People


Principal Investigator


Matthew A. Birk, Ph.D.



Current Students


Brandon Dick

ZAAS 2026

Current project: Squid brain oxygenation in the context of variable environmental oxygen.


Mary Bukowski

Molecular Biology 2026

Current project: Investigating why and how cephalopods edit mRNA in the HIF pathway



Lab Alumni


Taylor Harris

Molecular Biology 2025

Current project: Investigating why and how cephalopods edit mRNA in the HIF pathway


Holly Jones

Biology 2024

Current position: Masters of Science in Genome Bioinformatics program, University of Pittsburgh, USA


Bailey McDougall

Marine Biology 2024

Current position: Masters of Science in Marine Biology program, James Cook University, Australia