Katie Whitlow, PhD

Asst Prof of Biology at Saint Mary's College. Fish swimming & feeding biomech, physiology, evolution. Cofounder of @divecues. She/her.

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

Any SICB-goers looking for a talk to pep you up before lunch? Come hear about how bowfin spin their prey right 'round (like a record baby) to reposition feeder fish for a headfirst swallow! In salon 4 at 11:30am - hope to see you there! #teamfish #SICB2025 @SICB_DCB_DVM

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

Come check out Molly's escape response work at poster #18 starting at 3:30! And come chat about tradeoffs with feeding plus where I want to take this work in the future on the other side of the room at poster 217 @SICB_DCB_DVM #SICB2024

[Emily Volpe @ecvolpe]

Hey #SICB2024 My incredible PI @kr_whitlow will be presenting an analysis of temperature effects on escape responses and feeding in smallmouth bass. And my lab partner will be presenting the effects of temperature on escape responses in smallies! See you at 3:30 and 4:30.

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

Check out two exciting talks from the Whitlow lab coming this afternoon at #sicb2024 - prey processing in bowfin by @ecvolpe and temperature effects on strike success and kinematics in smallmouth bass by Grace Johnston - see you at 1:45p and 2p in room 602 🐟 #teamfish

[Shayle B Matsuda, Ph.D. @wrong_whale]

LGBTQ+ #SICB2024! Join us for the Outgroup-In Sober Social tonight (1/2) 6:30-7:30 in room 304. Meet conference friends, enjoy light snacks, pick up some swag, and celebrate 10 yrs of Outgroup! See you soon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @SICB_ @ryanehulett PLS RT

[Katie Mika @kmmika12]

Made it to #SICB2024 and ready to talk with everyone! I'm recruiting students, so if you're even vaguely interested in evolution and fish, shoot me a message or come to my talk tomorrow at 9am in 607!

[Emily Volpe @ecvolpe]

Excited to talk about what I've been up to the past year and a half with @kr_whitlow at my first SICB presentation Wednesday Jan 3! Pop in to the fish feeding session at 2pm in room 602 to learn about how fish are able to consume prey whole 🐟 #SICB2024

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

@CallieHCrawford Congratulations, professor!! You'll be great!

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

@ecvolpe And Grace Johnston crushed not one, but presentation formats covering her work on how temperature impacts smallmouth bass feeding performance #teamfish 🐟

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

So proud of my Neuhoff research students and others from @saintmarys who presented their hard work from this summer yesterday @NotreDame undergraduate research symposium!

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

@ecvolpe did an excellent job covering what we've learned this summer about how bowfin process and reposition their prey for swallowing #teamfish 🐟

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

@AnkalagiDevraj Good question! A lot of folks use (still do!) X-ray video, often a single view is enough to get a good sense of what's going on. What XROMM gives us is high precision of 3D measurements

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

My first dissertation chapter is officially published! Find it here: https://t.co/F9gdsKVlGm @J_Exp_Biol
We quantified suction feeding mechanics in Polypterus bichir using XROMM🧵
Shout out to my co-authors: Callum Ross, Nick Gidmark, @jd_lc, and @mwestneat!

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

Summer Whitlow lab got to electrofish today!! #teamfish #stjosephsriver

[Mark Westneat 🐟 @mwestneat]

WooHoo! Congratulations to ⁦@ChloeLikesFish⁩, ⁦@GartnerSamantha⁩ and ⁦@kr_whitlow⁩ on your PhDs!
I hooded three, a new record, my arms are tired…

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

@hil_katz An ammocoete, yes!! They'd caught a couple adults as well!

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

The Whitlow lab has it's first set of fish! Big thanks to Daragh Deegan and the Elkhart aquatic biology program for sharing their first catches of the season with us 🐟🎣🚤

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

Had a fantastic whirlwind ~24hr visit to UChicago campus for the #midwestSICB meeting this weekend! So many great talks on everything from mudskipper blinks to bat chats and fish hips to human jaws! 🐟🦇💀

[Hannah Farrell @PaleoHan]

Starting #MidwestSICB @UChicago off with a bang! Thanks to @NeilShubin for a fantastic opening talk and to everyone who came for braving the thunderstorm!

I can’t wait for tomorrow!

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

@krillmonger I somehow didn't manage to track you down and say this in person, but your talk was fantastic!!

[Katie Whitlow, PhD @kr_whitlow]

So grateful I got to bring two of my fantastic students to #SICB2023!! I can't wait for them to present next year 🐟✨

[Emily Volpe @ecvolpe]

First #SICB in the books with @kr_whitlow! I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to go on this trip with, and will forever be grateful for the experience that SICB gave me. See you next year in Seattle!

[Alec Wilken, PhD @alec_wilken]

Hey #SICB2023 @SICB_DCB_DVM @SICB_ sad that SICB is over? Want to keep the party going? Come join us at UChicago March 31 & April 1 for Midwest Regional SICB!! Registration closes Feb 7 and abstract submission March 7. If you have any questions please reach out!!