Profiles



Our amazing undergrads & other assistants

  • Evan McGuire, research assistant (2023-present)
  • Anna Tieman, research assistant (2023-present)
  • Wylah Brahaum, research assistant (2023-present)

Lab alumni

Former postdocs

Sara Lipshutz, Postdoc (2018-2021), now faculty at Duke University
Alexandra Bentz, Postdoc (2017-2021), now faculty at University of Oklahoma 

Former grad students

Mary Woodruff, PhD student (2018-2023), now postdoc at ORISE-USDA
Sarah Wolf, PhD student (2016-2022), subsequently postdoc at University of Edinburgh
Elizabeth George, PhD student (2015-2021), subsequently postdoc at Ohio State

Former undergrads and other technicians (* subsequent position in research or grad school)

Research technicians and lab managers: Kate Millar* (2021-23), Emma Dossey* (2015-21), Abbi Turner* (2020), Tara Empson* (2021), Kristen Content* (2018-19), Seth Myers* (2016-18), Mandy Izzo* (2015-16)
REU students and other independent study: Simone-Monet Brown (NSf REU, 2023), Arianna Buehler* (2021-2023), Jasmeen Kaur* (NSF REU & research assistant; 2021-2); Austen Ehrie* (NSF REU & research assistant; 2021-2); Susanna Tsueda* (Honors Thesis; 2020-2), Jess Dong* (NSF REP; 2021-2), Amanda Wissmann* (CeWiT REU; 2019-21), Tara Empson* (NSF REU; 2018-20), Abby Weber* (Cox Scholars Program, Honors Thesis; 2016-20), Layne Sermersheim* (NSF REU; 2018-20), Delaney Thomas (Cox Scholar; 2019-20), Jace Kuske* California State U, San Marcos (NSF REU intern; 2019), Sol Beltran, Dominican U, NSF REU (2018), Yvette Rodriguez Jiménez*, UPuerto Rico, NSF REU (2018), Allison Bishop, Stevenson University, NSF REU (2018), Tiana Sanders, Oklahoma State, NSF REU (2017), David Navarro*, Washington State, NSF REU (2016), Emily Virgin*, Northern Illinois U, NSF REU (2015), Brandon Duncan, Point Loma Nazarene U, NSF REU (2012), Sonya Jayaratna* (REU and IU honors thesis; 2010-13), Sara Friedline*, IU honors thesis (2011-12), Natasha Tonge*, Swarthmore College, NSF REU (2009)
Other undergrad technicians: Izzy Cindric (2023), August Greene (2023), Natalie Parish (2021-23), Tiernan Cutrell (2019-21), Annie Phelps (2021), Sam Torneo (2019-21), Dmitrii Galantsev, (computer science; 2018-20), Ben Duggan* (bio and computer science; 2018-20); Keegan Stansberry* (2017-19), Kelsey Philippi (2015-16), Ransford Walker (2015), Laura Sloan (2014-15), Hannah Hall (2013)