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Principal investigator

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Kevin M. Kocot, Ph.D.

kmkocot[at]ua.edu
CV
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ResearchGate
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Postdoctoral researcher

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M. Carmen Cobo Llovo

Biodiversity and systematics of Solenogasters

mcobollovo[at]ua.edu

Graduate students

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Emily McLaughlin

Ph.D. student

Biodiversity and systematics of Aplacophora

elmclaughlin[at]crimson.ua.edu
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Nickellaus (Nick) Roberts

Ph.D. student

Deep metazoan phylogeny

ngroberts[at]crimson.ua.edu
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Rebecca Varney

Ph.D. candidate

Genomic basis of iron biomineralization in the chiton radula

rvarney[at]crimson.ua.edu
http://rvarney.people.ua.edu/
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Meghan Yap-Chiongco

Ph.D. student

Evolution, development, and genomics aplacophoran molluscs

mkyapchiongco[at]crimson.ua.edu
https://mkyapchiongco.people.ua.edu/

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Technician

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Kendra Abbott

Biodiversity, conservation, genetics, eDNA, and genomics of insects (especially Odonata).

Undergraduate students

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Elizabeth Batts

Biodiversity and systematics of aplacophoran molluscs
Biodiversity and systematics of Euphrosinidae (Annelida, Amphinomida)

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Jake Beede

Biodiversity and systematics of Scaphopoda (Mollusca)
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Caroline Bond

Taxonomy and systematics of Wirenia (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Solenogastres)
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Madison LeRoy

Population genetics of Icelandic Amphinomida (Annelida)
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Michaela Lynch

Conservation status of Alabama cave crayfish using eDNA
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The Kocot lab is recruiting undergraduate students. See the Join the lab page for details

Past lab members

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Maddie Brewster

Undergraduate

Biodiversity of deep-sea Icelandic invertebrates
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Justin Cox

Undergraduate (graduated spring 2019)

Population genetics of the hemi-pelagic Antarctic sea cucumber Peniagone using DNA barcoding
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Katie Gill

Undergraduate (graduated spring 2018)

Biodiversity of Icelandic aplacophoran molluscs
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Josh Goble

Undergraduate (graduated fall 2018)

DNA barcoding of Icelandic aplacophoran molluscs

Honors Thesis
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Tessa Hawkins

Undergraduate (graduated spring 2017)

Biodiveristy of Wirenia (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Solenogastres)
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Elizabeth Kantzler

Undergraduate (graduated spring 2019)

Mitogenomics of deep-sea Icelandic Euphrosindiae
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Lainy Lee

Undergraduate (graduated summer 2016)

Morphology and population genetics of deep-sea Icelandic annelids using scanning electron microscopy and DNA barcoding
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Maddie McCutcheon

M.S. student (graduated summer 2020)

Biodiversity of deep-sea aplacophoran molluscs from New Zealand and phylogeny of Caudofoveata

mgmccutcheon[at]crimson.ua.edu
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Emily Pabst

Undergraduate (graduated spring 2019)

Phylogenomics of Mollusca using transcriptome and ultraconserved element (UCE) data

Publication
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Ryan Partain

Undergradaute (graduated fall 2018)

Description of a new species of Wirenia (Mollusca, Solenogastres) from New Zealand
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Carter Pruett

Undergraduate (graduated spring 2020)

Biodiversity of Alabama freshwater mussels. Bioinformatics
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Rayne Riden
Undergraduate (graduated spring 2016)

Biodiversity of deep-sea aplacophoran molluscs from New Zealand and Iceland
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Morgann Smith

Undergraduate (graduated spring 2020)

Biodiversity of deep-sea Icelandic invertebrates
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Felix Thalén

M.S. student (graduated fall 2018)

Phylogenetic tree-based orthology inference

Thesis
GitLab

Now: Ph.D. student at the IMPRS for Genome Science
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Karsyn Whitman
Undergraduate (graduated summer 2016)

Morphology and population genetics of deep-sea Icelandic annelids using scanning electron microscopy and DNA barcoding
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