Graduate Students


Alston, Meggan
genomics of adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, thermal biology
Christopher Willett Lab
2242 Genome Sciences Building

Calabrese, Gina
Evolution, behavior, reproductive isolation
Karin Pfennig Lab
314 Wilson Hall

Capone, Haley
Marine ecology, trophic interactions and global change
John Bruno Lab
342 Wilson Hall

Chen, Catherine
Behavioral ecology, evolution, hybridization
Karin Pfennig Lab
312 Wilson Hall

Deconinck, Aimee
Organismal response to changing environmental conditions
Christopher Willett Lab
2252 Genome Sciences Building

DeCurzio, Jenna
Experimental evolution of viruses
Christina Burch Lab
3001 Genome Sciences Building

Deger, Nazli
DNA repair, DNA damage
Aziz Sancar Lab
3070 Genetic Medicine Building

Di Cecco, Grace
Macroecology and global change ecology
Allen Hurlbert Lab
328 Wilson Hall

Edwards, Alan
Mechanisms of cell division, microtubule dynamics, fluorescence microscopy
Paul Maddox Lab
307 Fordham Hall


Frasson, Nicolas
Behavioral ecology, reproductive decisions, and physiology of birds
Keith Sockman Lab
228 Wilson Hall

Geyer, Julie
Disease ecology, microbial comminty ecology
Charles Mitchell Lab
404 Coker Hall

Goforth, Kayla
Sensory ecology, navigation, migration
Ken Lohmann Lab
416 Coker Hall

Gould, Kate
Coral physiology and temperature adaptation
John Bruno Lab
342 Wilson Hall

Green, Elizabeth
Disease ecology, community ecology
Charles Mitchell Lab
404 Coker Hall

Hamilton, Matthew
Genetics, molecular biology, immunology
Celia Shiau Lab
4344 Genome Sciences Building

Harmon, Emily
Evolution, Eco-evo-devo, maternal effects, phenotypic plasticity
David Pfennig Lab
312 Wilson Hall


He, Lorrie
Phenotypic plasticty, genetics, organismal responses to climate change
Christopher Willett & Joel Kingsolver Lab

Isdaner, Andrew
phenotypic plasticity, eco-evo-devo, evolution, developmental mechanisms
David Pfennig Lab
312 Wilson Hall


John, Amala
CLE signaling in plant shoot development
Zachary Nimchuk Lab
4144 Genome Sciences Building


Kaushik, Shivam
Neuroplasticity in mushroom body input neurons
Toshi Hige Lab
4344 Genome Sciences Building

Kose, Cansu
DNA damage repair, cell cycle checkpoints, circadian clock
Aziz Sancar Lab
3073 Genetic Medicine Building

Ledesma, Dakila
AI/neural neural networks and its relation to botanical, macromorphological, and conservation analyses
Alan Weakley & Todd Vision Lab

Lerch, Brian
Theoretical behavioral ecology and evolution
Maria Servedio Lab
417 Coker Hall

Li, Xin
C. elegans germ line stem cell development
Kacy Gordon Lab
316 Fordham Hall

Lim, Dana
Sensory biology and ecology, animal behavior
Ken Lohmann Lab
416 Coker Hall

Linehan, Jack
Cell shape change and Cytokinesis
Amy Maddox Lab
407 Fordham Hall

Mackiewicz, Alayna
Behavior, sensory ecology, and conservation biology
Ken Lohmann Lab
416 Coker Hall

Malinski, Katherine
Evolution, phenotypic plasticity, thermal biology
Joel Kingsolver; Christopher Willett Lab
2244 Genome Sciences Building

Mavengere, Heidi
Evolution, population genomics
Daniel Matute Lab
3001 Genome Sciences Building

McClelland, Kevan Schoonover
Plant Taxonomy, Systematics, Phylogeography
Alan Weakley Lab
417 Coker Hall

McLaughlin, Grace
Fungal biology, mathematical modeling, image processing
Amy Gladfelter Lab
516 Fordham Hall


Moglia, Michelle
Genomics of human health outcomes
Corbin Jones Lab

Monroy-Eklund, Anaïs
lncRNA secondary structure, evolution, function
Alain Laederach Lab
3001 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4437

Naisbett-Jones, Lewis
Fish migration, behavior and sensory ecology
Ken Lohmann Lab
416 Coker Hall

O’Connell, Delaney
Magnetoreception and navigation; simulation of behavior and migration
Brian Taylor Lab
301 Coker Hall

Ozalp, Mustafa Kemal
Biological fluid dynamics; Collective behavior
Laura Miller Lab
317 Coker Hall

Parker, Anna
Evolution and ecology of tritrophic interactions, thermal biology
Joel Kingsolver Lab
107 Coker Hall

Peak, Stephanie
Coral ecophysiology, genetics, and symbioses
Christopher Willett & Karl Castillo Lab

Rader, Jonathan
Biomechanics, ecology, and evolution of flight
Ty Hedrick Lab
G43 Wilson Hall

Reinhardt, Emma
Ecology, behavior, sexual selection
Keith Sockman Lab
228 Wilson Hall

Sarkel, Elizabeth
Hormone and Clavata regulation of plant shoot development
Zachary Nimchuk Lab
4144 Genome Sciences Building

Silva, Isabel
Marine ecology, subtidal community dynamics
John Bruno Lab
342 Wilson Hall

Sloan, Dillon
Microtubules, molecular biology, protein-protein interactions
Paul Maddox Lab
607 Fordham Hall

Sorrell, Cody
Animal cognition and neurobiology
Sabrina Burmeister Lab
2244 Genome Sciences Building


Van Hoeck, Rebecca
Marine and soundscape ecology, sensory biology
Joel Fodrie Lab
342 Wilson Hall


Xu, Kuangyi
Theoretical evolution and ecology
Maria Servedio; Todd Vision Lab
2242 Genome Sciences Building