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Lab Members

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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

 

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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

 
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Lengxob Yong
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Lucas Cortes
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Zachary Harrison
Daniel Shane Wright
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William Burns Newsome
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Undergraduate Researcher Alumni

Rachel Watkins
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Peyton Jackson
Liliyana Weaver

class of 2018

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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

Cole
Pena
Bhakti
Vahewala
Maya
Smith
Matthew
Wong
Michelle
Giron-Morales
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Lorreen Agandi

Mackenzie Brown

Michael Galligman

Tyler Walston

Marc Gamboa

Haley Overman

Cody Hatchett

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