The Carter lab in Sedona, AZ

April, 2024

Meet The Team

  • Morgan Fleming, Ph.D.

    Morgan is a postdoctoral researcher interested in the ecological and evolutionary responses of organisms to environmental variation and global change. Her current research examines how morphological traits vary across spatial and temporal gradients in Vanessa cardui using museum collections.

  • Catrina Alberts

    Cat is a Ph.D. student in the Carter and Propper Labs studying amphibian biodiversity using eDNA. Cat bridges Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western methodologies to conduct research that both advances science and honors cultural perspectives. Cat is funded by the NSF GRFP.

  • Colton Roberts-Zaffiro

    Colton is a Masters student investigating shifts in morphology and pigmentation that are important to thermal biology in the beetle genus, Polyphylla.

  • Skylar Snow

    Skylar is interested in insect morphology and development. She is currently investigating phenotypic plasticity of butterflies to anthropogenic temperature variability.

  • Aliza Howard

    Aliza is an undergraduate student investigating how fungicides on host plants affect butterfly development, metabolism, and reproduction.

Alumni

  • Ashlyn Trujillo

    BS 2023, MS 2026

  • Rachel Jones-Lord

    BS 2023, MS, 2026

  • Rainyr Trudinger-Smith

    BS 2026

  • Sofie Bongiorni

    BS 2025

  • Zeke Bradshaw

  • Mo Edwards

    BS 2025

  • Megan Finlayson

    BS 2025