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Megan Porter

Megan Porter
Assistant Professor
Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
UCL Churchill-Haines Labs 170B
Phone: 605-677-6176
Teaching Interests:
Introduction to Molecular Biology, Molecular Evolution, Vision Science, Biological Rhythms
Research Interests:
Evolution of vision, evolution of circadian rhythms
Education:
  • Ph D, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Brigham Young University, 2005
  • MS, Microbial Ecology, University of Cincinnati, 1999
  • BA, Biology, Wittenberg University, 1996
Grants:
  • A&S Travel Grant Program, USD
Publications:
  • Engel, A., Johnson, L. R., Porter, M., (2012), Arsenite oxidase gene diversity among Chloroflexi and Proteobacteria from El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 83, pp. 745-756.
  • Breinholt, J. W., Porter, M., Crandall, K. A., (2012), Testing Phylogenetic Hypotheses of the Subgenera of the Freshwater Crayfish Genus Cambarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae), PLoS One, vol. 7, iss. 9, p. e46105.
  • Fong, D. W., Porter, M., Slay, M. E., (2012), Cave Life of the Virginias: A field guide to commonly encountered species, vol. 1, p. 41.
  • Porter, M., Blasic, J. R., Bok, M. J., Cameron, E. G., Pringle, T. W., Cronin, T. W., Robinson, P. R., (2012), Shedding new light on opsin evolution, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, vol. 279, pp. 3-14.
  • Porter, M., Roberts, N., Cronin, T. W., (2011), Molecular mechanisms of polarization sensitivity, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B , vol. 366, pp. 627-637.
  • Porter, M., Bok, M. J., Robinson, P. R., Cronin, T. W., (2009), Molecular diversity of visual pigments in Stomatopoda (Crustacea), Visual Neuroscience, vol. 26, pp. 255-265.
Presentations:
  • Porter, M., Caldwell, R. L., Oakley, T. H., Cronin, T. W. (2013, January). Transcriptomics and the evolution of stomatopod visual systems . Presented at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA.
  • Feller, K. D., Porter, M., Cronin, T. W. (2013, January). Molecular and morphological description of stomatopod larvae. Presented at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco CA.
  • Bok, M. J., Porter, M., Cronin, T. W. (2013, January). The physiological basis of polychromatic ultraviolet vision in mantis shrimp. Presented at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA.
  • Porter, M., Roberts, N. W., Cameron, E. G., Robinson, P. R., Partridge, J. C. (2012, September). Evolution under pressure: adaptation of visual pigment compressibility in deep-sea environments. Presented at the Animal Vision Conference, University of Sussex, UK.