Welcome!

Our Mission: To make conceptual advances in understanding the diversification of life, inspired by the natural history of fishes.

Our research interests include macroevolution, diversification, biogeography, phylogenomics, ichthyology and deep-sea biology.

Interested in joining? Visit the Join the Lab page for more information.

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Principal Investigator

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News

August 2026

New paper in Evolution! Integration promotes morphological innovation in deep-sea anglerfishes

June 2026

Two new preprints!

• Macroevolution of deep-sea fishes with necks!

• Ecomorphological diversification inferred from 571 micro-CT scans of fish skulls

May 2026

• Abi Huber joined as a MS student, and Shannon Kuznar joined as a postdoc. Welcome!

January 2026

• Liz was interviewed about deep-sea fishes by Bob McDonald for Quirks and Quarks! Listen here

November 2025

• Our new paper on deep-sea fish body shapes was covered by OSU News!

August 2025

• The Santos Lab opens at Ohio State!