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Thomas J. Near
Principal Investigator
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Gregory Watkins-Colwell
Collection Manager, Vertebrate Zoology: Herpetology & Ichthyology, Yale Peabody Museum

Current Lab Members

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Sheila Rodríguez Machado
YIBS Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Scholar
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Julia E. Wood
Graduate Student
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Chase D. Brownstein
Graduate Student
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Kostas Andriotis
Graduate Student
Tom, Sheila, and Kostas at Friday happy hour. Chase is late and Julia is chasing down fish in South Carolina
Tuesday is conference t-shirt day!
A well-packed Crushinator
Crushy gets some TLC
It...is...SHOCKING!
Tuckasegee Darter, Etheostoma gutselli
Sorting the sampled fishes by species before sampling tissues for DNA sequencing
The penmanship of a M.D.!
Folk art Moses, North Carolina
Folk art Moses parting the Red Sea, North Carolina
Crushinator II in the Little Tennessee system, North Carolina
Work-life balance!
Chase and Tom in the YPM fish collection
Tom with Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
Daemin Kim, Rich Harrington, Clay Tamburri, and Tom doing field work in Tennessee
Rich Harrington, Tom, Clay Tamburri, and Daemin Kim with wrapping up field work in South Carolina with a celebratory dinner.
Elyse Parker Ph.D. defense!
Celebrating Elyse in Saybrook College courtyard!
More celebration!
Chase and Spencer at AMNH.
Chase Brownstein and Tom in the fish collection. Photo from Yale News story on Chase's work with living fossils.
Tom, Ava Ghezelayagh, Chase Brownstein, and Daemin Kim celebrate the holidays at Biggs House, the Saybrook Head of College residence.
The first Near Lab: Ben Keck, Tom, and Rich Harrington at JMIH 2023 in Norfolk, VA.
Great minds... Ben Keck and Tom show off the historical swag at JMIH 2023 in Norfolk, VA.
Tom and Daemin sampling specimens of the Etheostoma zonistium (Bandfin Darter) complex in western Tennessee, September 2023.
Tom and Chris Thacker, New Haven, CT, October 2023.
Kelly Heckman, Christen Bossu, and Tom in seine sampling Green River, Polk Co., NC July 2005
Phillip Hollingsworth and Christen Bossu help prepare dinner at camp site, McDowell Co. North Carolina July 2005
Tom and Phillip take packets off the coals at campsite, Todd Co., KY July 2005
A ready to eat packet...gourmet camping food! Todd Co., KY July 2005
Telling tall tales after dinner at the campsite, McDowell Co., NC July 2005
If it was easy, someone would have already done it! McCormick Co., SC July 2005
Pic in a pic of Etheostoma cf. lynceum, Hardeman Co., TN April 2009
Ammocrypta beanii Nake Sand Darter, Hardeman Co., TN April 2009
Crushinator, Warren Co., TN April 2009
Crushinator, Warren Co., TN April 2009
Sign at Rocky River, Van Buren Co, TN April 2009
Tom, Jordon Garner, Christen Bossu, and Phillip Hollingsworth at the last site of the trip. Mill Creek, Putnam Co., TN April 2009

Former Lab members


Postdoctoral Scholars:
Matthew C. Brandley 2008-August 2010
Peter F. Cowman 2014-2016
Ron I. Eytan 2011-2013
Richard C. Harrington 2018-2022
C. Darrin Hulsey 2004-2005
Benjamin P. Keck 2009-2011
Daemin Kim 2023-2024
Kristen L. Kuhn 2007-2011
Matthew L. Niemiller 2011-2013
Maya F. Stokes 2020-2022
Dylan K. Wainwright 2019-2020
 
Graduate Students:
Christen M. Bossu, University of Tennessee M.S. (2006), Yale University Ph.D. (2013)
Alex Dornburg, Yale University, Ph.D. (2014)
Jessica R. Glass, Yale University, Ph.D. (2019)
Ava Ghezelayagh, Yale University, Ph.D. (2023)
Richard C. Harrington, Yale University, Ph.D. (2013)
Phillip R. Hollingsworth, University of Tennessee, M.S. (2006)
Benjamin P. Keck, University of Tennessee, Ph.D. (2009)
Daemin Kim, Yale University, Ph.D. (2023)
Daniel J. MacGuigan, Yale University, Ph.D. (2020)
Elyse Parker, Yale University, Ph.D. (2023)
Raymond Simpson, Yale University, M.S. (2017)
 
Undergraduate Lab Members:
Maxwell Ackerman (2018-2021), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Lindsay Andsager (2012-2013), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Nicole C. Ayache (2007-2008), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Ivana Barnes (2021-2023), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Gideon S. Bradburd (2007-2008), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
B. Jacob Kendrick (2003-2005), University of Tennessee
Jordan Colosi (nee Gardner) (2006-2009), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Ethan D. France (2014-2017), Yale University
Jessica R. Glass (2009-2010), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Mark Havel (2006-2007), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Thanh Huynh (2010-2012), Yale University, undergraduate researcher
Katherine Kazimer (2008-2009), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Logan C. Kozal (2013-2015), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Bonnie Lee (2006-2007, 2008-2009), Yale University, Senior Essay Project

Spencer Lott (2022-2024), Yale University
Emily Matykiewicz (2008-2009), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Evan McCartney-Melstad (2006-2008), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Amanda Murray (2012-2013), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Nicole Nakata (2012-2013), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Elyse Parker (2012-2014), Yale University, Senior Essay Project
Jillian N. Pennington (2006-2008), Yale University, Senior Essay Project

Adam Taylor (2022-2024), Yale University, Senior Essay Project

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Photographs kindly provided by Julia Wood and Zach Alley. Anglerfish illustrations by Julie Johnson.
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