BRIAN COUNTERMAN
Principal Investigator
Letting butterfly wings teach me how and why biodiversity evolves.
The Lab Group
VINCE FICARROTTA
Postdoctoral Researcher
CRISPR Acrobat Extraordinaire & Tree thinker
NATALIE HARRIS
PhD Student - Hood & Counterman Labs
Butterfly hunter, dog lover, & master of wildlife !
TANNER MYERS
PhD Student - Oaks & Counterman Labs
Wrangler of lizards, phylogenies, and butterflies
MATT BUEHLER
PhD Student - Oaks & Counterman Labs
Snake charmer and budding evolutionary biologist
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.
Our lab resides and our research is conducted in the unceded territory of Muscogee (Mvskoke) people.
Those who self-identify as Muscogee and are interested in biological research are encouraged to contact us to learn more about our research and how you may get involved.
Those interested in learning more about the historical ranges of native lands you occupy and use are encouraged to visit: https://native-land.ca/
Our research relies on Black Belt Prairies across the Southeastern United States. The US Black Belt is home to many individuals from groups that are underrepresented in the sciences.
Those people from the Balck Belt region and/or from underrepresented groups in the sciences are encouraged to contact us to learn more about our research and how you may get involved.
