PEOPLE

 
Richard Brougnton

Richard Broughton, PI
Associate Professor
Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Biology
Dr. Broughton's research involves molecular evolution, phylogenetics and population genetics of fishes, derived fishes, and other organisms.

Feifei Zhang
Feifei Zhang
Ph.D. Student
Feifei is working on a variety of aspects of molecular evolution of the oxidative phosphorylation system.
James Cureton
James Cureton
Ph.D. Student
James is working on the relationship between environment, genetics, and phenotypic plasticity with respect to speciation in the genus Pimephales.

 

Alumni - Graduate Students

 
StephenRichter
Stephen Richter
Ph.D., 2004
Stephen developed a microsatellite library for the critically endangered dusky gopher frog. He then used these markers to characterize the conservation genetics of the lone remaining population of this species. Currently Associate Professor at Eastern Kentucky Univ.
Paulette Reneau
Paulette Reneau
Ph.D., 2008
Paulette worked on phylogenetics of the genus Gambusia using heat-shock genes and used qPCR to document variation in the expression of heat-shock proteins in Gambusia populations inhabiting different thermal environments. Currently Assistant Professor at Florida A&M Univ.
Adam Fudickar
Adam Fudickar
M.S., 2008
Adam, who was co-advised by Jeff Kelly, studied environmental factors influencing the initiation of migration in painted buntings. Currenly a postdoc with Ellen Ketterson at Indiana Univ.
Raelynn Deaton
Raelynn Deaton
Ph.D. with Edie Marsh-Matthews
Raelynn worked on paternity in Gambusia affinis and population structure of G. geiseri using microsatellites.
Rachael RemmingtonRachael Remmington
Rachael Remmington
Ph.D. with Bill Matthews
Rachael worked on nuclear gene phylogeny of Hybognathus
Kathleen Reagan
Kathleen Reagan
M.S. with Caryn Vaughn
Kathleen investigated genetic diversity and population structure in freshwater mussels using mtDNA sequences.

Alumni - Undegraduate Students

Striped Bass
Emilee Helton
Emilee worked on population structure of Lake Texoma striped bass using microsatellites. UROP award; presented at Undergraduate Research Day 2011. Went on to MS program at Missouri State Univ.

Krishna Vedala
Krishna Vedala
Krishna worked on relationships among populations of red shiners sequencing ND2 and Cytb. UROP award; completed honors thesis; presented at Undergraduate Research Day 2010. Went on to MD program at OUHSC.
Tirsit Adane
Tirsit Adane
Trisit worked on complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Macrhybopsis australis. Honors thesis. Went on to MD program at Meharry Medical College.
Tessa Crowl
Tessa Crowl
Tessa worked on relationships of Cyprinella populations sequencing the Hoxc6a intron 1. Went on to Ph.D. program in MCD, Univ. North Carolina.
Jessica Nguyen
Jessica Nguyen
Jessica worked on complete mitochondrial genome sequence of tiger barb. Completed honors thesis. Went on to MD program at St. Georges School of Medicine.
Cyprinella spiloptera
Judy Nguyen
Judy sequenced the Hoxc6a intron in several cypriniform species. Went on to Ph.D. program in MCD at Johns Hopkins Univ.
Fidel Quraishi
Fidel worked on complete mitochondrial genome of splittail. UROP award; Presented at Undergraduate Research Day 2007. Parts unknown.
Lauren Ritterhouse
Lauren Ritterhouse
Lauren sequenced the Hoxc6a intron 1 and performed phylogenetic analysis on numerous populations of Cyprinella from Texas. UROP award; completed honors thesis. Went on to highly selective MD/PhD program at OUHSC.
Abideen Ajuwon
Abideen Ajuwon
Abideen worked on sequencing mtDNA genome clones. Went on to MD program at the Univ. Wisconsin.
Michael Le
Michael work on bioinformatics of a variety of projects. Went on to a research technician position at Oklanoma Medical Research Foundation.
Leslie Spears
Leslie Spears
Leslie worked on amplifying whole mitochondrial genomes using long PCR. Parts unknown.

David Lam
David Lam
Dave worked on population structure of Gambusia geiseri with microsatellites. Completed honors thesis. Went on to MD program OUHSC.
Audrey Eubanks
Audrey amplified the Cytb gene from Cyprinella spp. Parts unknown.