CURRENT MEMBERS
I am interested in how ecological and evolutionary dynamics shape species interactions. We utilize a range of systems in our research, from fungal pathogens found in ant gardens to nematodes and bacteria that protect them from environmental stress.
Working with Berry Brosi (University of Washington), I am interested in how antibiotics impact bee behavior and pollinator services, and whether observed effects are due to perturbation of the insects' microbiomes.
co-mentors: Sinead Younge, Larry Blumer, Chris Beck
discipline-based education research, focusing on the impact of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) on student outcomes
Co-advisor: Dave Civitello
The use of symbionts to disrupt the transmission of vector-borne pathogens.
Co-advisor: Nic Vega
Microbial interactions, evolution and maintenance of symbioses, insect ecology.
Co-Advisor: Tim Read
host-parasite interactions and dynamics spanning the scale from organismal to population levels, fungal genomics
PAST MEMBERS
- Seth Barribeau, post-doc
- Lynn Griffin, post-doc
- Jen Kovacs, post-doc | faculty at Agnes Scott College
- Alice Laughton, post-doc | project manager for Mission: Invertebrate
- Miguel Reyes, post-doc | faculty at Emory University
- Erika Diaz-Almeyda, post-doc | faculty at Cal State
- Hassan Salem, post-doc | Max Planck Research Group Leader
- Caitlin Conn, post-doc | faculty at Berry College
- Anna Zelaya, postdoc | faculty at Cal State, San Bernardino
- Aileen Berasategui, postdoc | faculty at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Scott Villa, postdoc | faculty at Davidson
- Ben Parker, graduate student | faculty at the University of Tennessee
- Alex Chang, graduate student
- Nelle Couret, graduate student | faculty at the University of Rhode Island
- Justine Garcia, graduate student | faculty at New Mexico Highlands University
- Wen-Hao Tan, graduate student | bioinformatician at ACT Genomics in Taiwan
- Kim Hoang, graduate student | NSF postdoctoral fellow at Emory University
- Erica Harris, graduate student | faculty at Agnes Scott College
- Kayla Stoy, graduate student | NSF postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech
- Bas ter Braak, visiting Masters student
- Tom de Man, visiting Masters student
- Yuliana Christopher, visiting graduate student from Panama
- Quimi Vidaurre Montoya, visiting graduate student from Brazil | postdoc with Andre Rodrigues
- Nancy Lowe, technician | director of symbASA
- Boran Altincicek, visiting scientist
- Stephanie Birnbaum, technician
- Tarik Acevedo-Gonzalez, technician | graduate student at Penn State
- Tiffani Alcaide, technician