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CToL participants

Welcome to the CToL participants page. The following people are actively involved in the investigation of the relationships of Cypriniformes fishes and their taxonomy, evolution, biogeography, and speciation.

If you would like to participate and collaborate in CToL, please review our website, the funded CToL NSF proposal (link to proposal) and complete and submit the necessary information regarding – How to Join?

USA Principal Investigators and Core Participants

Richard Mayden, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Gloria Arratia, The University of Kansas, [email protected]

Nevin Aspinwall, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Hank Bart, Tulane University, [email protected]

Miles Coburn, John Caroll University, [email protected]

Phillip Harris, The University of Alabama, [email protected]

Paula Mabee, University of South Dakota, [email protected]

Nelson Rios, Tulane University, [email protected]

Andrew Simons, University of Minnesota/Bell Museum, [email protected]

Robert Wood, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Brunei Associate Participants

Zohrah Sulaiman, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, [email protected]

China Participants

Meemann Chang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

Shunping He, Chinese Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

Huanzhang Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

Xu-shen Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

Qiongying Tang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

Jun-Xing Yang, Kunming Institute of Zoology, [email protected]

Ethiopia Participants

Abebe Getahun, Addis Ababa University, [email protected]

Germany Participants

Jorg Freyhof, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwaters, [email protected]

India Participants

M. Arunachalam, Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences, Sundaranar University, [email protected]

W. S. Lakra, Director, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, India, [email protected]

A. Manimekalan, Department of Environmental Sciences,Bharathiyar University, [email protected]

Japan Participants

Misaki Miya, Chiba University, [email protected]

Mutsumi Nishida, University of Tokyo, [email protected]

Kenji Saitoh, Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, [email protected]

Korea Participants

Ik-Soo Kim, Chonbuk National University [email protected]

Pakistan Participants

Nasim Akhtar, Animal Sciences Instittute, [email protected]

Poland Participants

Alicja Boron, University of Warmia and Mazury, [email protected]

Jolanta Szlachciak, University of Warmia and Mazury, [email protected]

Russia Participants

Nina Bogutskaya, Russian Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

Alexander Golubtsov, Russian Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

Alexander Naseka, Russian Academy of Sciences, [email protected]

South Africa Associate Participants

Ernst Swartz, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
[email protected]

Taiwan Participants

Wei-Jen Chen, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Thailand Participants

Turkmenistan Participants

Vladimir Salnikov, Institute of Deserts Flora and Fauna, [email protected]

USA Participants

Jason Allen, St. Louis Community College, [email protected]

Mary Agnew, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Angelo Bufalino, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Mollie Cashner, Tulane University, [email protected]


Mike Doosey, University of Kansas, [email protected]

Jeffrey M Engeman, University of South Dakota, [email protected]


Ericka Grey, University of South Dakota, [email protected]

Miranda Haskins, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

David M. Hillis, University of Texas, Austin, [email protected]

Vinnie Hirt, University of Minnesota/Bell Museum, [email protected]

Gregory Hubbard, University of Alabama, [email protected]

Bernard R. Kuhajda, University of Alabama, [email protected]


Morgan Raley, North Carolina State Museum, [email protected]

Susana Schonhuth, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Kevin Tang, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Jacqueline F. Webb, Villanova University, [email protected]

Elvis Hsin-Hui Wu, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Lei Yang, Saint Louis University, [email protected]

Questions or comments? Contact Director, Dr. Richard Mayden

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