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In 2014, I entered the Gangloff lab with previous experience in West Virginia crayfish taxonomy and ecology. Overall, I am broadly interested in the systematics and conservation of aquatic invertebrates. My current research is focused a comparison of phylogeography and morphology between three broad ranged aquatic invertebrates along the Atlantic slope, specifically the Catawba River basin. Cambarus (crayfish), Elimia (snail), and Elliptio (mussel) are three phenotypically plastic genera occurring in the Catawba basin. With a comparison of haplotype distributions and morphometric comparison, we hope to see trends across an altitudinal gradient across these three broad ranging taxa. This information has the potential to add clarity to current species concepts within this region, uncover cryptic species, and potentially bring to question conservation issues.