Lab Members

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Felipe S. Barreto, PhD (Principal Investigator)

Associate Professor

I am broadly interested in evolutionary genetics of natural populations, with specific research topics including the genetics of hybrid incompatibilities, speciation, and physiological adaptations, as well as the evolution of mating systems and sexual selection.

Contact: felipe.barreto[at]oregonstate.edu

Layla Gordon

PhD student (Co-advised by Dr. Kirsten Grorud-Colvert)

I am a PhD student studying the evolutionary genetics and conservation of coastal fishes. I’m interested in how climate change drives the evolution of marine species, and I’m passionate about using science to drive social and political action to protect the seas and the communities that depend on them.

Annika Dawley

MS student

Wilson Banini

PhD student (Co-advised by Dr. Evan Forsythe)

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Natalia Jacquez

Ely Cunningham

Maggie Everett

Barreto Lab alumni

Undergraduates (years in lab)

- Elijah Foster (2025)

- Ella Schmitz (2022-2024)

- Samantha Olvera (2022-2023, STEM Leaders intern)

- Jasmine Weaver (2021-2023, SURE Science intern)

- Spencer Loring (2021-2023, SURE Science intern)

- Austin Vick (2021-2022, currently M.S. student at OSU)

- Tara Wirsching (2018-2021)

- John Barnes (2020-2021, SURE Science intern)

- Megan Criss (2019-2020)

- Nikki Baker (2018-2019)

- Lisa Roerk (2018-2019)

- Charlotte Gruninger (2018-2019)

- Beth Davis (2017-2019)

- Nicholas Saenz (2018)

- Bryce Bothwell (2017)

- Alison Vasa (2017)

- Kristofer Bauer (2016-2017, SURE Science intern)

- Camille Eckel (2016)

- Alan Pacheco (2016, SURE Science intern)

Graduate students (degree, year)

Emily Boring (M.S., 2020) - now at Divinity School, Yale University
Andrea Burton (PhD, 2022) - now a postdoc at San Francisco State University
Dan Schneck (PhD, 2022) - now a teaching professor at Spokane Community College, Spokane Washington
Kamron Kayhani (PhD, 2024)
Marine Andriot (M.S., 2024)
Kris Bauer (PhD, 2025) - now a postdoc at Hatfield Marine Science Center

Postdocs (years, current position)

Kin-Lan Han (2017-2019, US Fish &Wildlife)
Allie Graham (2017-2020, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas) [webpage]
Kevin Olsen (2022-2024)
Matt powers (2022-2025)