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People

Principal investigator

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Kevin M. Kocot, Ph.D.

(he/him)
kmkocot[at]ua.edu

CV
Google Scholar
ResearchGate
GitHub

Postdoctoral researchers

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M. Carmen Cobo Llovo, Ph.D.

(she/her)

Biodiversity and systematics of Solenogastres (Mollusca)

mcobollovo[at]ua.edu

Graduate students

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Emily McLaughlin

(she/her)

Ph.D. student

Biodiversity and systematics of Aplacophora

elmclaughlin[at]crimson.ua.edu
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Wes Neely
(he/him)
Ph.D. student

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Chandler Olson

(he/him)

Ph.D. student

Biodiversity and systematics of Aplacophora

cjolson2[at]crimson.ua.edu
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Nickellaus (Nick) Roberts

(they/them/he/him)

Ph.D. student

Deep metazoan phylogeny

ngroberts[at]crimson.ua.edu
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Meghan Yap-Chiongco

(she/her)

Ph.D. student

Evolution, development, and genomics aplacophoran molluscs

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

Technician

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Kendra Abbott

(she/her)

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

https://museums.ua.edu/people/kendra-abbott/
https://www.abbottnature.com/about/

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

(he/him)

Biodiversity and systematics of Scaphopoda (Mollusca)

Ava Deas

Antarctic invertebrate biodiversity

Will Farris

Aplacophoran mollusc biodiversity and systematics

Reed Fowler

Population genetics of Paramphinome jeffreysii and systematics of Amphinomida

Anna-Cae Fuller

Antarctic invertebrate biodiversity
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Michael Gilmore

(he/him)

Pipelines to optimize genome assembly from DNA-limited samples
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Megan Joos

Systematics of Scaphopoda
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Madison LeRoy

(she/her)

Population genetics of Icelandic Amphinomida (Annelida)
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Michaela Lynch

(she/her)

Conservation status of Alabama cave crayfish using eDNA

Gabriel Penot

Antarctic invertebrate biodiversity
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Nathanael Rohlwing

Aplacophoran mollusc biodiversity and systematics

Kaitlyn Via

Biodiversity of aplacophoran molluscs from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
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This could be
​you!

The Kocot lab is recruiting undergraduate students. See the Join the lab page for details

Past lab members

Former Graduate Students & Postdocs

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Rebecca Varney

Maddie McCutcheon

Felix Thalén

Franzi Bergmeier

(she/her)

Ph.D. student (graduated spring 2021)

Genomic basis of iron biomineralization in the chiton radula

Google Scholar

Now: Postdoctoral researcher at UCSB in the Oakley lab.
(she/her)

M.S. student (graduated summer 2020)

Biodiversity of deep-sea aplacophoran molluscs from New Zealand and phylogeny of Caudofoveata
(he/his)

M.S. student (graduated fall 2018)

Phylogenetic tree-based orthology inference

Thesis
GitLab

Now: Ph.D. student at the IMPRS for Genome Science
(she/her)

Mitogenomics of Solenogastres (Mollusca)


Undergraduate Alumni
(in no particular order)


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Caroline Bond

Morgann Smith

Carter Pruett

Justin Cox

Undergraduate (graduated spring 2021)

Biodiveristy and evolution of the solenogaster mollusc family Gymnomeniidae
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

Elizabeth Kantzler

Katie Gill

Josh Goble

Ryan Partain

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
Undergraduate (graduated fall 2018)

DNA barcoding of Icelandic aplacophoran molluscs

Honors Thesis
Undergradaute (graduated fall 2018)

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

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Tessa Hawkins

Lainy Lee

Karsyn Whitman
Rayne Riden

Maddie Brewster

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


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  • Taxonomy Workshops
    • 2023 Bioinformatics /Phylogenetics of Peracarids Workshop
    • 2023 DISL Meiofauna Diversity and Taxonomy
    • 2022 Friday Harbor Laboratories Biodiversity and Integrative Taxonomy of Invertebrates
    • 2022 Smithsonian Marine Station Meiofauna Diversity and Taxonomy