Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) and other catostomids. She is now working on her PhD in Vinny Lynch's lab. |
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Pia Schwarz, M.S. Student
Pia studied hybridization of darters (Etheostoma spp.) with Dan MacGuigan and Co: https://doi.ordoi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf260g/10.1093/evolut/qpaf260 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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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 postdoc at the University of Arizona, working on fern evolution. |
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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. |
