Lu, Zhipeng
| 2014 | Ph.D. | Comprehensive analysis of eukaryotic Sm-associated ribonucleoprotein complexes
| Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
| Matera |
| Meiners, Matthew | 2014 | Ph.D. | The mechanism of modulation of the Escherichia coli DNA helicase II (UvrD) unwinding activity, a study of the 2B subdomain | Director of Production and Operations at EpiCypher Inc | Matson |
| Cox, Courtney | 2014 | Ph.D. | Evaluating strategies for restoring parrotfish populations in Belize | Director of Applied Marine Science at Rare | Bruno |
| Dhole, Sumit | 2014 | Ph.D. | Evolution of reproductive traits under pre-and post-mating sexual selection | Postdoctoral Scholar in Mathematical Biology at North Carolina State University | Servedio |
| Garcia, Nicholas | 2014 | M.S. | Leptin's effects on amphibian sexual behavior | Clinical Instructor at Alverno Laboratories | Burmeister |
| Harunaga, Jill | 2014 | Ph.D. | Cell and matrix dynamics during branching morphogenesis | Postdoctoral Scholar, Research Associate, University of Southern California, Craniofacial Molecular Biology | Yamada |
| Higgins, Jessica | 2014 | Ph.D. | Rapid evolution and population divergence in response to environmental change in Colias butterlies | Associate Programmer at Nuventra Pharma Sciences | Kingsolver |
| Nowotarski, Stephanie | 2014 | Ph.D. | Roles and interactions of enabled, diaphanous and capping protein in regulation of actin structures in Drosophila development | Postdoctoral Researcher, The Stowers Institute, Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado's lab | Peifer |
Slevin, Lauren
| 2014 | Ph.D. | A structural study of conserved centriole duplication machinery | Genetic Counselor, Swedish | Slep |
| Valdivia-Acosta, Abel | 2014 | Ph.D. | Fish assemblages of caribbean coral reefs: Effects of overfishing on coral communities under climate change | Ocean Scientist, Center for Biological Diversity | Bruno |
| Bono, Lisa | 2015 | Ph.D. | Competition and the evolution of novel resource use: An experimental test of a virus | Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, Paul Turner's lab | Burch |
| MacLean, Heidi Joan | 2015 | Ph.D. | Adaptation to climate and climate change in Rocky Mountain butterflies: Morphology, physiology, and behavior | Scientific Content Developer, Omiics | Kingsolver |
| Olszewski, Julia | 2015 | M.S. | Obliquely-striated muscle is not just for super-elongation | Teacher, East Boston High School | Kier |
Pelton, John
| 2015 | Ph.D. | Multiple endothelial cells constitute the tip of developing blood vessels and polarize to promote lumen formation | Science Teacher at CE Jordan High School | Bautch |
Grode, Kyle
| 2015 | Ph.D. | Identification of the molecular determinants for regulation of microtubule severing by katanin | Biosciences Sales Specialist, Nikon Instruments | Rogers |
Kurth, Jessica
| 2015 | Ph.D. | The effects of body size on soft-bodied burrowers | Drug Product Manufacturing Associate II, Teva Pharmaceuticals | Kier |
| Schmidt, Emily | 2015 | Ph.D. | An analysis of individual variation in behavior | Biology teacher at the Bronx High School of Science | Pfennig, K. |
| Trogden, Kathryn | 2015 | Ph.D. | TOG proteins are spatially regulated by Rac-GSK3β to control interphase microtubule dynamics | Project Manager, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Rogers |
| Aldredge, Rob | 2015 | Ph.D. | Examining the causes and consequences of variation in offspring growth and survival in an altricial bird | Biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Sockman |
| Lima, Thiago | 2015 | Ph.D. | Local adaptation and reproductive isolation in the copepod Tigriopus californicus | Senior Scientist, Abterra Biosciences | Willet |
| Adamson, Joel | 2015 | M.S. | The evolution of age-dependent sexual signals | Freelance Writer: Fiction, Science, Mathematics and Statistics | Servedio |
| Carr, Lindsey | 2016 | Ph.D. | Effects of spatiotemporal variation on benthic community dynamics in the Galapagos Islands | Unknown | Bruno |
| Coyle, Jessica | 2016 | Ph.D. | Trait-based inference of environmental constraints on lichen epiphyte communities at multiple spatial scales | Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's College of California | Hurlbert |
| Hung, Chao-Wei | 2016 | Ph.D. | Regulation of membrane traffic by intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms | Postdoc, University of California, San Diego | Duncan |
| Higgins, Christopher | 2016 | Ph.D. | Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying morphogenetic cell shape change | Associate Director of Business Development at Nuventra Pharma Sciences | Goldstein |
| Ladouceur, Anne-Marie | 2016 | Ph.D. | Molecular mechanisms regulating chromosome size scaling during C. elegans early embryonic development | Microscopy Specialist, Advanced BioImaging Facility, McGill University | Maddox, P |
| Lyons, Susan | 2016 | Ph.D. | Behavioral and monoaminergic responses to the social environment throughout the life of a songbird (Melospiza lincolnii) | Senior Science Content Editor, Great Minds | Sockman |
| Peck, Kayla | 2016 | Ph.D. | Characterizing the biochemical determinants governing MERS-coronavirus host range | Bioinformatics Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific | Burch |
| Sligar, Laura | 2016 | M.A. | Unknown | Property Management, Louise Beck Properties | Pfennig, K. |
| Shanks, Carly | 2017 | Ph.D. | The Mechanism of Type-A Arabidopsis Response Regulators in Cytokinin Signaling In Arabidopsis thaliana | Postdoctoral Researcher, New York University | Kieber |
| Greeter, Jeremy | 2017 | Ph.D. | Damping at Every Turn: Maneuvers and Stability in the Free Flight of Hawkmoth Manduca Sexta | Senior Technology Commercialization Manager, Berkeley Lab | Hedrick |
| Heckman, Robert | 2017 | Ph.D. | Influences of Natural Enemies and Resource Availability in Biological Invasions by Plants | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas-Austin, Dr. Juenger's lab | Mitchell |
| Liu, Yuxiang | 2017 | Ph.D. | Comparative Analyses of Spatial Cognition in Frogs | Postdoc, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Burmeister |
Kennedy, Leslie
| 2017 | Ph.D. | The TBX20-CASZ1 Interaction Provides Mechanistic Insight for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Pathogenesis | Independent Research Scholar, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | Conlon |
| Heppert, Jennifer | 2017 | Ph.D. | Investigating Mechanisms of Mitotic Spindle Positioning | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tennessee Knoxville | Goldstein |
| Tintori, Sophia | 2017 | Ph.D. | The Initiation of Transcription and Gastrulation in the C. Elegans Embryo | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, New York University; Science Filmmaker | Goldstein |
| Fletcher, Halliday | 2017 | Ph.D. | The Community Ecology of Plant Parasites: From Coinfections to Metacommunities | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich | Mitchell |
Paxton, Avery
| 2018 | Ph.D. | Species-Habitat Relationships and Community Structure of Reef Fishes Associated with Temperate Hardbottom Reefs of North Carolina, USA | Research Associate, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences | Peterson |
| Adikes, Rebecca | 2018 | Ph.D. | The Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics by +Tips and Cross-linking Proteins | Postdoctoral Associate, Stony Brook University | Slep |
| Brothers, Roger | 2018 | Ph.D. | Population Level and Behavioral Investigations of Geomagnetic Imprinting and Natal Homing in Sea Turtles | Postdoctoral Research Associateship, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Lohmann, K |
| Ernst, Dave | 2018 | Ph.D. | Magnetoreception and Its Neural Basis in Spiny Lobsters | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arkansas, Westerman Lab | Lohmann, K |
| Yeh, Justin | 2018 | Ph.D. | The Interaction Between Learning and Speciation | Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture | Servedio |
Augustine, Kate
| 2018 | Ph.D. | Larval Nutrition, Temperature, and Geographic Divergence of Pieris Butterflies | Postdoc at Landcare Research, Auckland NZ | Kingsolver |
| O'Brien, Rebecca | 2018 | M.S. | PhD Student at Virginia Tech in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Ashley Dayer lab | PhD Student at Virginia Tech, Ashley Dayer lab; Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Pfennig, K. |
| Samson, Julia | 2018 | Ph.D. | The Fluid Dynamics of Collective Pulsing Behavior in Xeniid Corals | Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group | Miller |
| Ventura, Robert | 2018 | M.S. | Sex Differences in Cue Use During Place Learning in Túngara Frogs | EpiVax, Inc., Bioinformatics Project Manager | Burmeister |
| Bezy, Vanessa | 2019 | Ph.D. | Mass Nesting in Olive Ridley Sea Turtles: Timing, Nearshore Behavior, and Possible Cues for Nesting Synchronization | Founder, President, and Scientific Director of the Wildlife Conservation Association | Lohmann, K |
| Boudreau, Vincent | 2019 | Ph.D. | Mitotic Regulation of Nuclear Assembly, Positioning and Function | Postdoc (joint appointment)--University of California Berkeley (Niyogi lab) and University of California San Francisco (Marshall lab) | Maddox, P |
| de la Serna Buzon, Sofia | 2019 | Ph.D. | Carry-Over Effects of Resource Polymorphisms | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital | Pfennig, K. |
| Langdon, Erin | 2019 | Ph.D. | RNA-Protein Condensation Patterns the Cytosolic Landscape of a Syncytium | Strategic Alliance Manager at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | Gladfelter |
| Soyars, Cara | 2019 | Ph.D. | Using CRISPR/CAS9 Genome Editing to Study CLE Peptide Ligands Regulating Arabidopsis Development | Technical Specialist in Cell Biology with Thermo Fisher Scientific | Nimchuk |
| O'Keeffe, Kayleigh | 2019 | Ph.D. | Within-host Microbial Interactions and Plant Parasites: From Pairwise Interactions to the Microbiome | Post-doc, Evolution and Ecology of Disease Systems, Dr. Dustin Brisson lab, University of Pennsylvania | Mitchell |
| Serrato-Capuchina, Antonio | 2019 | Ph.D. | Exploring the Role of Transposable Elements in Reproductive Isolation | Postdoctoral Fellow, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University | Matute |
| Sharma, Kriti | 2019 | Ph.D. | Illuminating Dark Matter: Light Microscopy and Raman Microspectroscopy Through Transparent Porous Media for Applications in Soil and Sediment Microbial Ecology | Postdoctoral Researcher, Caltech, Victoria Orphan's lab | Shank |
| Akcali, Christopher | 2019 | Ph.D. | The Evolution of Coral Snake Mimicry | Unknown | D. Pfennig |
| Brown, Alissa | 2019 | Ph.D. | The Occurrence of Conspecific Negative Density Dependence in Temperate Forest Trees Varies by Species, Plant Traits, and Environmental Context | Postdoctoral Researcher, Morton Arboretum | Peet/White |
Poindexter, Derick
| 2019 | Ph.D. | Comprehensive Systematic Approaches to Understanding Species Diversity: A Case Study Utilizing a Non-model Group of Sedges, Carex Sect. Acrocystis (Cyperaceae) | Research Coordinator, North Carolina Botantical Garden | Weakley |
| Rojas, Alison (Earley) | 2020 | Ph.D. | Creating Genetic Waves: Investigating Genetic Mechanisms of Macrophage Activation and Microglia Development Using Zebrafish | Scientist at Sio Gene Therapies | Shiau |
| McGirr, Joe | 2020 | Ph.D. | Genomic Changes Underlying Adaptive Traits and Reproductive Isolation Between Young Species of Cyprinodon Pupfishes | Staff Scientist (Bioinformatics) with Thermo Fisher Scientific | Martin |
| Taylor, Sara (Snell) | 2020 | Ph.D. | Understanding Species Distribution and Diversity: Insights from Temporal Occupancy | Senior Research Fellow, NoviSci | Hurlbert |
| Levis, Nicholas | 2020 | Ph.D. | Plasticity-Led Evolution in Nature | Postdoc, Indiana Univeristy, Erik Ragsdale | D. Pfennig |
| Kelly, Audrey | 2020 | Ph.D. | Variation and Hybridization in the Spadefoot Toads Spea multiplicata and Spea bombifrons | Research Engineering Scientist Associate in the Center for Biomedical Research Support, University of Texas at Austin | K. Pfennig |
| Khatiwada, Sunil | 2020 | M.S. | Quantity Discrimination in Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) | Unknown | Burmeister |
| Mudge, Laura | 2020 | Ph.D. | Unknown | Project Scientist, Integral Consulting | Bruno
|
| Khandelwal, Pranav | 2021 | Ph.D. | How do Animals Glide in Their Natural Habitat? A Holistic Approach Using the Flying Lizard Draco Dussumieri | Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems | Hedrick |
| Lee, Jeeyun | 2021 | Ph.D. | Unexpected Paternal Mitochondrial Inheritance in Inter-Population Hybrids, and Salinity Tolerance in Genetically Divergent Populations of the Marine Copepod Tigriopus Californicus | Unknown | Willett |
| Cannon, Kevin | 2021 | Ph.D. | Assembly of Septins on Curved Membranes: From Single Molecules to Higher-Order Structures | Postdoc Research Associate, UNC, Richard Baker's lab | Gladfelter |
| Gerbich, Therese | 2021 | Ph.D. | Phosphorylation Provides Functional Specificity to Polyq-Dependent Assemblies in a Common Cytoplasm | Postdoc, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Timothy Mitchison's lab | Gladfelter |
| Moore, Megan Elizabeth | 2021 | Ph.D. | Climate Change and High Temperature Stress Alter the Outcome of an Ecologically Important Host-Parasitoid Interaction | NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, North Carolina State University | Kingsolver |
| Reatini, Bryan | 2021 | Ph.D. | The Influence of Hybridization on Range Dynamics | NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Arizona, Katrina Dlugosch's lab | Vision |
| Fadero, Tanner | 2021 | Ph.D. | Improving long-term, live-cell fluorescence microscopy | Imaging Scientist, Arcadia Science | Maddox, P. |
| Kelly, Patrick | 2021 | Ph.D. | Adaptive plasticity as a fitness benefit of mate choice | Postdoc, North Carolina State University, Christina Zakas’s lab | Pfennig, D. |
| Alston, Meggan | 2022 | Ph.D. | Performance and Fitness Consequences of Thermal Stress Across Development and Time in Manduca sexta | Research Specialist at North Dakota State University | Willett |
| Calabrese, Gina | 2022 | Ph.D. | Variation in Mate Preferences and Signals of the Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata) across Populations and Time: Influence of Reinforcement, Sexual Selection and Climate | NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Boulder | Pfennig, K |
| Chen, Catherine | 2022 | Ph.D. | The Role of Hybridization in Shaping Male and Female Mating Behaviors | Strategic Intelligence Analyst, Arizona State University | Pfennig, K |
| Deger, Nazli | 2022 | Ph.D. | Nucleotide Excision Repair Map of Brosophila at Single Nucleotide Resolution | Post-Doc Research Associate, UNC Chapel Hill, Wolfgang Bergmeier lab | Sancar |
| James, Sean | 2022 | Ph.D. | The Haunting Mystery of Stem Cell Regulation: Understanding the Role of POLTERGEIST and RECEPTOR-like Cytoplasmic Kinases in Plant Development | Protein Biochemist, Analytical and Formulation Sciences Group at KBI Biopharma | Nimchuk |
| Monroy-Eklund, Anais | 2022 | Ph.D. | The Role of Structure in Conserved Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 | Unknown | Laederach |
| Naisbett-Jones, Lewis | 2022 | Ph.D. | Magnetic Navigation, Magnetoreception, and Migration in Fishes | Fisheries Biologist at LGL Limited | Lohmann, K |
| Rader, Jonathan | 2022 | Ph.D. | Effects of Body Size, Morphological Modularity, and Flight Behavior on the Evolution of Avian Wing Shape | Post-Doc Research Associate, UNC Chapel Hill, Daniel Matute lab | Hedrick |
| Di Cecco, Grace | 2022 | Ph.D. | Understanding Biodiversity Responses to Global Change: Populations, Communities, and Species Distributions | Postdoctoral Researcher atEagle Rock Analytics | Hurlbert |
| Sorrell, Cody | 2022 | M.S. | Geometry and Feature Learning in Frogs | Innovation Analyst at RTI Innovation Advisors | Burmeister |
| Moglia, Michelle | 2022 | M.S. | Investigation into the Role of Chance and Error in the Diversification of Host Races in Parasitic Cuckoos | Associate at Private Capital Markets | Jones, C |
| McClelland, Kevan | 2022 | Ph.D. | Studies in the Genus Trichostema Gronov | Lecturer at Elon University | Weakley |
| Ozalp, Kemal | 2022 | Ph.D. | Dispersal, Movement Patterns, and Antenna Hydrodynamics of Artemia (Anostraca) During Development | Postdoctoral Associate at Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Miller |
| John, Amala | 2022 | Ph.D. | The Role of Clavata Signaling in Auxin-dependent Inflorescence Meristem Development | Founding Scientist-Plant Biocemistry at Prose Foods | Nimchuk |
| Goforth, Kayla | 2023 | Ph.D. | Behavioral processes and mechanisms underlying magnetic navigation in sea turtles | Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M | Lohmann, K. |
| Parker, Anna | 2023 | Ph.D. | High temperatures and hostplant identity interact to affect success in a tritrophic system | Assistant Teaching Professor at Wake Forest University | Kingsolver |
| Van Hoeck, Rebecca | 2023 | Ph.D. | Marine ecosystems through the lens of soundscape ecology: How biological processes, landsape structure, and anthropogenic activity affect spatiotemporal soundscape patterns | NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow | Fodrie |
| Xu, Kuangyi | 2023 | Ph.D. | On the interplay between selfing and population persistence | Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Toronto | Servedio/Vision |
| Gould, Katelyn | 2023 | Ph.D. | Variation in Thermal Sensitivity Among Coral Genotypes, Species, and Habitats: Implications for Improved Resotration | Director of Restoration Science at Coral Vita | Bruno |
| Geyer, Julie | 2023 | Ph.D. | Temporal and Within-Host Variability of Host Microbiota: Interactions with Plant Disease | Postdoctoral Research Associate at the UNC-CH School of Medicine | Mitchell |
| Capone, Haley | 2023 | M.S. | Effects of Nutrient Availability on the Thermal Optima and Sensitivities of Galapagos Seaweeds | Research Specialist at UNC-CH with John Bruno Lab | Bruno |