Staff Profile
Carolyn Tepolt
Preferred Name: Carolyn Tepolt
Associate Scientist Without Tenure
Biology
Email: ctepolt@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 3357
Office: Redfield Laboratory-Floor 2
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 33
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Lab/Group Site: https://www2.whoi.edu/site/tepoltlab/
Education
PhD, Stanford University, Department of Biology 2014
MSc, University of Otago, Department of Zoology 2004
BS, College of William & Mary, Departments of Chemistry and Biology 2002
Research Statement
I use marine species invasions as natural experiments in rapid adaptation, examining how – and how quickly – populations respond to novel conditions. By coupling high-throughput sequencing with physiology and ecology, I examine adaptation at multiple levels. My main areas of research are thermal adaptation in green crabs (Carcinus maenas), and coevolution in the crab-barnacle Rhithropanopeus harrisii-Loxothylacus panopaei host-parasite system.