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Former students:
Carrie Allison, M.S. (nonthesis), August 2001-August 2003. Current: Kentucky Department of
Fish and Wildlife
Ricardo Betancur, Ph.D., August 2004 - May 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the ariid (sea)
catfishes of the world. Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, George Washington University
Lesley de Souza, Ph.D., 2011, August 2003 - December 2011. Population genetics and
biogeography of neotropical fishes. Curren: Posdoctoral Fellow, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
Justin D. Evans, master's, June 1999 – May 2002, description and revision of a new genus of
loricariid catfish from west of the Andes and a molecular phylogeny of the Pterygoplichthyini.
Current: City Engineer, Tampa, Florida.
Nathan Lujan, Ph.D., August 2002 - May 2009. Adaptive radiation of loricariids. Current:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Marcelo Melo, Ph.D., August 2004 - August 2009. Phylogenetics of the swallowers
(Chiasmodontidae). Current: Assistant Professor, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thomas Paul Pera, master's, August 2000 - December 2004, taxonomic assessment of the
silverjaw minnow, Ericymba buccata. Current: Lawyer, Memphis, TN
C.Keith Ray, M.S., August 2006-December 2010. Systematics of the Hypsotomus emarginatus
species group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Current: Ph.D. student, Auburn University.
David C. Werneke, M.S., August 2000 - December 2004, systematics of the Brook Silverside
(Labidesthes sicculus). Current: Collection Manager, Auburn University Museum Fish
Collection
People
Shobnom Ferdous, M.S., 2004, Southeast Missouri State University
Ph.D. candidate
Research: Taxonomy and phylogeny of the southeast Asian bagrid catfish genus Mystus.
Paul L. Wieczorek, B.S., 2011, Auburn University
M.S. Student
Research: Ecomorphology of Alabama Cyprinidae