Tim Higham

Ph.D.: University of California, Davis

Postdoc: Harvard University

Email: thigham@ucr.edu

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Click HERE for Tim's ResearchGate profile

Marina Vollin

Graduate Student (PhD)

Since September, 2019

Marina was an undergraduate at the University of California, Davis and worked as a herpetology curation intern and preparator

Marina is interested in anything and everything reptiles, but will be focusing on gecko tail autotomy and the ecological and biomechanical consequences of tail loss. She is particularly enthusiastic about museum science, specimen-based research, and public outreach.

Phil Sternes

Graduate Student (PhD)

Since September, 2019

Phil was a Master's Student at DePaul University in Dr. Kenshu Shimada's lab

Phil is interested in anything and everything shark related. His primary interest in sharks is the relationship between body form and swimming. He hopes to use this to research to understand the evolution of swimming in vertebrates. His previous research focused on the diversity of shark body morphology and its impact on shark ecology and evolution.

Seth Shirazi

Graduate Student (PhD)

Since September, 2021

Seth received his bachelor's at the University of Oregon where he studied biology with an emphasis in marine biology

Seth's primary interests include functional morphology, biomechanics, population genetics and behavioral ecology. At UC Riverside, he will be focusing on the genetics underlying biomechanical traits in freshwater and marine stickleback. He hopes to use this research to better understand the evolution of biomechanical traits.

Erik Axlid

Graduate Student (PhD)

Since September, 2022

Erik was a master’s student in Dr. Michael Minicozzi’s lab at Minnesota State University, Mankato. There he studied the functional morphology in cyprinodontiform fishes

Erik’s primary areas of interest are fish functional morphology and biomechanics, and he is particularly interested in linking the form and function of fishes to their environment. Here at UCR, he is studying the effects of flow on predator-prey interactions.

Joseph Wu

Graduate Student (MS)

Since September, 2023

Joseph was an undergraduate in Dr. Timothy Higham's lab at University of California, Riverside, and is returning for his Master's.

Joseph is interested in reptile functional morphology and biomechanics, and has previously studied ecomorphology in the locomotor apparatus of geckos. At UC Riverside, he will be focusing on obstacle negotiation during escape locomotion in running geckos. He is also a talented science illustrator. .