Current Lab Members
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Craig McClain
Principal Investigator
Professor, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium & University of Louisiana, Lafayette (2022-)
Executive Director,
Jacob Badcock
Ph.D. Student (2023-), REU (2022)
Sam Copley
Masters Student (2023-)
Sydney McDermott
Ph.D. Student (2023-)
Kelly Sonnier
Undergraduate Researcher (2023-)
Former Lab Members
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Amy Shultis
Research Technician (2020-2021)
Cliff Nunnally
Research Associate (2016-2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Univeristy of Hawaii (2012-2016)
Ph.D., Texas A&M (2011)
Research: Species-energy relationships, deep-sea
Evan Boatwright
Research Technician (2020)
Granger Hanks
Research Technician (2019-2020), Masters Student (2021-2023)
S. River Bryant
Ph.D. Student (2018-2023)
B.S. University of South Carolina (2017)
Research: Energetic ecology, community assembly, energy transfer,
Former Graduate Students
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Katie Thomas
Visiting Graduate Student (2015-2018)
Ph.D., Duke University (2018)
Research: Evolution of bioluminescence in cephalopods
Meghan Balk
Visiting Graduate Student (2014-2017)
Ph.D., Univeristy of New Mexico (2017)
Research: Macroecologial patterns of predator/prey relationships in
Yasmin Van Dassow
Visiting Graduate Student (2013)
Ph.D., Duke University (2015)
Research: Evolution of life history strategies in mollusks
Paul Durst
Visiting Graduate Student (2012)
Granger Hanks
Research Technician (2019-2020), Masters Student (2021-2023)
S. River Bryant
Ph.D. Student (2018-2023)
B.S. University of South Carolina (2017)
Research: Energetic ecology, community assembly, energy transfer,
Undergraduate Students
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Catherine Russell
Undergraduate Researcher (2020)
Hanna Hertzler
REU (2019)
Naiyiri-Blu Brooker
REU (2019)
Granger Hanks
Research Technician (2019-2020), Masters Student (2021-2023)
Catalina Rubiano
REU (2018)
Sara Gholson
REU 2017
Chase Landry
Undergraduate Researcher (2016-2018)
Research: Impacts of carbon enrichment on macrofaunal communties
Leo Gaskins
Undergraduate Researcher (2013-2014)
Caroline Schanche
Undergraduate Researcher (2013-2014)
Frank Lee
Undergraduate Researcher (2013-2014)
Catherine Chen
Undergraduate Researcher (2013-2014)
Shane Stone
Undergraduate Researcher (2013-2015)
B.S. Duke University (2014)
M.D. Wake Forest Medical School (2018)
Research: Accurate estimates of
Ryan Filler
Undergraduate Researcher (2010-20111)
B.S., Duke University (2014)
Research: Hermaphroditism in deep-sea mollusks
Wenda Ye
Undergraduate Researcher (2010)
B.S., Duke University (2014)
Research: Body size evolution of island mammals
Justine Jackson-Ricketts
Undergraduate Researcher (2009-2010)
B.S., Duke University (2010)
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz (2016)
Research: Morphological diversity
Taylor Gullet
Undergraduate Researcher (2009-2010)
B.S., Duke University (2010)
Research: Boyd size evolution of deep-sea bivalves
Micki Ream
Undergraduate Researcher (2008-2009)
B.S., Stanford University (2009)
Research: Biogeography of seamount invertebrates
Candace Leong
Undergraduate Researcher (2007-2009)
B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz (2008)
Research: Biodiversity of macrofauna of the
Anthony Brooks-Ervin
STEM Prep Researcher (2022)
Jacob Badcock
Ph.D. Student (2023-), REU (2022)
Margo Joy Boucetta
REU (2022)
Allanah Dauzat
Undergraduate Researcher (2023)
Bejamin Leblanc
Undergraduate Researcher (2023)