Our Team

Chris Organ

Assistant Professor
email: organ@montana.edu

  • BS in Material Science at Michigan State University
  • PhD in Biology at Montana State University with Jack Horner
  • Postdoc in Comparative & Evolutionary Genomics at Harvard University with Scott Edwards
  • Interests include macroevolution, paleobiology, genome evolution, & phylogenetic comparative methods

Kevin Surya

PhD Student, Department of Mathematical Sciences
email: kevinsurya@montana.edu

  • BS in Honors Interdisciplinary Studies (Biology, Earth Sciences, Statistics) at Montana State University
  • Interests include macroevolution, genome biology, and phylogenetic comparative methods
  • Personal website

Jack Prall

PhD Student, Department of Earth Sciences
email: prall.jack17@gmail.com

  • BS in Earth Sciences at Montana State University
  • Interested in the fossil record and macroevolution

Emi Bender

PhD Student, Department of Earth Sciences
email: Bender.er3@gmail.com

  • BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at NC State
  • MS in Evolutionary Biology at NC State
  • Interests include the dinosaurs, computational biology, and macroevolution

Liam Feigin

Undergrad student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
email: liamfeigin@gmail.com

  • Interested in genome evolution and biological archaeology

Chloe Whitnack

Undergrad student, Department of Earth Science
email: chloe.whitnack@gmail.com

  • Interests include paleontology, evolution, and ornithology

Andrew Victorino

Undergrad student, Department of Earth Science
email: andrewdvictorino@gmail.com

  • Interested in dinosaur paleobiology, genome evolution, and the fossil record

Uhura

This could be you!
email: organ@montana.edu

  • Interests include amazing things

Alumni

PhD student advisees

Jacob Gardner (2016-2023, Advisor, UoR)

L.J. Krumenacker (2013-2017, Committee, MSU)

Master student advisees

Garrett Scofield (2015-2018, Committee, MSU)

Isaura Aguilar (2018-2021, Co-Adv, MSU)

Bachelor Students

Therese Drake(2023-2024, MSU)

Issy Walker (2021-2023, UofR)

Lauren Keller (2021-2021, MSU)

Isabelle Brenes (2017-2019, MSU)

Sarah Montalbano (2019, MSU)

Gia Fisher (2017-2019, MSU)

Rudy Hummel (2016-2019, MSU)

Carolyn Kocken (2016-2019, MSU)

Thomas LaBarge (2016-2019, MSU)

Isabelle Brenes (2016-2019, MSU)

Kevin Jones (2016-2018, MSU)

John Wilson (2016-2018, MSU)

Mikayla Struble (2013-2016, MSU)

Holley Flora (2014-2016, MSU)

Angela Desmond (2010-2012, BC)

Scott Friedlander (2009, Brown)

Amanda Herrmann (2009, Brown)

Daniel Lowry (2009, Brown)

Emily Mepham (2009, Brown)