The Jones Lab

Laura Edelstein, Ph.D. student (Laura's Website)

Laura is using seahorses and pipefishes to study the evolution of novel morphological traits.

Sarah Flanagan, Ph.D. student (Sarah's Website)

Sarah is interested in the evolution of mating systems. Her current project involves the development of high throughput population genomic techniques in Gulf pipefish, which she will use to examine the genetic basis of sexually selected traits.

Emily Rose, Ph.D. student (Emily's Website)

Emily's research focuses on the effects of environmental endocrine disruptors on pipefish mating patterns and population viability. She's also interested in the use of population genomics approaches in conservation and population monitoring. Finally, she'd like to understand the functions of the genes involved in male pregnancy and how these genes originated over evolutionary time.

Alex Saucedo, Senior

Alex is working with Emily Rose to investigate the evolution of reproductive proteins in seahorses and pipefishes.

Kevin Records, Senior

Kevin is working with Sarah Flanagan and Emily Rose on various projects.

Caitlin Leslie, Junior

Caitlin will work with Emily on her projects examining the effects of EE2 on pipefish reproduction and development.

Sarah Yun, Junior

Sarah is working with Sarah Flanagan to study the morphology and secondary sexual traits of Gulf pipefish.

Adam Jones, Associate Professor (Adam's Faculty Page)

Adam is interested in every topic in evolutionary biology. At the moment, he seems to be most interested in the evolution of the genetic architecture of complex traits, the causes of sexual selection and mating preference evolution, the origin of novel traits (like male pregnancy and the male's brood pouch), and the application of next-generation sequencing to problems in evolutionary biology and conservation. He reserves the right to change his mind, though.