Current research students

Caroline Richmond, BA Exercise Science, May 2028

Jack Johnson, BA Biology May 2028

Lauren Slone, BA Biology, May 2027

Lauren began work in the lab in the spring of 2024 and has worked on a number of projects, including her 2024 KY Academy of Science presentation, "Development of an eDNA assay for use in detection of four-toed salamanders (Hemidactylium scutatum): Significance of mitochondrial evolution rates in eDNA assay development." Lauren is also coauthor on a publication from the lab using eDNA to survey fish populations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, available here: GSMNP eDNA 2025.

Lauren has been accpeted to and will attend medical school at the University of Kentucky.

Karly Fetter, BA Biology May 2026

Karly began her work in the lab in the fall of 2023 and has worked on several projects, including an eDNA metabarcoding project surveying fish populations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She is a coauthor on a publication resulting from this work in the journal Fishes, available here: GSMNP eDNA 2025. Karly has been accpeted to and will attend medical school at the University of Kentucky.