Graduate and Post-Doctoral Students

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Palmer Lab-- April 2017, Edmonton
Left to right: Kecia Kerr, Javier Luque, Rich Palmer, Nicole Webster,
Christine Simard, Tetsuto Miyashita (inset: Tomonari Kaji)
(Past lab pictures)

     Brady's Beach & Pacific Ocean, Bamfield, British Columbia
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| Graduate program in Biological Sciences |

Current Graduate Students

None
I am now retired and not taking on new graduate students.

 

Current Postdocs

Kaji
Dr. Tomonari Kaji
flickloop@gmail.com

Morphological transformations underlying major evolutionary changes in function

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JSPS Postdoctoral fellow

BarnacleLeg

Past Graduate Students

Luque
Javier Luque (Ph.D. 2018)
luque@ualberta.ca

Evolutionary origins of brachyuran crabs: Evidence from Cretaceous fossils and eye form of extant taxa

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NSERC CGS-D Scholar + Killam Ph.D. Scholar

Rananid


Tetsuto
Tetsuto Miyashita (Ph.D. 2017)
tetsuto@ualberta.ca
(publications)

Anatomical, developmental, and phylogenetic analyses of early vertebrate musculoskeletal systems

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Canada Vanier Scholar + Killam Ph.D. Scholar

HagKnot


Nicole
Nicole Webster (Ph.D. 2017)
nwebster@ualberta.ca

Developmental control of gastropod shell sculpture

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NSERC PGS-D Scholar

Ceratostoma


Susan
Susan Anthony (M.Sc. 2014)
santhony@ualberta.ca

Effect of predators and prey on nematocyst uptake in aeolid nudibranchs

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NSERC PGS-M + Alberta Queen-Elizabeth II Scholar

Hermissenda


Marjan
Marjan Barazandeh (Ph.D. 2014)
barazand@ualberta.ca (LinkedIn)

Factors affecting mating success in intertidal barnacles

Barnacle


Nicole
Emaline (Emy) Montgomery (M.Sc. 2013)
emaline@ualberta.ca

Comparative study of locomotion speed and scaling in sea stars

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Alberta Queen-Elizabeth II Scholar

Podia


Tetsuto
Tetsuto Miyashita (M.Sc. 2012)
tetsuto@ualberta.ca
(publications)

Handed behavior and comparative morphology of hagfish

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Alberta Ingenuity Fund Scholar

HagKnot


Kurtis
Kurtis Hayne (M.Sc. 2011)
khayne@ualberta.ca

Developmental plasticity of starfish tube feet and body form

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NSERC PGS-M + Alberta Queen-Elizabeth II Scholar

TubeFeet


Chris
Chris Neufeld (Ph.D. 2010)
chris.neufeld@questu.ca
(publications)

Experimental studies of phenotypic plasticity in barnacle appendages

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NSERC PGS-D + Alberta Ingenuity Fund Scholar

Barnacle


Matt
(co-supervised with Heather Proctor)
Matt Boeckner (Ph.D. 2009)
mattboeckner@hotmail.com
(publications)

Impact of predation and disturbance on marine meiofauna

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NSERC PGS-B, Alberta Ingenuity Fund Scholar

Boeckner-Diving

Alex
Alexandra A. Eaves (Ph.D. 2008)
alexandra.eaves@gmail.com

Spontaneous cloning in larval echinoderms

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Alberta Ingenuity Fund Scholar

CloningLarva

Jacqiu
(co-supervised with Prof. Dr. Matthias Starck)
Jacqueline Krause-Nehring
(M.Sc./Diploma 2008)
jacquelinekn@hotmail.com

Color polymorphism in juvenile crabs (Cancer productus).

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Germany DAAD Scholar

CrabDiversity


Tara
Tara A. Macdonald (Ph.D. 2006)
macdonaldta@gmail.com
(publications)

Systematics and evolution of life histories and asymmetry in spirorbin polychaetes

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NSERC PGS-B Scholar

Macdonald-Spirorbids


Gillespie
Jayson M. Gillespie (M.Sc. 2003)
jay@albertabicycle.ab.ca
(publications)

Systematics and development of pycnogonids (sea spiders)

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NSERC PGS-A Scholar

Gillespie-PycnoSEM

Brian
Brian K. Penney (Ph.D. 2002)
bpenney@Anselm.Edu
(publications)

Feeding, chemical defense and spicule development in dorid nudibranchs (sea slugs)

Penney-Cadlina

Kerry
Kerry B. Marchinko (M.Sc. 2002)
kmarchin@zoology.ubc.ca
(publications)

Phenotypic plasticity in barnacle cirri (feeding appendages)

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NSERC PGS-A Scholar

Marchinko-Barnacle

 
Stephanie D. Zaklan (Ph.D. 2001)
(publications)

Phylogenetics and the evolutionary history of asymmetry in lithodid crabs (Anomura)

Zaklan-Lopholithodes

Chris Cameron
Christopher B. Cameron (Ph.D. 2000)
c.cameron@umontreal.ca
(publications)

Systematics and ecology of hemichordate worms (Enteropneusta)

Cameron-Saccoglossus

Graeme
Graeme M. Taylor (Ph.D. 1999)
gtaylor8@uwo.ca
(publications)

Biomechanics and evolution of Cancer crab claws

Taylor-Cancer

Tim+Queen
(Tim, left, meets Queen Elizabeth!)
Timothy A. Rawlings (Ph.D. 1995)
timothy_rawlings@cbu.ca
(publications)

Costs and benefits of variation in egg-capsule form in the rocky shore marine gastropod Nucella emarginata (now Nucella ostrina)

Rawlings-Nucella

Kathryn A. Cook (M.Sc. 1992)
Alarm response in the northern abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana
Cindy J. Gratto (M.Sc. 1988)
Effect of environment on shell macro- and microstructure in Thais lamellosa (Prosobranchia, Muricacea)
Dianna K. Padilla (Ph.D. 1987)
padilla@life.bio.sunysb.edu
(publications)

Relationships among plant calcification, plant form, and herbivore mode of feeding in marine plant-herbivore interactions


Richard B. Lowell (Ph.D. 1986)
Rick.Lowell@EC.GC.CA
(publications)

Safety factors and the functional properties of intertidal limpet shells

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Killam Ph.D. Scholar

Elizabeth G. Boulding (M.Sc. 1983)
boulding@uoguelph.ca
(publications)

Ecology and biomechanics of crab predation on infaunal bivalves

Past Postdocs

Kerr
Dr. Kecia Kerr (2015-2016)
kecia.kerr@mail.mcgill.ca

Ontogeny of handedness in male fiddler crabs

Uca pair


Edgell
Dr. Tim Edgell (2007-2008)
tedgell@lgl.com
(publications)

Interplay between learning, developmental plasticity and morphological asymmetry in the crabs (Cancer productus, Carcinus maenas)

Edgell-Crab


Carolyn
Dr. Carolyn Bergstrom (2004-2007)
p.stellatus@gmail.com
(publications)

Biogeography, genetics and functional significance of body asymmetry in the polymorphic starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus)

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Alberta Ingenuity Fund Scholar

Bergstrom-StarryFlounder

Arthur
Dr. Arthur Anker (2002-2005)
ankera@si.edu
(publications)

Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of claw asymmetry in snapping shrimp (Alpheidae)

Anker-Alpheus


Dave
Dr. David J. Arsenault (1998-2001)
DavidJ.Arsenault@cra-arc.gc.ca

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in the shells of Nucella and the feeding legs of barnacles

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FCAR Postdoc

Arsenault-Barnacle

Chris
Dr. Christian P. Klingenberg (1996)
cpk@manchester.ac.uk
(publications)

Landmark morphometric analyses of fluctuating asymmetry variation

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Killam Ph.D. Scholar

Klingenberg-Grid

Dr. James Dalby (1994-95)
james.dalby@gov.bc.ca
Geographic variation and phenotypic plasticity in Nucella lima shell form
Smith
Dr. L. David Smith (1993-94)
ldsmith@email.smith.edu

Effect of diet hardness on claw form of brachyuran crabs

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Dr. Vivian Ash (1988)
vash@newton.edu.pe
Adaptive significance of shell color and banding variation in Nucella.


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