McKinnon Lab
East Carolina University
Lab Members
Jeffrey McKinnon, PhD
Professor, Principle Investigator
Area of Study: Evolution - sexual selection, speciation, mainly in fish; science communication and pedagogy
Phone: 252-328-5258
E-mail: mckinnonj@ecu.edu
Office: 3420 ECU Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building
Education
Ph.D.: Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University.
M.Sc.: Zoology (Marine Ecology), University of Guelph, Canada.
B.Sc.: Honors Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Christopher M. Anderson, MS
PhD Student
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences
Website: http://cmaevobio.wix.com/evolution
Area of Study: Evolution- sexual selection, comparative genomics , sperm competition, evolutionary theory
Education
MS : Zoology (Evolutionary Ecology, Biological Sciences), North Carolina State University, 2014
Thesis title: Elucidating the Drivers of Genital Evolution and Their Consequences for Speciation
BS : Integrative Physiology & Neurobiology, College of Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2012
Kyle Ifill
BS Student
Biology
Area of Study: Stickleback color pattern evolution
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Drew Varnell
BS Student
Biology
Area of Study: Telmatherinid color pattern evolution and behavior
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Recent Graduate Student Alumni
Minoti Asher
Lengxob Yong
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Lucas Cortes
Zachary Harrison
Daniel Shane Wright
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William Burns Newsome
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Undergraduate Researcher Alumni
Rachel Watkins
Peyton Jackson
Liliyana Weaver
class of 2018
Master of Science (2012)
Doctor of Philosophy (2015)
Master of Science (2016)
B.S. Biological Sciences
class of 2020
B.S. Biological Sciences
class of 2020
B.S. Biological Sciences
BA: Hispanic Studies
class of 2022