Faculty, Staff, & Students in Our Lab
Phillip Harris, Ph.D.
Professor
Curator of Fishes, The University of Alabama Ichthyological Collection
Graduate Students
Past Lab Members
Graduate Students
Justin Bagley
M.S. 2008
Non-thesis project title – Congeneric phylogeographical sampling reveals polyphyly and novel biodiversity within black basses (Centrarchidae: Micropterus)
Current Position – Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Jacksonville State University.
Kebede Beshera
Ph.D. 2012
Dissertation – Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, population structure and taxonomy of large barbine minnows (Labeobarbus: Cyprinidae)
Current Position – Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University Eunice
Brook Fluker
Ph.D. 2011
Dissertation – Spring-adapted darters (Percidae: Etheostoma) as a model to understand factors that influence diversification, gene flow, and genetic variation in freshwater fishes
Current Position – Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecology & Curator of Fishes, Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University
Jenjit Khudamrongsawat
Ph.D. 2007
Dissertation – Comparative study of life history and population structure of the endangered vermilion darter (Etheostoma chermocki) and its sister species, the Warrior darter (E. bellator)
Current Position – Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Mahidol University, Thailand
Jacob Lamb
M.S. 2023
Non-thesis project title – Review of heat shock proteins in fishes.
Current Position – Ph.D. student, Colorado State University.
Ryan Lavoie
M.S. 2019
Non-thesis project title – De novo assembly and annotation of four Vietnamese terrestrial gastropod transcriptomes
Current Position – just graduated and seeking opportunities!
Matthew Piteo
M.S. 2013
Non-thesis project title – Life History of Labidesthes vanhyningi (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae; Stout Silverside) in the Black Warrior River Drainage, Alabama
Current Position – Biological Science Technician, Abernathy Fish Technology Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Michael Sandel
Ph.D. 2012
Dissertation – Evolutionary relationships and historical biogeography of pygmy sunfishes (Percomorphacea: Elassoma)
Current Position – Assistant Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife, Mississippi State University
Nathan Whelan
Ph.D. 2013
Dissertation – Conservation, life history and systematics of Leptoxis Rafinesque 1819 (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae)
Current Position – Assistant Professor, US Fish and Wildlife Service Director, Southeast Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Auburn University
Current and Recent Undergraduate Students
I am always looking for dedicated, enthusiastic undergraduates to join my lab. Please contact me if you are interested in biodiversity, ecology, & evolutionary biology research projects on fishes, snails, or other aquatic taxa. Please go to the Prospective Student page for more information and how to apply.