Research in the lab focuses on the biodiversity, systematics, and genomics of understudied invertebrates using molecular and morphological approaches. We primarily study the worm-shaped aplacophoran molluscs and chitons, but we love invertebrates of all shapes and sizes.
The lab has ongoing and planned projects addressing the systematics, population genetics, and genomics of diverse invertebrates. DNA barcoding is a routine application used in our biodiversity and population genetics studies.
Research:
- Aplacophoran mollusc biodiversity and systematics
- Scaphopod phylogenetics
- Evolutionary genomics of biomineralization in molluscs
- Lophotrochozoan phylogenomics
- Phylogeography of deep-sea Icelandic invertebrates
In no particular order, here's some other topics/taxa we are interested in:
- Biomineralization in taxa other than molluscs
- Meiofauna
- Entoprocts
- Hemichordates
- Mesozoans
- Methods in orthology inference
- Species distribution modelling
Skills and Expertise:
- Molecular Phylogenetics
- Transcriptome Sequencing
- PCR
- Real-Time PCR
- Taxonomy
- Mollusca
- Bioinformatics
- Evolutionary Bioinformatics
- Histology
- Zoology
Research:
- Invertebrate taxonomy & systematics
- Genomics
- Phylogenetics
- Biomineralization
