Contact Information
Fisheries Division207A O'Neill
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-7828
Fax: (907) 474-7204
jalopez2@alaska.edu
Andres Lopez Assistant Professor
Fish and Fisheries Genetics • Fish Systematics • Fisheries Genetics and Aquaculture
Affiliations
- Museum of the North, Curator of Fishes
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Assistant Scientist, Courtesy
- University of Alaska Anchorage, Biological Sciences, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Specialties
- Fish taxonomy and phylogenetics
- Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
- Phylogeography and population genetics of fishes
Education
- M.S. 1998 University of Washington (Fisheries)
- Ph.D. 2003 Iowa State University
- Post.Doc. 2004 Field Museum of Natural History (Fish Molecular Systematics)
Office Hours
T & Th, 8:15-9:30, Room 207A O'NeillResearch Overview
The focus of my research is on fish diversity and evolution. I study the systematics (taxonomy and classification) of fishes using a combination of morphology- and gene-based lines of evidence. The goal of this work is to produce accurate and precise information on the nature and geographic distribution of fish biological diversity. In turn, this knowledge provides the foundation for examining other characteristics of evolution (e.g. molecular evolution, timing of diversification and colonization, etc).
Current Research Projects
- Taxonomic status and genetic variability in Yukon River populations of lamprey (ADFG)
- Phylogeography and population genetics of the Alaska Blackfish
- Subsistence Fisheries and Climate Change in Northwest Alaska (USFWS Office of Subsistence Management)
- Genome Size and Karyotype Evolution in Esociform Fishes (NSF)
- Assembling the Euteleost Tree of Life (NSF)
