Emmy Delekta, MS
she/her/hers
PhD Student - University of Louisville
Recent Updates!
February 2024
I accepted a job at the Museum of Natural History at Auburn University! I am very excited to begin contributing to their freshwater/ marine invertebrates collection and to live in the heart of North American crayfish diversity 🎉
August 2023
I just received notification that I was awarded a Graduate School Mentored Research Award from UofL! This award will fund an undergraduate researcher to continue our work on the fish collection. The undergraduate researcher chosen will work with me over the fall semester to rehydrate dried specimens. More to come...
About Me
I am currently a PhD candidate in the Biology Department at the University of Louisville (UofL) studying under the guidance of Dr. Matt Kolmann. Previously, I studied at West Liberty University, a small liberal arts school in northern West Virginia, where I earned my BS and MS as a student of Dr. Zachary Loughman. Here at UofL, my dissertation research is focused on the creation of a new way to classify North American crayfish by integrating morphometrics, life history, behavior, and genetics.
My scientific interests are:
Collections-based research
The relationship between ecology and morphological adaptations (ecomorphology)
Evolutionary trends in crayfish