#  Congratulations OEB 2020 PhD Graduates! 

 





May 29, 2020

 

 

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 Congratulations to our incredible group of 2020 PhD graduates!

   ![2020 OEB PhD Graduates](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/oeb/files/congratscollage2020-2.jpeg?itok=XiruNlSz) 

 

 **Top Row:**

- **Holly Elmore** (David Haig Lab), "Ecological population genomics in the emerging a*manita* system"
- **Brent Hawkins** (James Hanken and Matther P. Harris Labs), "Latent developmental potential to form limb-like structures in fish fins revealed by mutations in the Vav2/N-WASP pathway"
- **Pavitra Muralidhar** (David Haig and Jonathan Losos Labs), "On the evolution of sex and its consequences"
- **Nathan Edelman** (James Mallet Lab), "Evolutionary effects of hybridization"
- **Caitlin Baker** (Gonzalo Giribet Lab), "Phylogenetics and biogeography of soil invertebrates across Gondwana"

 **Middle Row:**

- **Ava Mainieri** (David Haig Lab), "The sins of our kin: From genomic imprinting to ancient signaling systems"
- **Jacob Gable** (Hopi Hoekstra Lab), "The behavioral consequences and developmental genetic causes of whisker evolution in deer mice"

 **Bottom Row:**

- **Éadaoin Harney** (John Wakeley and David Reich Labs), "Exploring the human past during the ancient DNA revolution"
- **Nathan Ranc** (Paul Moorcroft Lab), "The interplay between memory and resource preferences drives animal space-use patterns"
- **Sebastian Akle Serrano** (Michael Desai and Shamil Sunyaev Labs), "Strategies for gene discovery and mechanistic insight using pleiotropy and induced mutagenesis"
- **Mara Laslo** (James Hanken Lab), "Evolutionary conservation of endocrine-mediated development in the direct-developing frog, *Eleutherodactylus coqui"*
- **Jacob Cohen** (Peter Girguis Lab), "The ecophysiology of iron-oxidizing *Zetaproteobacteria*: Microbe-mineral interactions, transcriptomic responses, and biomineralization"
- **Blake Dickson** (Stephanie Pierce Lab), "Evolution of the tetrapod forelimb and functional morphology of the humerus across water-land transitions"

 **[Congratulatory Video](https://www.dropbox.com/s/ecpwu6fk9mpy0ug/Congrats!2020_OEB.mp4?dl=0)**



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Graduate News ](/news-type/student-news)
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