Feeling really proud of my Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Selena Weathers and Brynne Alcorta-Ordonez! They are learning AI software to generate and clean animal pose movement tracks, R, reviewing papers, and making presentations.

Came back from a lunch break to find my dog doing a peer review for me.

We are having a blast out here in the Florida Keys helping sample sharks with folks from the Hart lab at Macquarie and the Kajiura lab at FAU for a project on shark sensory systems. Being on the water is great, but I'm also loving swapping shark stories over key lime pie at the end of the day.

Due to flight delays we are running on like 3 hours of sleep but we are officially en route to #SICB2025. Can't wait to see my bio buddies. The pups will be at a hotel a mere 2 minute walk from the conference hotel and are happy to provide pre or post presentation therapy.

Can't wait to see you at #SICB2025 my talk is on Saturday at 2:15 in the Evolution and Diversification session.

This project was only possible with the guidance of Dr. Mike Burns, Dr. Peter Wainwright, Dr. Dylan Wainwright, and an amazing team of undergraduate assistants Bernice Yin, Sam Hodges-Lisk, and Sky Jung. Typeset version will be available in a few days! Feel free to reach out for a copy.

Evolutionary integration is generally weakened with the evolution of novel swimming modes. Suggesting that functional expansion may be facilitated by decoupling of the fins.

Super proud of my 2nd PhD paper exploring shifts in evo. integration among reef fish fins with expansions in locomotor modes, out now in Evolution. Within modes there is much diversity in fin shape and weak connections between form and function. doi.org/10.1093/evol...

With the ability to evolve unique trait combinations species are able to adapt the complex jaw system to tackle the unique challenges of diverse diets.

We show that the functional trade off between force transmission and mobility underlies diversification in reef fish oral jaws. BUT much of oral jaw diversification is independent of the functional trade off axis, facilitated by the weak patterns of integration among traits.

Join us for our workshop on making your field work more ethical and inclusive! In person for uc davis students, postdocs, faculty/staff. Zoom Option open to all. Register at forms.gle/59fujxzq7j23...

Me finally resting after solving a bug in my code.

I really have to proof read my emails because sometimes my Texas tries to come out haha. I'm gonna have to watch that.

*Movie Preview Voice* In a world where nothing is what it seems *Splash! Splash*

Body Shape and Mode of Locomotion DO NOT constrain routine swimming in Coral Reef Fish

Staring all your favorite reef fish families, now out in Functional Ecology

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