People

Principal Investigator

As an evolutionary biologist, I am interested in skeletal variation and what it can tell us about the evolutionary process. Variation is the raw material for evolution, but there's still a lot we don't know about it, including: (1) how variation within species is generated by developmental variation, (2) how skeletal variation impacts function, and ultimately (3), how it impacts the ability of the skeleton to evolve. In other words, my interests center on how as opposed to why evolution happens the way it does.

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Lab Members

Vicki Tran - Masters student

Colton Unger - PhD student

Colton is a PhD Student in the Department of Biological Sciences. He is interested in correlated evolution of the Longshanks skeleton and would one day like to be a pediatrician. Colton is investigating shape changes in the skulls of the Longshanks mouse (preprint here) and how Longshanks' longer limbs affect their ability to heal fractures. When not in the lab, Colton can be found travelling or working with special needs children.

Lab Alumni

Graduate Students (current position)
Marta Marchini - PhD (postdoc at Calgary)
Leah Sparrow - MS (veterinary intern)
Madison Bradley - MA (PhD student at Duke University)

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students
Nicole Phillips
Emma Foxcroft
Caileigh Reid
Mitchell Ashkin
Marian Trudeau
Emily Pellatt
Shannon Phelps
Lindsey Ackert

Undergraduate Students
Sarah Moore (AIHS Summer Studentship)
Lily Hou (NSERC USRA)
Elizabeth Silva
Khaleefah Alhojailan (Honours)
Miranda Cosman
Saira Farooq (Honours)
Khawaja Bakhtawar
Shannon Leussink
Nicole Montford
Alexandra Dowhanik (Honours)
Carsten Krueger (NSERC USRA)

High School Students
Rosie Zhao (HYRS)
Sebastian Alvarez (HYRS)
Sabrina Yu (HYRS)