Postdoctoral Fellows
| 2020-2024 | Dr. Ross DeAngelis, NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology; now enrolled in business school at UT Austin |
| 2020-2022 | Dr. Shana Caro, Stengl-Wyer Scholar; now Assistant Professor at Adelphi University, Garden City (NY) |
| 2015-2019 | Dr. Tessa Solomon-Lane, Integrative Biology Postdoctoral Fellow; now Assistant Professor in Keck Science Department at Claremont-McKenna Colleges |
| 2013-2015 | Dr. Alex Jordan, Integrative Biology Postdoctoral Fellow; now Independent Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, Konstanz (Germany) |
| 2012-2014 | Dr. Bridget Nugent, Gaylord Donnelley Environmental Postdoctoral Fellow; now Science Policy Analyst, U.S. Food & Drug Administration |
| 2009-2013 | Dr. Peter D. Dijkstra, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (European Union); now Assoc. Professor at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant (MI) |
| 2006-2009 | Dr. Michael R. Kidd, Postdoc; now Associate Professor at Texas A&M University, Laredo (TX) |
| 2005-2007 | Dr. Nina Duftner, Postdoc, Erwin Schrödinger Postdoctoral Fellow; now R&D group leader at Sandoz |
| 2005-2006 | Dr. Daphne Soares, Postdoc, NIH minority supplement; now Associate Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 2003-2004 | Dr. Brian C. Trainor, Postdoc; now Professor at UC Davis |
| 2002-2006 | Dr. Nadia Aubin-Horth, Postdoc, NSERC (Canada) Postdoctoral Fellow; now Professor at Laval University, Quebec (Canada) |
| 2002-2006 | Dr. Susan C.P. Renn, Postdoc, Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow; now Professor at Reed College, Portland (OR) |
Graduate Students
| 2019-2024 | Dr. Jiawei (Will) Han, Ph.D. in Cellular & Molecular Biology; now an Associate at McKinsey & Company |
| 2016-2023 | Dr. Isaac Miller-Crews, Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution & Behavior; now Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity (CTRD) postdoc with Kim Rosvall and Matthew Hahn at Indiana University |
| 2013-2021 | Dr. Caitlin Friesen, Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, now postdoc with Aras Petrulis and Geert DeVries at Georgia State University |
| 2017-2021 | Dr. Kelly Wallace , Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution & Behavior; now Assistant Professor at Amherst College |
| 2014-2020 | Dr. Mariana Rodriguez-Santiago, Ph.D. in Neuroscience now postdoc with Kim Hoke at Colorado State University |
| 2012-2017 | Dr. Rayna Harris, Ph.D. in Cellular & Molecular Biology; now instructor in biology at Lake Tahoe Community College and yoga instructor |
| 2010-2017 | Dr. Sean Maguire, NSF GRFP Fellow, Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior; now Senior Scientist High Throughput Sequencing and Screening, Moderna Genomics |
| 2011-2016 | Dr. Chelsea Weitekamp, NSF GRFP Fellow, Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior; now Assistant Center Director for Research Translation and Program/Regulatory Support in the Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure at the US Environmental Protection Agency |
| 2008-2011 | Anna Sessa, M.A. in EEB; now Program Manager at Emergency Medical Services for Children, New Hampshire |
| 2007-2011 | Dr. Lauren O’Connell, Ph.D. in Cellular & Molecular Biology; now Associate Professor at Stanford University |
| 2007-2011 | Dr. Lin Winton (formerly Huffman), Ph.D. in Cellular & Molecular Biology; now Director, Quantitative Resource Center at Carleton College |
| 2007-2011 | Dr. Keith Whitaker, Ph.D. in Neuroscience (DoD SMART Fellowship recipient); now Advanced Sciences & Technologies Program Manager at Battelle |
| 2006-2011 | Dr. Ryan Wong, Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior; now Associate Professor at the University Omaha Nebraska |
Undergraduate Students
| 2023-2025 | Abby Beman, seeking a B.S. in Mathematics |
| 2022-2024 | Camille Brown, B.S. in Biology: Marine & Freshwater Biology |
| 2022-2024 | Noé Reyna, B.S. in Biology: Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, now a graduate student in Human Genetics at UCLA Medical School |
| 2022-2024 | Katherine Bartz, B.S. in Biology |
| 2023 | Lan Pham, B.S. in Mathematics |
| 2023 | Jaime Ramirez-Gomez, B.S. in Biology |
| 2023 | Grady Wright, B.S. in Biology |
| 2022-2023 | Abiel Issac, B.S. in Biology: Neuroscience |
| 2022-2023 | Wenting Lu, B.S. in Mathematics |
| 2021-2022 | Marisa Ballard, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering |
| 2021-2022 | Rebeca Moreno Villarreal, B.S. in Biology |
| 2021 | William Fynes, B.S. in Biology: Marine & Freshwater Biology |
| 2020-2022 | Niharika Pakala, B.S. in Biology |
| 2020-2022 | Yihen “Sam” Su*, B.S. in Computer Science |
| 2020-2021 | Marcos Bermudez, B.S. in Biology |
| 2019-2023 | Layla Kutty, B.S. in Biology, now at Texas A&M Medical School |
| 2019-2023 | Don Le, B.S. in Biology, now in medical school |
| 2019-2022 | Matthew Lee B.S. in Biology |
| 2019-2022 | Karleen Wu B.S. in Biology: Neuroscience, now a research assistant in the Goldschen-Ohm lab at UT Austin |
| 2019-2022 | Sherley Wang B.S. in Computer Science, now a software engineer with Apple Pay |
| 2019-2022 | Asha Gomez B.S. in Biology: Bioinformatics |
| 2020-2022 | Andy Zhou B.S. in Mathematics |
| 2020-2022 | Yihen “Sam” Su B.S. in Computer Science |
| 2020-2022 | Niharika Pakala B.S. in Biology |
| 2021-2022 | Rebeca Moreno Villarreal B.S. in Biology |
| 2021-2022 | Marisa Ballard B.S. in Biomedical Engineering |
| 2020-2021 | Will Fynes B.S. in Biology |
| 2019-2022 | Henry Unser B.S. in Biochemistry |
| 2019-2021 | Yiyi (Joyce) Wang B.S. in Biology at UT Austin, now a graduate student in the Cell & Molecular Biology graduate program at UT Austin |
| 2020-2021 | Marcos Bermudez, B.S. in Biology at UT Austin |
| 2018-2020 | Sarah Campbell B.S. in Neuroscience at UT Austin, now a graduate student in Andy Bass’ lab at Cornell University |
| 2018-2019 | Emily Reed B.S. in Biology at UT Austin, now a graduate student in the Genetics graduate program at Texas A&M |
| 2017-2019 | Cassidy Malone B.S. in Psychology at UT Austin, now a graduate student in Psychology at Cornell University |
| 2019-2020 | Morgan Laing, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at UT Austin |
| 2018-2020 | Pragati Kore, now a graduate student in Bioinformatics at Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2017-2020 | Megan Chan, working as a Bioinformatics Analyst with Adaptive Biotechnologies |
| 2018-2019 | Michael Truong, pursuing a B.S. in Nutrition at UT Austin |
| 2018-2019 | Kelly Lumpkin, B.S. in Biology at UT Austin |
| 2018-2019 | Kavyaa Choudhary, pursuing a B.S. in Biology in the Plan II Honors program at UT Austin |
| 2017-2018 | Anokhi Kashiparekh, working as a Research Technician II at Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 2018 | Heather Genuise, B.S. in Biology: Marine and Freshwater Science |
| 2015-2018 | Rebecca Butler, pursuing a Ph.D. in Integrative Neuroscience at the University of Chicago |
| 2017-2018 | Ashley Luu, pursuing a M.Sc. in biomedical science at the University of North Texas Heath Sciences Center |
| 2016-2017 | Hareem Usmani, attending medical school at UTMB in Galveston |
| 2016 | Paul Tee, seeking a B.S. in Mathematics |
| 2015-2017 | Savannah Clapp, pursuing a graduate degree in Coastal Environment at Duke University |
| 2015 | Nupur Shambharkar, seeking a B.S. in Neuroscience |
| 2014-2017 | Pamela Del Valle, B.S.A. in Neuroscience and Biology; now a graduate student at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine |
| 2014-2017 | Pranav Bhamidipati, B.S. in Biochemistry, Plan II Honors; now a student in the USC-Caltech MD-PhD program |
| 2014-2015 | Vyshnavi Karri, B.S. in Biology: Neuroscience |
| 2014-2015 | Nathan Phu Pham, B.S. in Biochemistry |
| 2014-2015 | Ranju Kar, B.S. in Biochemistry; now graduate student at UT Austin |
| 2014-2015 | Linda Garrison, B.S. Biology; now a graduate student at Max Planck Research School, Konstanz (Germany) |
| 2013-2014 | Sylvia Garza Reyes, B.S. Biology; now a graduate student at Max Planck Research School, Konstanz (Germany) |
| 2013-2014 | Jessica Nguyen, now a MD student at UT Southwestern Medical |
| 2012-2014 | Simon Yu, B.S. in Chemistry |
| 2012-2014 | Erica Lynn, B.S. Biochemistry |
| 2012-2014 | Esther Osuji, B.S. in Biology: Neurobiology |
| 2011-2013 | Augusto Rodriguez, B.S. in Biology |
| 2011-2012 | Ashley Hsu, B.S. in Biology |
| 2011-2012 | My Ngoc Thi “Mimi” Tran, now at OSU College of Veterinary Medicine |
| 2010-2011 | Stephanie Flores (deceased), B.S. in Biology |
| 2010-2011 | Dr. Jay Falk, Ph.D. with Dustin Rubenstein at Columbia University; now a NSF PRFB postdoc in Taylor Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder |
| 2009-2011 | Maggie Rigney (née Mitchell), now a student advisor at UT Austin |
| 2009-2011 | Julia Ding, now in medical school |
| 2009-2011 | Miles Fontenot, now MD/PhD student at UT Southwestern Medical School |
| 2009-2011 | Bryan Matthews, PhD, now an Associate Scientist at CAMP4 Therapeutics |
| 2008-2009 | Dagan Segal (née Lavee), PhD, now a postdoctoral fellow at UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| 2007-2009 | Callison Alcott, now a graduate student at Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2007-2008 | Dr. Christine Chen, dentist |
| 2006-2008 | Sidney Williams, BS in Biology |
| 2005-2007 | Dr. Soledad Jorge, MD (Yale School of Medicine), Ob Gyn fellow, Columbia University Medical Center |
| 2004-2006 | Dr. Jasmine Dowell, MD, pediatrician (U Chicago Medical School) |
| 2004-2005 | Dr. Eleanor Fraser, PhD with Nirao Shah at UCSF |
| 2004-2005 | Dr. Jennie Lin, MD, Nephrology fellow at U Penn Medical School |
| 2003-2005 | Dr. Sarah Bahan, DVM (UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine) |
| 2003-2005 | Dr. Yehoda Martei, MD (Yale School of Medicine) |
| 2002-2004 | Dr. Alex Pollen, Rhodes Scholar, Ph.D. with David Kingsley at Stanford University; now Associate Professor in Neurology at UCSF |
| 2002-2003 | Dr. Fiery Cushman; now Professor of Psychology at Harvard University |
| 2001-2003 | Dr. Seth Ament, Ph.D. with Gene Robinson, postdoc with Nathan Price; now Associate Professor in Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical School |
Research Assistants
| 2022-2024 | Camille Brown, now working with David Rand at Brown University |
| 2019-2020 | Kendra Zwonitzer, now a graduate student in Cellular and Molecular Biology at UT Austin |
| 2009-2012 | Dr. Rayna Harris, Ph.D. in Cellular & Molecular Biology; now instructor in biology at Lake Tahoe Community College and yoga instructor |
| 2006-2009 | Celeste Kidd, now a Research Associate at TAMIU |
| 2004-2006 | Dr. Jonah Larkins-Ford, now Associate Director Preclinical Development at MarvelBiome |
| 2001-2003 | Josiah Altschuler, MSc, now Manager, Software Engineering at Personalis, Inc |
| 2001-2006 | Sarah Annis |
Post-Bac Students
| 2022-2024 | Matthew Petershack, Comp. Biology & Bioinformatics; now a graduate student in Genetics & Genomics at University of Michigan Medical School |
| 2013-2014 | Juliette Rubin, Animal Behavior; currently a Coates Postdoctoral Fellow at The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
| 2011-2013 | Ross DeAngelis, Neuroscience; former NSF PRFB Fellow at UT Austin, now enrolled in business school at UT Austin |
Summer Undergraduate Interns
| 2023 | Michelle Villasana (LSAMP REU), B.S. in Biology, UT El Paso |
| 2022 | Nhu Nguyen (InSTInCT REU), B.S. in Biology from UT Austin |
| 2022 | Paola Annayancy Macario (SUPER REU), B.S. in Biology from Southwestern Adventist University |
| 2021 | Marisa Ballard (InSTInCT REU), B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from UT Austin |
| 2021 | Rebeca Moreno Villarreal (InSTInCT REU), B.S. in Biology from UT Austin |
| 2019 | Courtni Foster (SUPER REU), B.S. in Biology from Howard University |
| 2019 | Sherley Wang, B.S. in Computer Science from UT Austin |
| 2018 | Lance Henderson, B.S. in Biochemistry from UT Austin |
| 2012 | Diana Guerrero Salazar, B.S. in Biology from UC Berkeley |
| 2010 | Emily Fassi, now a student in the Northwestern University Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling |
| 2008 | Jackie Ma, now at Moss Adams LLP, San Francisco |
| 2005, 2006 | Dr. Flora Hinz, now a postdoctoral fellow in Dan Geschwind lab at UCLA |
| 2005 | Dr. Kosha Soneji, now a resident at UCLA Medical School |
| 2002 | Dr. Helen Liu, MD |
| 2002 | Melissa Chu, high school science teacher |
High School Students
| 2024-2025 | Celina McCormack, Crockett High School |
| 2024-2025 | Lanzo Case, Crockett High School |
| 2022-2023 | Xavier Munoz, Crockett High School |
| 2022 | Sydney Lee, Round Rock High School |
| 2022 | Claire Payne, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School |
| 2019 | Isaac Munoz, Crockett High School |
| 2018 | Mia Haraguchi, Dripping Springs High School, B.S. in biology from Yale University; now a graduate student at Rockefeller University |
| 2017-2019 | Gabriel Rocha, Crockett High School |
| 2016-2017 | Rosa Garcia, Crockett High School |
| 2016 | Shivang Singh, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School |
| 2015-2016 | Alma Romero, Crockett High School |
| 2015 | Najah Hussain, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School |
| 2014-2015 | Alyssa Trevino, Crockett High School |
| 2013-2015 | Caleb Ellington, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, B.S. from MIT |
| 2013-2014 | Lia Steinhardt-Keely, Crockett High School |
| 2011-2012 | Jennifer Gaston, undergraduate at UT Austin |
| 2011 | Hanna Dörnhofer, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, B.S. from Reed College |
| 2011 | Joshua Stevens-Stein, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, B.S. from University of Chicago |
| 2010-2011 | Seth Robledo, Crockett High School, B.S. from St. Edward’s University |
| 2009-2010 | Marcos Alvarez,, Crockett High School, B.S. from Texas State University |
| 2009 | Devan Gartman, Crockett High School, B.S. in biology from Hawaii Pacific University |
| 2008-2009 | Emily Liljestrand, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, B.S. in biology from Rice University |
| 2008-2009 | Devon Sepeda, Crockett High School, B.S. in physics from UT Austin |
