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Interested in joining the lab?
Prospective PhD students and Postdocs: If you are interested in joining the Albecker lab at the University of Houston, please email Dr. Albecker with a CV and a brief statement describing your interests and motivation for joining the lab.
Undergraduate students, or Houston-area high schoolers are encouraged to fill out this form. If you do not hear back within a few days or have additional questions, please contact Dr. Albecker (email listed below).
Molly Albecker, Principal Investigator
She/Her
Science Interests: Eco-evolutionary dynamics, life history evolution, natural history, modeling, frogs, coastal ecosystems.
Other Interests: My family, spending time in nature, tacos, traveling, running long distances, swamps, thinking deeply about shallow things.
Contact info:
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Dr. Raquel Salla, Post-doctoral Scholar
She/Her
Science Interests: Amphibian physiology and histopathology, effectcs of environmental changes (salinity, contaminants, etc), Ecotoxicology, Amphibian diseases. Current research focuses on how coastal frogs physiologically respond to salinity variations.
Other Interests: Having and sharing fun in my Science Instagram Blog (@raquel.salla), learning Latte Art, having coffee with friends (specialty coffee), traveling, eating (japanese food, seafood, italian style gelatos, and pastries).
Contact info:
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Aaron Devine, PhD Student
He/Him
Science Interests: Responses to climate change, biogeography, phenotypic plasticity, conservation biology, ecological genomics, aquatic ecosystems, eco-evolutionary dynamics, and amphibians
Aaron’s interests broadly lie in organismal responses to climate change. More specifically, he has interests in how geographically isolated populations respond to climate change, and how these responses may vary across populations and species. He aims to support conservation strategies for populations experiencing change, and investigate of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity, ecological genomics, and other processes that may be influenced by climate change.
Other Interests: Basketball, reading, eating food, and spending time with friends
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Camryn Kritzell, PhD Student
She/Her
Science Interests: Carry-over effects, climate change, urbanization, conservation biology, life history, predictive modeling, amphibians
Other Interests: Climbing, art, camping, bird watching, swimming, spending time with my dog
Alex Price, Graduate Student
He/Him
Science Interests: Metamorphosis, phenotypic plasticity, osmoregulation, intraspecific variation, and evolution in response to anthropogenic changes
Other Interests: Hiking, camping, trying new foods, and playing music
Jessica Nguyen, Undergraduate researcher
She/Her
Science Interests: Phenotypic plasticity in marine animals, the effects of urbanization and climate change on aquatic ecosystems, and mechanisms of osmoregulation in amphibians
Other Interests: Crocheting, axolotls, video games, anime, and soup
Judy Koussayer, Undergraduate researcher
She/Her
Science Interests: Amphibian plasticity, impacts of habitat fragmentation, conservation biology, eco-evolutionary history of marine populations, and behavioral ecology.
Other Interests: Drawing, reading, desserts, traveling, and playing video games
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Dani Delgado, Undergraduate researcher
She/Her
Science Interests: phenotypic plasticity in amphibians, interspecific relationships in echinoderms, structural biology, evolution of eusocial species, microbial pathogenetic mechanisms and veterinary medicine
Other Interests: Going to the ballet studio, reading, coffee, yoga, beach, and spending time with her dog, Hagrid.
Cooper, Lab Mascot
Science Interests: Artificial bone-telligence and quantum sniffing
Other Interests: Antagonizing the cat, food thieving, chewing on bones even if still attached to humans