Trevor J. Krabbenhoft
Ph.D. Candidate, Turner Lab
Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
-0001
Phone: (505) 277-6005
Fax: (505) 277-0304
Email: Krabbent[at]unm.edu
Research Interests
I am broadly interested in molecular adaptation in
fishes. My research employs genomic
approaches toward understanding evolutionary and ecological processes
in
fishes. I am particularly interested in
the role environmental heterogeneity plays in shaping morpho
logical
and
population genetic characteristics of fishes, both at the local and
regional
level. Much of my research relies heavily on comparative
functional
genomics studies of non-model fishes. I
am currently working on a Ph.D. in Dr. Tom
Turner's
lab at the University of New Mexico, where we are investigating the
genetic
underpinnings of life history attributes of cyprinid fishes of New
Mexico. My dissertation research is
focused on the
genetic mechanisms underpinning differential seasonal reproductive
timing in
co-occurring minnows (Cyprinidae) and the environmental cues that
trigger
reproduction. This research has
important implications for predicting the effects of climate change on
species
using different environmental cues for spawning.