People

Lab members

We are newly established at the University of Alabama and are working to build a diverse, interactive group.

Janna L. Fierst
Current CV here
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Collaborators & Colleagues

David Houle
Steve Dudgeon
Thomas F. Hansen
Brian Hollis
Margaret Liu
Patrick C. Phillips

Graduate Students

Paula Adams

Paula started as a PhD student in Spring 2016. She completed her BS at the University of Alabama and did research internships at the University of Wyoming and Scripps Institute of Oceanography before starting graduate studies at UA. Paula is interested in using comparative computational genomics to study native Alabama aquatic biodiversity. She's currently analyzing the genetic architecture of inbreeding depression in Caenorhabditis.

Sergey Bombin

Sergey started as a PhD student in Spring 2016. He completed his BS and MS at the University of Alabama with Dr. Katrina Ramonell studying the effect of nanoparticles on plant physiology. He's currently analyzing allele-specific expression of genes in nematode stress response pathways.

John Sutton

John started as an undergraduate in the lab and will be beginning his MS this fall. He's currently using comparative genomics to understand acetylene metabolism in microbes.

Research Technicians

Duncan Murdock
Duncan finished his BS at the University of Alabama and started as a computational research technician in February 2016. He's currently developing machine learning methods and a software package to eliminate contamination from de novo genome assembly projects.

Julie Jarnigan
Julie completed her BS and MS at the University of Alabama studying ecosystem dynamics with Greg Starr. She began working as a research technician in Laura Reed's lab at UA in 2013 and now spends her mornings studying fat flies and her afternoons studying worm sex.