Lab Members

Interested in joining the lab? Email katie-mika@utulsa.edu

Funding and openings are in flux, but I am open to chatting about your interests and can let you know what I have available.

  • Katie Mika, the PI, is shown in a lab coat and gloves standing next to a microscope

    Dr. Katelyn Mika

    PI

    she/her

    All the things: evodevo, genetics, and marine biology

  • A white and gold dog in a blue life jacket sits in a yellow kayak and stares at the camera with his mouth open and tongue out

    Finn

    Critical lab support

Single Cell Analysis of Fin Development

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    Kaitlyn Merritt

    Graduate Student - PhD

    she/her

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    Emery Edgar

    Undergraduate –TURC

    she/her

  • A selfie of a woman with long brown hair, unsmiling, in front of a stream

    Magnolia Garbarino

    Undergraduate – TURC

    she/her

  • A woman with her hair pulled up and wearing glasses smiles into the camera in front of some leaves

    Hannah Lott

    Undergraduate – TURC, Goldwater Scholar

    she/her

  • Augustin Au, undergraduate student, smiles directly into the camera wearing a jacket and a backpack

    Augustin Au

    Undergraduate – TURC

    he/him

  • A man with dark blonde hair and in a red shirt smiles into the camera

    Ty Devito

    Undergraduate – TURC

    he/him

  • A woman with clavicle length curly hair smiles into the camera in front of a body of water

    Sahara Smith

    Undergraduate

    she/her

  • A woman with long blonde hair and a plaid shirt sitting on a couch smiles at the camera

    Kylie Rickels

    Undergraduate – TURC

    she/her

  • A man in a hat smiles in front of the Eiffel Tower.

    Mustafa Janjua

    Undergraduate – TURC

    he/him

  • A woman with long dark hair and a white shirt smiles at the camera in front of a white wall.

    Charlotte Vanderyt

    Undergraduate – TURC

    she/her

  • A woman with long blonde hair smiles into the camera

    Norah Jankowsky

    High School Student – Jr. TURC

    she/her

  • James Hoar

    Undergraduate

    he/him

  • Ayat Nayyer

    High School Student – Jr. TURC

  • Thawng (Sian) Muang

    High School Student – Jr. TURC

  • Meher Akbar

    High School Student

Chondrichthyan Microbiomes

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    Emma Grace Anderson

    Graduate Student- PhD

    she/her

  • Elizabeth Parsons, undergraduate student, smiles directly into the camera with slightly curled red hair and a blue shirt.

    Elizabeth Parsons

    Undergraduate

    she/her

  • A woman with long dark hair and glasses smiles into the camera as the sun is setting

    Adelle Orenstein

    Undergraduate

    she/her

  • Chanakya Vislavath

    High School Student – Jr. TURC

Adaptation to Hydrostatic Pressure

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    AnjolaJesu Omotoso

    Graduate Student– PhD

    he/him

  • Katie Smith smiles directly into the camera in front of some ruins and the ocean. Her hands are behind her back and she wears a grey tshirt.

    Katie Smith

    Grad Student - MS

    she/her

  • A woman with light red shoulder length hair and glasses wearing a black tank top smiles into the camera

    Hal Clowers

    Graduate Student- MS

    she/her

  • Daniel Martinez smiles into the camera wearing a gray shirt and jacket with long curly hair.

    Daniel Martinez

    Undergraduate – LSAMP

    he/him

  • A woman smiles into the camera

    Grace Kallman

    Undergraduate

    she/her

  • A man with short blond hair and glasses smiles into the camera in front of a river

    Luke Parmer

    Undergraduate

    he/him

  • Mina Gadakhel

    Undergraduate

    she/her

  • Maxwell Evans

    High School Student – Jr. TURC

  • Maeve Yeagley

    High School Student – Jr. TURC

Former Lab Members