Skylar Carson-Reynolds

• SOAR Position: Member
• Major: Biology (Organismal and Ecology)
• Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Cole Easson

Current Focus: Genetic Sequencing of Freshwater Sponges in Tennessee

Additional Interests: Ecology, Conservation Biology, Genetics, Phylogeny, Evolutionary Biology, Taxonomy, Vertebrate Zoology

Project Description

So far, 14 species of freshwater sponges have been discovered to reside here in Tennessee. However, there has been no extensive gene