Name: Dr. Rick Elinson

Position: Emeritus Professor of Biology (retired)

Research Description:

The Elinson Lab studied amphibian embryology, developmental diversity of amphibians, and Metamorphosis in  frogs that does not have a tadpoles: development without a free-living tadpole is common among Ibero American frogs. The most derived condition is direct development where the tadpole has been eliminated, and the most investigated direct developing frog is the coqui  frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. 

Rick was also interested in aspects of ecology and biology of  invasive species, developmental features that are conserved across taxa, and novelty in germ layer specification.
When based at the University of Toronto, Tom Drysdale was a graduate student in the Elinson Lab, and Aaron Zorn was an undergraduate in the lab.

Contact Information

Address:
Department of Biological Sciences,
Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh
USA