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- Marine Vertebrate Collection
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People
Dahiana Arcila, Curator of Marine Vertebrates
Professor of Marine Biology
Email: dkarcila@ucsd.edu
Research Interests
![Ben Frable](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-07/ben-frable.jpg?itok=BqZF8fEU)
Ben Frable, Collection Manager
Email: bfrable@ucsd.edu
Research Interests
- Systematics and taxonomy
- Species delineation
- Macroevolution
- Molecular phylogenetics
- Historical biogeography
My research interests are broad and encompass many aspects of fish evolution. I am most interested in species-level relationships, phylogenetics, systematics and biogeography. What are the boundaries between species? How long have lineages been separated and why? How have groups diversified taxonomically and morphologically over geological timescales?
I am not taxon specific and work/have worked on: dragonfishes, damselfishes, eelpouts, lizardfishes, rockfishes, groupers, wrasses, sharks, and headstanding characins (superfamily Anostomoidea).
Students
Researchers
![Daniel Cartamil](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-07/Daniel-Cartamil.jpg?itok=v7u3KOvs)
Daniel Cartamil, Associate Researcher
Lecturer, University of San Diego
![Andrew Nosal](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-07/Andrew-Nosal.jpg?itok=ess0iukV)
Andrew Nosal, Associate Researcher
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of San Diego
Emeritus
![phil hastings](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-07/phil-hastings.jpg?itok=xlVeHiLS)
Philip A. Hastings, Curator Emeritus of Marine Vertebrates
Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology
Email: phastings@ucsd.edu
Research Interests
- Systematics & evolution of fishes
- Biogeography
- Evolution of behavior
- Marine conservation
- Behavioral ecology of fishes
![HJ Walker Jr](/sites/default/files/2021-06/hj.jpeg)
H.J. Walker Jr., Retired Collection Manager
Email: hjwalker@ucsd.edu