Dr. Karen E. Sears, PI
Karen is interested in the developmental mechanisms driving morphologic diversification in mammals.
Office: 4113 LSB, Email: ksears at ucla.edu
Dr. Aidan Couzens, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Aidan is investigating the evolution of morphology in mammals.
Office: 4117 LSB, Email: acouzens at ucla.edu
Dr. Alexa Sadier, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Alexa is investigating the genomic, cellular, developmental, and ecological basis of the evolutionary diversification of the sensory systems and teeth of bats.
Office: 4117 LSB, Email: asadier at ucla.edu
Aidan Howenstine, EEB PhD Student
Aidan is interested in the developmental basis of morphological variation, and the impact of that variation on morphological evolution.
Office: 4117 LSB, Email: aohowens at ucla.com
Clive Long Fung Lau, EEB PhD Student
Clive is interested in combining paleontology and developmental biology to investigate important questions on the origins of mammals and mammalian evolution.
Office: 4117 LSB, Email: clivelflau at gmail.com
Lab alumni
Dr. Neal Anthwal, Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Neal is now a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Abigail Tucker at King’s College London.
Dr. Lisa Cooper, Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lisa is now an Associate Professor at NEOMED.
Anna Dowling, Former MS Student and Lab Manager
Anna is now a PA student at SIUC.
Merla Hübler, Former MS Student
Merla is now a MS/PhD student in the Hasty Lab at Vanderbilt University.
McKenna Kelly, Former MS Student
McKenna is now a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology.
Dr. Jennifer Maier, Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Jen is now an Applications Specialist for IHC at Leica.
Anna Molineaux, Former MS Student
Anna is now a Senior Research Lab Manager in the Ebert Lab at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Jacqueline Piekos, Former Lab Manager
Jackie is now a graduate student at Vanderbilt University.
Daniel Sorensen, Former MS Student
Dan is now a PhD Student at the University of Minnesota.
Risa Takenaka, Former Lab Manager
Risa is now a graduate student at University of Washington.
Dr. Dan Urban, Former PhD Student and Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dan is now the Director of Outreach at the Institute for Genomic Biology at UIUC.