CRUSTOMICS
Crustacean Genomics and Systematics Lab
Our Team
Meet our team and learn about their interests!
Dr. Heather Bracken-Grissom
Assistant Director of the Coastlines and Oceans Division,
Institute of Environment
Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Research Associate, Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History, Invertebrate Zoology
Email: hbracken@fiu.edu
Phone: (305)919-4190
Interests: Evolution, decapod phylogenetics, biodiversity, conservation, biogeography, ecology, taxonomy and systematics
Principle Investigator
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Pedro Peres
Email: pdasilva@fiu.edu
Interests:
Evolutionary biology, Molecular Ecology, Phylogeography, Population genetics/genomics, Marine Ecology
PhD Candidate
Stormie Collins
Email: scoll064@fiu.edu
Interests:
Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, Systematics, Bioluminescence, Conservation, Adaptive Camouflage
PhD Students
Angel Rodriguez
Email: ahrodrig@fiu.edu
Interests:
Deep-Sea Chemosynthesis, Ocean Acidification, OMICS Methods, Genetics
Natalie Whitaker
Email: nwhit047@fiu.edu
Interests:
Conservation, Evolution, Population Genetics, Biodiversity, Environmental Policy
Lab Manager
Angela Ceballos
Email: anceball@fiu.edu
Interests:
Bioluminescence, Behavioral Ecology, Conservation, Phylogenetics, and Evolution
Research Interns
Former Lab Members
