BRIAN COUNTERMAN
Principal Investigator
Letting butterfly wings teach me how and why biodiversity evolves.
bac0071[at]auburn.edu
The Lab Group
VINCE FICARROTTA
Postdoctoral Researcher
CRISPR Acrobat Extraordinaire & Tree thinker
HANNAH WALTON
PhD Student coming Fall 2022
Explorer of butterflies and beyond!
hmw0069[at]auburn.edu
ANOUCK FOUR-CHABOUSSANT
PhD Student
Butterfly rearer and DNA acrobat in training!
amc0247[at]auburn.edu
TANNER MYERS
PhD Student - Oaks & Counterman Labs
Wrangler of lizards, phylogenies, and butterflies
tcm0036[at]auburn.edu
MATT BUEHLER
PhD Student - Oaks & Counterman Labs
Snake charmer and budding evolutionary biologist
mdb0098[at]auburn.edu
JAMIE OGILVIE
PhD student
Traveler, butterfly tamer, and budding biologist!
jgo0012[at]auburn.edu
UNDERGRAD TEAM
Magic makers
Keeping it real and butterflies alive!
Lab Alumni
STEVEN SHAAK | PHD 2016 | FACULTY, STOCKTON UNIVERSITY |
MARGARITA BAQUERO | MS 2016 | PRESIDENT, FCAT (Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales), ECUADOR |
JUSTIN YEAGER | POSTDOC 2016 | FACULTY, UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS, ECUADOR |
CHRIS SAVELL | MS 2016 | DATA SCIENTIST, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT |
STEVEN VAN BELLEGHEM | POSTDOC 2017 | POSTDOC @ Papa Lab, UoPUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS |
EMILY SHELBY | MS 2020 | PhD STUDENT @ Moore Lab, UoGEORGIA ATHENS |
JARED COLE | MS 2019 | PhD STUDENT @ Kirkpatrick Lab, UoTEXAS AUSTIN |
FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ-CARO | MS 2019 | PhD STUDENT @ Good Lab, UoMONTANA |
JENNIFER FENNER | PHD 2019 | POSTDOC @ Range Lab, AUBURN UNIVERSITY |
SHIVAM BHARDWAJ | POSTDOC 2019-2021 | UC BERKLEY RES ASSOC |
ALEXANDRA COLOMBARA | LAB MANAGER 2021 | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA |
CALEB BENSON | MS 2020 | EMBARK RES ASSOC |
Diversity
We value diversity of people and strive to bring diversity to our team.
equity
We feel strongly that all people should be treated equally and fairly.
inclusion
We value others contributions and strive to build an inclusive team.