Principal investigator
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Kevin M. Kocot, Ph.D. |
Postdoctoral researcher
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M. Carmen Cobo Llovo
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Graduate students
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Emily McLaughlin
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Nickellaus (Nick) Roberts |
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Rebecca Varney
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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
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Ph.D. student Evolution, development, and genomics aplacophoran molluscs mkyapchiongco[at]crimson.ua.edu https://mkyapchiongco.people.ua.edu/ |
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This could be you!The Kocot lab is recruiting graduate students. See the Join the lab page for details
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Technician
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Kendra Abbott
(she/her)
Biodiversity, conservation, genetics, eDNA, and genomics of insects (especially Odonata). |
Undergraduate students
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Rowan Batts
(they/them)
Biodiversity and systematics of aplacophoran molluscs Biodiversity and systematics of Euphrosinidae (Annelida, Amphinomida) |
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Jake Beede
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Biodiversity and systematics of Scaphopoda (Mollusca) |
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Caroline Bond
(she/her)
Taxonomy and systematics of Wirenia (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Solenogastres) |
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Michael Gilmore
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Pipelines to optimize genome assembly from DNA-limited samples |
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Madison LeRoy
(she/her)
Population genetics of Icelandic Amphinomida (Annelida) |
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Michaela Lynch
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Conservation status of Alabama cave crayfish using eDNA |
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Past lab members
Former Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Maddie McCutcheon
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Felix Thalén
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M.S. student (graduated summer 2020)
Biodiversity of deep-sea aplacophoran molluscs from New Zealand and phylogeny of Caudofoveata mgmccutcheon[at]crimson.ua.edu |
Undergraduate Alumni
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Morgann Smith
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Carter Pruett
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Justin Cox
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Undergraduate (graduated spring 2020)
Biodiversity of deep-sea Icelandic invertebrates |
Undergraduate (graduated spring 2020)
Biodiversity of Alabama freshwater mussels. Bioinformatics |
Undergraduate (graduated spring 2019)
Population genetics of the hemi-pelagic Antarctic sea cucumber Peniagone using DNA barcoding |
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Emily Pabst
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Elizabeth Kantzler
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Katie Gill
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Josh Goble
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Ryan Partain
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Undergraduate (graduated spring 2019)
Phylogenomics of Mollusca using transcriptome and ultraconserved element (UCE) data Publication |
Undergraduate (graduated spring 2019)
Mitogenomics of deep-sea Icelandic Euphrosindiae |
Undergraduate (graduated spring 2018)
Biodiversity of Icelandic aplacophoran molluscs |
Undergradaute (graduated fall 2018)
Description of a new species of Wirenia (Mollusca, Solenogastres) from New Zealand |
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Tessa Hawkins
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Lainy Lee
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Karsyn Whitman
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Rayne Riden
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Maddie Brewster |
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Undergraduate (graduated spring 2017)
Biodiveristy of Wirenia (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Solenogastres) |
Undergraduate (graduated summer 2016)
Morphology and population genetics of deep-sea Icelandic annelids using scanning electron microscopy and DNA barcoding |
Undergraduate (graduated summer 2016)
Morphology and population genetics of deep-sea Icelandic annelids using scanning electron microscopy and DNA barcoding |
Undergraduate (graduated spring 2016)
Biodiversity of deep-sea aplacophoran molluscs from New Zealand and Iceland |
Undergraduate
Biodiversity of deep-sea Icelandic invertebrates |
