The Dentinger lab supports a wide array of research including graduates and undergraduates investigating fungal biodiversity and evolution. Our research has been supported by NSF, National Geographic, and through generous donations.
BRYN DENTINGER
Curator of Mycology and Associate Professor, Natural History Museum of Utah and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah
Bryn hails from Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota for his PhD, where he studied the molecular systematics of clavarioid and porcini mushrooms. He has carried out fieldwork all over the world, including exciting collecting trips to Vietnam, Brazil, and Cameroon. Outside of work, Bryn enjoys cooking (preferably with mushrooms) and brewing beer, showing that even his hobbies often involve a mycological component.
Email me: bdentinger@nhmu.utah.edu
Colin Domnauer
Phd Candidate
Colin is a Bay Area California native whose research focuses on unravelling the ethnomycological mystery of psychoactive bolete mushrooms. With a lifelong interest and undergraduate degree in astronomy before changing his studies to the ethnobiology of psychoactive substances, Colin has always felt attracted to explore the mind-bending wonders of nature. In his free time, he enjoys engaging in just about any outdoor activity with friends, most of all foraging for mushrooms.
Email me: colin.domnauer@utah.edu
UNDERGRADUATE Researchers
- Toma Ipsen (current)
- Sariah Vanderveur (current)
- Marisa Rigert (current)
- Alex Housley (current)
- Anna Fairbanks (current)
- Anna Hoffmann (current)
- America Cox (current)
Dalley Cutler
Tiffany Do (Honors Research)
America Cox (Honors Research)
Former Lab Members
Kendra Autumn
PhD ’24
Kendra is an Oregonian whose research interests center around symbioses, coevolution, and genomics. Her favorite mushroom is the lobster mushroom (not really a mushroom, but a parasitic mold attacking a mushroom host!). She only has one fungal tattoo, for now–a Hypogymnia lichen on her forearm. Kendra is currently a postdoctoral researcher with the Science Research Initiative at the University of Utah.
Email me: kendra.autumn@utah.edu
Keaton Tremble
PhD ’23
Keaton is an Idahoan whose research focuses around population genomics, speciation genomics, and ectomycorrhizal ecology. His favorite mushroom is the noble porcini. Keaton and his mustache enjoy having outdoor adventures with his fiancée and their Boston terrier, Evie. Keatong is currently a postdoctoral researcher with Rytas Vilgalys at Duke University.
Email me: keaton.tremble@gmail.com
Alexander Bradshaw
PhD ’22
Alex is a Northern California native whose research projects include investigating genetic diversity in large fungal individuals and metabarcoding of vertebrate scat samples to characterize diet, microbiome, and fungal distributions. He is a devoted owner to his merle longhair dachshund Bones. Alex is currently a postdoctoral researcher with David Hibbett at Clark University.
Email me: Alexander.Bradshaw@utah.edu
Bryce Alex
MSc ’21
Bryce is from Utah and has worked on projects involving metabarcoding fungal propagules carried on bird feathers and mining transcriptomic datasets for hidden mycoviruses.
Email me: brycealexgreen@gmail.com
Honorary Lab Members
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