brian jamison

undergraduate researcher

My name is Brian, and I am a research assistant in the Coleman Lab. I graduated from the University of Miami in the spring of 2026 with a degree in Marine Biology & Ecology and an additional major in Geography & Sustainable Development. I am currently in graduate school at Savannah State University pursuing a master’s degree in marine science. 

My research interests are in population genetics; I’m particularly interested in research involving genetic connectivity between populations and the conservation implications that are associated with that.

In the Coleman Lab, I’m studying hybridization in two Indo-Pacific wrasse species, the Saddle wrasse (Thalassoma duperry) and the Sunset wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens). I spent my senior year extracting DNA from tissue samples from individuals of both species, and I used ddRAD sequencing to sequence each sample. This summer, I will assist in analyzing the results of the sequencing to see the rate of hybridization between these two species, if hybrids form an F2 generation or if they backcross with a parental species, and any other sort of intel on their hybridization patterns we can get from their genetic information. 

ben morris

undergraduate researcher

I’m am a lab assistant in the Fish Ecology and Evolution Lab under Dr. Coleman. I recently graduated from the University of Miami in the Spring of 2026. I have a bachelor's degree in Marine Affairs, with minors in Ecosystem Science and Policy and Psychology. I plan to go to law school in the future. My scientific interests include environmental and marine conservation, as well as environmental and maritime law/policy. In the Fish Ecology and Evolution Lab, I have been working with damselfish tissue samples for the past year. I have performed DNA extractions and quantifications, along with agarose gel electrophoresis, as well as DNA digestions and ligations.