Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics of Marine Organisms
We study how marine organisms evolve adaptations to their environments, and how these adaptations may lead to diversification and new species. Our diverse projects combine a variety of approaches with the common aim of determining the genetic basis of interesting physiological and life history traits in marine systems.
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Please look around to read more about our research projects, and don't hesitate to contact us with any questions!
Latest News
January 2025
New paper!
Work led by postdoc Matt Powers, with two OSU undergrads, was published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.
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December 2024​
Another successful graduate defense!
Congratulations to Marine Andriot for successfully defending her M.S. research! Her research examined variation in alternative splicing mechanisms in copepods.
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October 2024​
New Dr. in the house!
Congratulations to Dr. Kamron Kayhani for successfully defending his doctoral research! His dissertation examined the impact of mitochondrial DNA variation in the evolution of thermal stress adaptation in copepods.
September 2024​
New lab members!
Annika Dawley and Layla Gordon started their first year in our graduate program!
October 2023​
New lab member!
Natalia Jacquez, a first-year Environmental Science major, joined the team!
December 2023​
New paper!
Work by PhD candidate Kamron Kayhani was published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
​September 2023​
New paper!
Work by past M.S. student Emily Boring was published in Marine Biology.
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June 2023​
New paper!
Postdoc Kevin Olsen (shared between OSU and SIO) found genomic regions strongly associated with male sterility in hybrid copepods. Very cool! Now in Genome Biology and Evolution.
January 2023​
New paper!
Our continued work exploring the loss of key hypoxia response genes has been published in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution. In this study, we examined the phylum Cnidaria.​
