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

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    Finn

    Critical lab support

Single Cell Analysis of Fin Development

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    Emery Edgar

    Undergraduate- TURC

    she/her

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    Reiley Taitel

    Undergraduate- TURC

    she/her

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    Magnolia Garbarino

    Undergraduate

    she/her

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

    Hannah Lott

    Undergraduate

    she/her

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

    Augustin Au

    Undergraduate - TURC

    he/him

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    Darbee Green

    Undergraduate - TURC

    she/her

  • A woman wearing a blue shirt with long black hair smiles into the camera

    Anaya Awais

    High School Student

    she/her

  • Thomas smiles directly into the camera in front of a brick wall, wearing a red and white Hawaiian shirt.

    Thomas Buoye

    Undergraduate- TURC

    he/him

  • David Le looks off camera. He wears glasses, a dark shirt, and a tan jacket.

    David Le

    Undergraduate

    he/him

  • Emma Zhang

    High School Student- Jr. TURC

    she/her

  • Trista Wang

    High School Student

    she/her

Chondrichthyan Microbiomes

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

    Elizabeth Parsons

    Undergraduate

    she/her

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    Emma Grace Anderson

    Undergraduate

    she/her

Adaptation to Hydrostatic Pressure

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    Jaralynn Tammi Morellano

    Undergraduate- LSAMP

    she/her

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    Kinlie Gililland

    Undergraduate

    she/her

  • 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

    Undergraduate

    she/her

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

    Daniel Martinez

    Undergraduate

    he/him

Former

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    Julius Tabin

    Former: University of Chicago Undergraduate, 2021 Goldwater Scholarship Recipient

    Current: Harvard Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

  • Atreyo looks away from the camera in a red, white, and blue plaid shirt against a white background

    Atreyo Pal

    Former: University of Chicago Undergraduate

    Current: Yale Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

  • Cristian in a Great Lakes hat and glasses smiles at the camera in front of a waterfall

    Cristian Molina

    Former: University of Chicago Undergraduate

    Current: RaMP-UP Fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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    Miguel Saucedo

    Former: University of Chicago Undergraduate

    Current: University of Chicago Undergraduate

  • Felicia wears a red hat that say University of Chicago and a UChicago shirt smiles in front of a tree and path

    Felicia Hou

    Former: High School Student

    Current: University of Chicago Undergraduate

  • Jasmine wears a grey sweatshirt and gazes to her right in front of a decorative window

    Jasmine Guo

    Former: High School Student

    Current: High School Student

  • Zoe in a green tshirt smiles directly at the camera in front of a white wall

    Zoe Arms

    Former: High School Student

    Current: Unknown

  • Sophia is a dark puffy coat and shirt smiles directly into the camera in front of a painted brick wall

    Sophia Trapani

    Former: High School Student

    Current: Unknown

  • Allegra in a pink shirt smiles directly into the camera in front of a snowy background with trees

    Allegra DeCherrie

    Former: High School Student

    Current: Unknown