Jennings Lab
Biodiversity Research
@ University of California, Riverside
Department of Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology
Lab Members
Sam McCarthy-Potter
Undergraduate Researcher
Sam is currently a masters of science student in bioinformatics and AI at the University of California at Berkeley.
Piero Ruschi
Ph.D. Zoology 2016, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Co-advised by Dr. Marcos Raposo
Dissertation title:
Molecular phylogeny and Evolution of the Amazilia versicolor (Vieillot, 1818) species complex (Aves: Apodiformes: Trochilidae).
Carla Quijada
Ph.D. Zoology 2016, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Co-advised by Dr. Paulo Buckup
Dissertation title:
Multilocus phylogeography of the Characidum grajuhuense species complex in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest .
Igor Rodrigues da Costa
M.S. Bioinformatics 2015, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Co-advised by Dr. Francisco Prosdocimi
Thesis title:
ALFIE: A program to exhaustively search for anonymous loci in hominoid genomes.
Igor is currently is a bioinformatics programmer at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Andrew D. Gottscho
M.A. Biology 2010, Humboldt State University
Co-advised by Dr. Sharyn Marks
Thesis title:
Coalescent analysis of fifteen nuclear loci reveals Pleistocene speciation and low genetic diversity in the Mojave Fringe-Toed Lizard (Uma scoparia).
Andy is currently is leader of a bioinformatics group at the 10X genomics company.
Sean B. Reilly
M.A. Biology 2009, Humboldt State University
Co-advised by Dr. Sharyn Marks
Thesis title:
Estimating gene flow between Black Salamander
(Aneides flavipunctatus) populations: a multi-locus coalescent approach.
Sean is currently a lecturer at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he teaches Herpetology and Field Ecology courses.
W. Bryan Jennings
Principal Investigator
Department of Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology,
University of California, Riverside
Senior Research Associate Department of Vertebrates National Museum of Brazil Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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