Zac Tobias

Zac Tobias

he/him

Investigating the molecular and physiological basis of evolutionary adaptation to novel stressors in aquatic organisms.

Thermal tolerance in an invasive tunicate

Doctoral research

A close-up of golden star tunicate colonies.

Exploring how geography, developmental plasticity, and population history shape responses to temperature.

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Additional photographs are collected in the PhD research gallery.

Related publications

  1. Zachary JC Tobias, Gareth Miller, Carolyn K Tepolt. (2025). Variation of thermal tolerance during northward range expansion in the invasive golden star tunicate, Botryllus schlosseri. Conservation Physiology, 13(1), coaf018. [PDF]
  2. Zachary Tobias, Andrew Solow, Carolyn Tepolt. (2024). Geography and developmental plasticity shape post-larval thermal tolerance in the golden star tunicate, Botryllus schlosseri. Journal of Thermal Biology, 119, 103763. [PDF]
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