Current Collaborators


Greg Owens University of British Columbia, Vancouver

-Opsin gene duplication and divergence


Thor Veen University of British Columbia, Vancouver

-The role of spectral sensitivity in color based mate choice


UBC Data Reproducibility Group

-We are interested in data accessibility and reproducibility in science.


Former Collaborators


Molecular Basis of Mate Preference work:


John S. Taylor University of Victoria, Victoria

-Opsin expression in live-bearing fish & gene duplication


Felix Breden Simon Fraser University, Burnaby

-Opsins in live-bearing fish


Ted Allison University of Alberta, Edmonton

-Opsin in situ hybridization and retinal development





Greg Owens and myself with Ted Allison our

‘in situ mentor’, November 2008

Schluter Lab Members, Summer 2011,

Photo courtesy of Thor Veen
















Taylor Lab, October 2010, Eco-Evo retreat

Thor Veen and myself, Summer 2012, Photo courtesy of Thor Veen

2012 Myself and my Summer Research Assistant Narina Jabari

2013 Seth Rudman, Predation pond experiment collaborator