McKinnon Lab
East Carolina University
Lab Members
Jeff McKinnon, PhD
Professor, Principle Investigator
Area of Study: Evolution - sexual selection, speciation, mainly in fish
Phone: 252-328-5258
E-mail: mckinnonj@ecu.edu
Office: N109a Howell Science
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
Lucas A. Cortes, MS
PhD Student
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences
E-mail: cortesl18@students.ecu.edu
Area of Study: Molecular Genomics and Evolution
Education
MS : Human Molecular Genetics, Imperial College London, 2018
Thesis title: Evaluation of missing heritability in the developmental disorder adams-oliver syndrome
BSc : Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, 2017
Scott Vinson, BS
MS Student
Biological Sciences
Area of Study: Evolutionary Genomics, Selection
Education
BSc : Biology, ECU, 2020
Kyle Ifill
BS Student
Biology
Area of Study: Stickleback color pattern evolution
Peyton Jackson
BS Student
Biology
Area of Study: Herpetology, Fish Ecology, STEM Outreach
Rachel Watkins
BS Student
Biochemistry
Area of Study: Stickleback color pattern evolution, especially Apeltes
Liliyana Weaver
BS Student
Biology
Area of study: fish color pattern evolution
Recent Graduate Student Alumni
Daniel Shane Wright
Minoti Asher
Lengxob Yong
William Burns Newsome
class of 2018
Zachary Harrison
Master of Science (2012)
Master of Science (2016)
Doctor of Philosophy (2015)
Master of Science (2016)
Undergraduate Research Assistant Alumni
Cole
Pena
Bhakti
Vahewala
Maya
Smith
Matthew
Wong
Michelle
Giron-Morales
B.S. Biological Sciences
class of 2020
B.S. Biological Sciences
class of 2020
B.S. Biological Sciences
BA: Hispanic Studies
class of 2022
Haley Overman
