Lorenz Hauser
Principal Investigator
I joined SAFS in 2002, after completing an MS in Vienna, Austria, another MS and PhD in Wales, UK, and a postdoc at the University of Hull, UK. I am interested in the forces shaping the distribution of genetic variability within and between populations.
Anna Simeon
PhD student
Anna completed her MS program at the University of Guam on cryptic diversity in marine algae, after earning a BS in Ecology, Behavior and Evolution at the University of California, San Diego. She is interested in estimating population sizes in marine species from Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture, and is testing the method on Puget Sound Brown Rockfish and South African Great White Sharks. LinkedIn
Anita Wray
MS student
Anita has a B.A. in Organismal Biology and Ecology from Colorado College. Her research interest is focused on population genetics to inform sustainable fisheries. She is currently working to identify the population structure of Puget Sound rockfishes to better identify future management plans for each species. LinkedIn, Github
Elizabeth Boggs
MS student
Liz did her BS at the University of Central Florida, and has been working as an Aquarist at the Seattle aquarium. She is interested in the application of genomics to fish management and conservation. She will continue Anita’s project on the population structure of Puget Sound rockfishes. LinkedIn
Jon Dickey
Research Scientist
Jon is seconded to our lab from the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center to help with a project investigating the use of meiofauna metabarcoding as a monitoring tool for aquaculture.
Associate Member:
Chris Nolte
PhD (University of Florida)
Chris is working on a PhD at the University of Florida in the Animal Migration and Ecology Lab with Hanna Vander Zanden. He visits our lab occasionally to do his genetic research on leatherback turtle connectivity and demographic history in collaboration with Ronel Nel at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa.
Alumni
- Dr Eleni Petrou
- Postdoc (2019 – 2022) Local adaptation and seasonal distribution of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
- PhD (2019) Diversity and population structure of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) along the Northwest coast: an interdisciplinary investigation using high-throughput sequencing and ancient DNA
- Present Position: USGS Research Scientist, Anchorage, Alaska
- Github
- Carolyn Tarpey
- Dr Natalie Lowell
- Molly Jackson
- MS (2021) Reproductive biology of farmed purple-hinged rock scallop (Crassadoma gigantea)
- Present Position: Hatchery Manager, Taylor Shellfish
- Dr Ellie Bors
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (2020 -2021)
- Present Position: Foreign Affairs Specialist, NOAA
- Dr Isadora Jimenez-Hidalgo
- Lab manger for 14 years (2007-2020), who kept us honest and organized, taught new members and kept things in order. She also worked on a variety of projects, and led the diversity and inclusion efforts of our School.
- Present position: Diversity Specialist, Renton Community College.
- Mary Fisher,
- Dr Dan Drinan,
- Dr Kristen Gruenthal
- Postdoc (2012-2015): Population genomics of Pacific cod in North America
- Present Position: NOAA Scientist, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau
- Dr Atal Saha
- PhD (2014, University of Tromso, Norway): Genetic population structure, cryptic speciation, hybridization and local adaptation, mainly in North Atlantic redfishes (Sebastes spp.)
- Present Position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Agder, Norway
- Dr Carl Ostberg,
- PhD (2014): Genomic consequences of hybridization between rainbow and cutthroat trout
- Present Position: Research Fish Biologist, Western Fisheries Research Center, US Geological Survey
- Dr Jocelyn Drugan (Lin),
- PhD 2012: Microevolution, local adaptation, and demography in wild populations of Pacific salmon
- MS 2007: Genetic divergence among distinct phenotypes of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
- Present Position: Fisheries Research Scientist, Ocean Outcomes
- Dr Daniel Peterson,
- MS 2012: Local adaptation, dispersal, and gene flow in a metapopulation of sockeye salmon
- PhD 2017, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Present Position: Computational Biologist, Joint Genome Institute
- Piper Schwenke,
- MS 2012: History and extent of introgressive hybridization in Puget Sound rockfishes (Sebastes auriculatus, S. caurinus, and S. maliger)
- Present Position: Forensic Molecular Scientist, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
- Dr Heather Galindo,
- Postdoc 2008-2010: Population structure and genetic sex identification in Pacific halibut
- Present Position: Associate Teaching Professor, University of Washington Bothell
- Maureen Hess (Waite),
- MS 2010: Dispersal in Puget Sound brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus) from genetic parentage assignment
- Present Position: Conservation Geneticist, Columbia River Intertribal Commission.
- Lisa Fox (Creelman),
- MS 2010: The genetic structure of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Chignik watershed, Alaska: applications to identifying stock-specific juvenile emigration patterns
- Present Position: Research Scientist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Dr Todd Seamons,
- Postdoc, 2003-2009: Reproductive success of hatchery and wild steelhead in Forks Creek, Washington
- Present Position: Director, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Dr Mari Kuroki,
- Postdoc 2008-2009: Dispersal in brown rockfish from transgenerational marking of otoliths
- Present Position: Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Kathryn Cunningham,
- MS 2007: Population genetics of Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus): evidence for large and small scale population structure
- High School Teacher, The Northwest School, Seattle, WA
- Danielle Mitchell
- MS 2006: Biocomplexity and metapopulation dynamics of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in Puget Sound, Washington
- Associate Scientist, Emergent BioSolutions, Seattle, WA
- James Franks
- MS 2006: Phylogeography and population genetics of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)