Ichthyologist & Evolutionary Biologist | Postdoc @ Clemson University | Macroeco/evo | 🐟🐠🐡 | #teamfish | she/her

Joined February 2016
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New in @ICB_journal: @evovert1 and I argue that large functional trait datasets can help us understand how biotic interactions have influenced both the assembly & evolution of #reef fish communities. 1/3 Thanks @Sternarchella for inviting us to contribute! doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac147
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Biotic interactions can influence how populations respond to #climatechange by affecting their ability to displace to new areas and adapt to new conditions. But many of the predicted effects of biotic interactions remain untested! 2/3 #ecology #Evolution
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Functional trait datasets: 1) help overcome some challenges of studying biotic interactions, 2) allow us to study the ecological & evolutionary effects of biotic interactions across scales, & 3) enhance predictive models of future reef #fish distributions & evolvability. 3/3
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14 Jul 2022
1/10 New from the #NearLab @yalepeabody @yale_eeb, co-first authors @AvaGhezel & @FishHarrington Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous. nature.com/articles/s41559-0… A phylogenomic analysis of more than 1,000 species of Acanthomorpha!
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Body size affects many other aspects of an organism's biology & ecology. As such, it's one of the most commonly studied traits. In this paper led by @alencarlrv, we describe how body size has evolved in complex ways across 42 orders of teleost fishes. link.springer.com/article/10…

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Our findings suggest there's much more to discover about the ecology & evolution of fishes by looking beyond the commonly used length metrics.
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Hi folks! Now that SICB is live, my talk is up! I am so delighted to be presenting alongside a great group in the DVM Best Student Presentation Session! Check it out on pathable if you're interested in feeding mode & the evolution of fish body shapes!🐠 sicb2022.pathable.co/meeting…
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20 Jan 2022
Zebra Seahorse, Hippocampus zebra. Occurs in Northern Australia and PNG @AustmusResearch #collections AMS IB.6015 - Qld, Swains Reef, 19 Oct 1962, collected by Gilbert Whitley 📷 Anthony Healy, Mark Allen @austmus
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Way to go @evovert1!
From the @SICB_ business meeting: incoming DPCB Chair Sam Price (@evovert1) is a top-10 cited author of @ICB_journal, contributing to ICB being a top-10 journal in zoology by impact factor!
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Happening TODAY: our 8 incredible #WakeAward finalists showcase a diversity of research areas within phylogenetic and comparative biology! Stop by to cheer them on and get a grab bag of DPCB stickers chocolate! 🐜🐠🦀🧬🌿
Wake Award Film Festival at @SICB_ 2022: Wednesday, January 5th, 1:30 PM in West 103 AB. Come for the stickers, stay for the best up-and-coming research in phylogenetic comparative biology 🧬🦎 #SICB2022 #WakeAwardFilmFest
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Come check out my poster on the functional morphology of sea urchin spines at 4:30 at #SICB2022 ! :)
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Attention #SICB2022: @clemson_biolsci undergraduate Grace Holiday will kick-off the Wake Award symposium for @sicb_dpcb Best Student Presentation today @ 13:45 MST. She's presenting her 10-week summer Creative Inquiry research and it is most impressive! @alencarlrv @evovert1
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Bifurcation versus budding = interest piqued!
We're excited to share the latest paper from the Jablonski lab, led by postdoc @NCrouch89 and featuring @spissatella. They assembled a new molecular bivalve phylogeny and quantified the effects of assuming bifurcation vs budding in time-calibration. royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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#WakeAward Poster Winner Katerina Zapfe (@seasick_diver) knocking it out of the park with more incredible work!
Departmental poster presentation today! Anglerfishes are wild🤘 #teamfish
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Look at this game changer by Collyer, @baken, and Adams. We often talk about "weak but significant" phylogenetic signal. We now have a way of statistically comparing SIGNAL STRENGTH between traits. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…

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So happy to be part of this team! ☺️
23 Sep 2021
It’s postdoc appreciation week and I want to give a heartfelt thank you to all the postdocs I have worked with past & present. Especially @OlivierLarouch7 @alencarlrv @FishFun_Jen who have helped me build and grow my lab. My research is so much stronger for your contributions.
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Check out this surgeonfish scalpel!! #coolfish
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Happy to share my latest paper that talks about how butterflyfish morphology evolves when lineages transition from feeding on benthic corals and inverts to zooplankton. 1/6
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Thank you to my co-authors, especially the students who helped me clear and stain and measure all of those museum specimens: Yutong Song, Analisa Milkey, @BinhTra00742661, @ScienceStajner, @Alexuss_Symone. Thanks also to @iobopen for helping us share this work! 5/6
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Zooplanktivory has evolved many times along disparate lineages that have occupied a variety of trophic niches. How has evolutionary history influenced patterns of ecomorphological convergence more broadly? Stay tuned! 6/6
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