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Our Team

Meet our team and learn about their interests!

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Dr. Heather Bracken-Grissom

Assistant Director of the Coastlines and Oceans Division

Institute of Environment Associate Professor

Dept. of Biological Sciences

North American Governor, The Crustacean Society

Email: hbracken@fiu.edu

Phone: (305)919-4190

Interests: Evolution, decapod phylogenetics, biodiversity, conservation, biogeography, ecology, taxonomy and systematics

Principle Investigator

Postdoctoral Associates

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Dr. Pedro Peres

Interests:

Evolutionary biology, Molecular Ecology, Phylogeography, Population genetics/genomics, Marine Ecology

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Dr. Danielle DeLeo

Email: 

Interests:

PhD Candidate

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Stormie Collins

Interests:

Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, Systematics, Bioluminescence, Conservation, Adaptive Camouflage

PhD Students

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Angel Rodriguez

Email: ahrodrig@fiu.edu

Interests:

Deep-Sea Chemosynthesis, Ocean Acidification,  OMICS Methods, Genetics

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Mary Williams

Email: 

Interests:

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Natalie Whitaker

Interests:

Conservation, Evolution, Population Genetics, Biodiversity, Environmental Policy

Lab Manager

Research Assistant

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Angela Ceballos

Email: aceba016@fiu.edu

Interests:

Bioluminescence, Behavioral Ecology, Conservation, Phylogenetics, and Evolution 

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Keith Seller

Interests:

Analytical Chemistry, Fishery Conservation, and Genetics

Research Interns

Former Lab Members

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