Welcome to the Coleman Lab
We investigate the ecological and evolutionary processes that shape marine fish biodiversity across space, depth, and time. By integrating genomics, molecular ecology, field research, and advanced scientific diving, our research explores how marine populations are connected, how species evolve, and how biodiversity is structured in dynamic ocean environments.
Our work spans topics including dispersal and connectivity, phylogeography, hybridization, and mesophotic reef ecosystems, with research conducted across tropical and subtropical marine systems.
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Meet the lab
Learn more about the people and research interests that shape the Coleman Lab
research interests
Explore the major research themes of the Coleman Lab, including marine connectivity, phylogeography, hybridization, and mesophotic reef ecosystems
Photo: (top) Transiting to a survey site in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Probably the best consistent diving conditions of anywhere I have dove. Water was always flat, great visibility and no current; ( left) Beginning of a hunting trip for reef fish at Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. A school of Giant Trevally (Ulua; Caranx ignobilis) were ready to greet us before we entered the water and would follow me hoping to dart in and steal a catch. My spear would be a pin prick to them; (right) a school of fish in Papua New Guinea. (Photo credits: Ed Roberts, Iria Fernandez-Silva. Video credit: Jonathan Saupe