![Karl Fetter](http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2015/08/nophoto.png)
Karl Fetter
(Wegrzyn lab)
![Amy Lafountain](http://eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2016/08/cropped.png)
Amy Lafountain
(Yuan lab)
Mechanisms of pigmentation and patterning in Mimulus flowers
Web sitePhone: 860.486.4154
![Ashley Love](https://eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2022/09/ashley-love.jpg)
Ashley Love
(Knutie lab)
Effects of diet and gut microflora on host immunity and host-parasite interactions
Web site![Sam Merker](http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2015/08/nophoto.png)
Sam Merker
(Elphick lab)
![Arshad Padhiar](https://eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2022/09/arshad-padhiar.jpg)
Arshad Padhiar
(Bolnick lab)
Understanding the differences in immune response among freshwater stickleback population against cestode infection by creating transgenics through CRISPR/CAS9, and/or by culturing primary fibroblast and macrophages
Web site![Steven Presley](http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2015/08/Presley.jpg)
Steven Presley
(Willig lab)
Use of a metacommunity approach to understand patterns of species distributions along latent environmental gradients; use of data on Caribbean vertebrates to explore biogeographic factors associated with species richness
Phone: 860.486.1772![Andrea Roth Monzón](https://eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2022/09/andrea-roth-monzon.jpg)
Andrea Roth Monzón
(Bolnick lab)
Understanding the interaction between parasite host and its effects, specifically the fibrosis in three-spine sticklebacks both phenotypically and genetically caused by a tapeworm.
![Kristel Schoonderwoerd](https://eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2023/01/IMG-20170805-WA0001-copy.jpg)
Kristel Schoonderwoerd
(Diggle lab)
Diversity of resting bud structure and leaf preformation within temperate trees
![Ben Wasserman](https://eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2021/10/wasserman.jpg)
Ben Wasserman
(Bagchi lab,Urban lab)
Patterns of STEM teacher retention and attrition. Evolutionary ecology in aquatic ecosystems. The role of intraspecific variation in organismal performance.
Web site![David Wickell](https://eeb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1312/2023/10/wickell.jpg)
David Wickell
(Heyduk lab)
Convergent evolution of CAM photosynthesis, polyploid speciation, and the genomic consequences of ancient whole genome duplication