Curator of fishes/Associate professor of biology

University affiliation

• University of Alaska Museum of the North
• College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks)

Contact information

• Email: jalopez2@alaska.edu
• Phone: (907) 474-7828

Media contact

Marmian Grimes

• Phone: (907) 474-7902
• Email: mlgrimes@alaska.edu

Areas of expertise

• Biology
• Fisheries and ocean science

Research interests/biography

Fish biology, genetics, biodiversity. Studies fish diversity and evolution using evidence from anatomy and genetics to understand the biological processes that shape the distribution and variability of fish populations both living and in the past.