McKinnon Lab
East Carolina University
Lab Members
Jeff 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.
Chloe Brown
Graduate Student
Area of Study: Evolution- comparative genomics, color pattern evolution, sexual dimorphism; science pedagogy.
Education
BS : Biology, ECU, 2023
Antonio Martinez-Romero
BS Student
Biology, Biology Education
Area of Study: Use of online games for learning animal and plant IDs
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Recent Graduate Student Alumni
Chris Anderson
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
Drew Varnell
Kyle Ifill
Rachel Watkins
Peyton Jackson
class of 2018
Master of Science (2012)
Doctor of Philosophy (2015)
Liliyana Weaver
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
Cole
Pena
Bhakti
Vahewala
Maya
Smith
Matthew
Wong
Michelle
Giron-Morales
