J. Andrés López

J. Andrés López

Associate Professor

Fish and Fisheries Genetics
Fish Systematics


College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of Alaska Museum
Room 44
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960
907-474-7828
907-474-7204
jalopez2@alaska.edu

Office Hours

W and Th
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Education

University of Alabama
B.S. Biology

University of Washington
M.S. Fisheries

Iowa State University
Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 

Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Postdoctorate Fish Molecular Systematics

 

Advising

 

Publications

Schoen, E.R., K.W. Sellmer, M.S. Wipfli, J.A. López, R. Ivanoff, and B.E. Meyer. 2021. Piscine predation on juvenile salmon in sub‐arctic Alaskan rivers: Associations with season, habitat, predator size and streamflow. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Jalbert, C.S., J.A. Falke, J.A. López, K.J. Dunker, A.J. Sepulveda, and P.H. Westley. 2021. Vulnerability of Pacific salmon to invasion of northern pike (Esox lucius) in Southcentral Alaska. PloS ONE.

Pan, Q., R. Feron, E. Jouanno, H. Darras, A. Herpin, B. Koop, E. Rondeau, F.W. Goetz, W.A. Larson, L. Bernatchez, M. Tringali, S.S. Curran, E. Saillant, G.P.J. Denys, F.A. von Hippel, S. Chen, J.A. López, H. Verreycken, K. Ocalewicz, R. Guyomard, C. Eche, J. Lluch, C. Roques, H. Hu, R. Tabor, P. DeHaan, K.M. Nichols, L. Journot, H. Parrinello, C. Klopp, E.A. Interesova, V. Trifonov, M. Schartl, J. Postlethwait, and Y. Guiguen. 2021. The rise and fall of the ancient northern pike master sex-determining gene. eLife.

Zhang, E., J.L. Cheng, W.H. Shaow, and J.A. López. 2021. Tachysurus lani, a new catfish species (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the Pearl River basin, South China. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 1156: 1–17.

Campbell, M.A., T.J. Buser, M.E. Alfaro, and J.A. López. 2020. Addressing incomplete lineage sorting and paralogy in the inference of uncertain salmonid phylogenetic relationships. PeerJ 8:e9389   

Khalsa, N.S.,  J. Smith, K.A. Jochum, G. Savory, and J.A. López. 2020. Identifying under‐ice overwintering locations of juvenile Chinook Salmon by using environmental DNA. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.

Cyr, A., J.A. López, M.J. Wooller, A. Whiting, R. Gerlach, and T. O'Hara. 2019. Ecological drivers of mercury concentrations in fish species in subsistence harvests from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. Environmental Research 177:108622.

Specialties

  • Fish and Fisheries Genetics
  • Fish systematics

 

Research Overview

The focus of my research is on fish diversity and evolution. I study the systematics (taxonomy and classification) of fishes using a combination of morphology- and gene-based lines of evidence. The goal of this work is to produce accurate and precise information on the nature and geographic distribution of fish biological diversity. In turn, this knowledge provides the foundation for examining other characteristics of evolution (e.g., molecular evolution, timing of diversification and colonization, etc).

 

Current Research Projects

  • Phylogeography of Lake trout in interior Alaska
  • Population genetics of Arctic lamprey
  • Taxonomic boundaries and population genetics of Alaskan whitefishes
  • Phylogeography of Bering Land Bridge fishes
  • Estimating fish abundance using environmental DNA assays

 

Affiliations

  • Curator of Fishes, Museum of the North

 

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