Principal Investigator

Kyle R. Piller, PhD (El Jefe)

Kyle.Piller at selu.edu

Postdoc, Univ. of Wisconsin/WDNR, 2001-2003

PhD, Tulane University, 2001

M.S. Southern Illinois University, 1996

B. S. University of Illinois, 1994

Research Interests

• Fish diversity

• Systematics and taxonomy

• Morphometric variation

• Conservation genetics

• C.V.

Graduate Students

Aaron Geheber (Aaron.Geheber at selu.edu)

B. S., Louisiana State University, 2006

Research Project:

Contemporary and historical assessment of fish community changes in the Pearl River drainage

Carys Kenway (Carys.Kenway at selu.edu)

B. S., Cambridge University, 2007

Research Project:

Population structure and genetic diversity of Xenotoca eiseni (Goodeidae): implications for conservation.

Caleb McMahan (Caleb.McMahan at selu.edu)

B. S., Erskine College, 2007

Research Project:

Molecular systematics and taxonomy of the mountain mullet (Mugilidae: Agonostomus monticola).

Malorie Hayes (Malorie.Hayes at selu.edu)

BS, Southeastern Louisiana University, 2004

Research Project:

Systematics and taxonomy of the blackbanded darter, Percina nigrofasciata (Percidae)

Undergraduate Students

Lab Alumni

Devin Bloom

M. S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2007

Systematics of the Tribe Menidiini

Present Position: PhD student, Univ. of Toronto

Rebecca Blanton Johansen, PhD

Research Technician, 2005-2006

Present Position: Postdoc, Florida Museum of Natural History

Lisa Cordes-Landry (Lisa.Cordes at selu.edu)

BS, Southeastern Louisiana University, 2004

MS, Southeastern Louisiana University, 2009

Research Project:

Genetic variation between Mississippi River

and Lake Pontchartrain basin fishes

Lab Visitors

Mollie Cashner (mcashner at tulane.edu)

Stefan Woltmann (swoltman at tulane.edu)