![Maya Bidegaray](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Maya Bidegaray](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Peter Bohall](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Lydia Borjon](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/hoffstaetter-lydia.jpg)
Lydia Borjon
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tracey Lab
(she/her/hers)
- lhoffsta@iu.edu
- 812-856-2876
- Multidisciplinary Sciences Bldg. II, Rm. 250
Research Interests:
cellular and molecular mechanisms of the somatosensory system, interactions between Drosophila and parasitoid wasps
![Lucía Borniego](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/borniego-maria-lucia.jpg)
Lucía Borniego
Postdoctoral Fellow, Innes Lab
- mbornie@iu.edu
- 812-855-2852
- Myers Hall 302
Research Interests:
I am fascinated by plant physiology, especially the role of the extracellular space both in plant development and in plant-environment interactions. My current research is focused on understanding how plant extracellular vesicles (EVs) are produced and their roles in communication and plant immune responses.
![Pierrick Bru](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/bru-pierrick.jpg)
Pierrick Bru
Lab Manager, Malnoë Lab
- pbru@iu.edu
- Myers Hall 359
Research Interests:
Photosynthesis, photoprotection and plant response to stress
![Kevin Bruce](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/bruce-kevin-ca2021.jpg)
![Aaron Buechlein](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Aaron Buechlein
Research Associate, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
- abuechle@indiana.edu
- 812-856-0945
- Biology Bldg. 044
![Emma Bueren](../../images/profiles/samples/bueren-emma.jpg)
Emma Bueren
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lennon Lab
- ebueren@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 073
Research Interests:
phage-bacteria interactions in microbiomes, symbiosis, microbial ecology
![Allison Byrd](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/byrd-allie.jpg)
Allison Byrd
Research Associate, Ketterson Lab
(she/her/hers)
- allbyrd@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 133
Research Interests:
movement ecology, adaptive responses to environmental change, captive breeding of birds for conservation purposes
![Lílian Caesar](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/caesar-lilian.jpg)
Lílian Caesar
Postdoctoral Fellow, Newton Lab
(she/her/hers)
- lcaesar@iu.edu
- Myers Hall 240
Research Interests:
symbiont and host eco-evolutionary dynamics, bee health
![Zach Celentano](../../images/profiles/graduate-students-768x768/celentano-zach-jun2022.jpg)
Zach Celentano
Research Associate, van Kessel Lab
- zcelenta@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 425
![Kimberley Cook](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/cook-r-kimberley.jpg)
Kimberley Cook
Research Associate, Drosophila Stock Center
- ruacook@indiana.edu
- 812-855-5783
- Biology Bldg. A505
![Triana Dalia](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/dalia.jpg)
![Phillip Davidson](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/davidson-phillip-ca2021.jpg)
Phillip Davidson
Postdoctoral Fellow, Moczek Lab
(he/him/his)
- phidavid@iu.edu
- 812-856-1783
- Myers Hall 102
Research Interests:
evolution and development of novel traits , evolutionary genomics, genome assembly and curation, evolution of cis-regulatory mechanisms, invertebrates
![Sarah Davis](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Sarah Davis
Research Associate, Hurley Lab
- saradavi@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 243
![Michael Dixon](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Michael Dixon
Research Associate, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
- midixon@indiana.edu
- 812-855-5783
- Biology Bldg. A503A
![Vladimira Dragnea](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/dragnea-vladimira-ca2022.jpg)
Vladimira Dragnea
Research Associate, Kehoe Lab
- vdragnea@indiana.edu
- 812-856-5741
- Biology Bldg. A413
Research Interests:
As a consultant for David Kehoe, Vladimira specializes in protein purification and crystallography.
![Dyotima](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Robert "Tank" Eisman](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/eisman-robert-tank.jpg)
Robert "Tank" Eisman
Research Associate, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
- reisman@indiana.edu
- 812-855-5738
- Biology Bldg. A502
![Ramya Enganti](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/enganti-ramya.jpg)
Ramya Enganti
Postdoctoral Fellow, Pikaard Lab
- renganti@iu.edu
- 812-855-2659
- Myers Hall 300
Research Interests:
mechanisms of rRNA gene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana
![Jessica Foster](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/foster-jessica-2022.jpg)
Jessica Foster
Research Associate, Innes Lab
(she/her/hers)
- jf13@iu.edu
- 812-855-2852
- Myers Hall 302
Research Interests:
anything plants! but especially plant immunology, pathology, and synthetic biology
![Akihito Fukudome](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/fukudome-akihito-2018.jpg)
![D. Fultz](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Madeleine "Maddie" Gellinger](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Madeleine "Maddie" Gellinger
Research Associate, Lau Lab
- madegell@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 159
![Josh Goodman](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Anastasia Gridasova](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/gridasova-mckinlay-anastasia-2018.jpg)
Anastasia Gridasova
Research Associate/Lab Manager, Pikaard Lab
- anasgrid@indiana.edu
- 812-855-2659
- Myers Hall 300
![Christiane Hassel](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/hassel-christiane-2018.jpg)
Christiane Hassel
Manager, IUB Flow Cytometry Core Facility
- chassel@indiana.edu
- 812-855-7101
- Biology Bldg. 029
![Mekenzi Hazen](../../images/profiles/graduate-students-768x768/hazen-mekenzi.jpg)
Mekenzi Hazen
Research Associate, Zelhof lab
- mohazen@iu.edu
- 812-855-4441
- Biology Bldg. 357
Research Interests:
microbiology, genetics, and evolution
![Christopher Hemmerich](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/hemmerich-chris.jpg)
Christopher Hemmerich
Research Associate, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
- chemmeri@indiana.edu
- 812-855-5506
- Biology Bldg. 044
![Lalitha Holaly Sastry](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/holaly-sastry-lalitha-ca2020.jpg)
![Jessica Holsopple](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/holsopple-jessie-ca2018.jpg)
Jessica Holsopple
Research Associate, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
(she/her/hers)
- jmholsop@iu.edu
- 812-855-5783
- Biology Bldg. A503/502
![Mia Howard](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/howard-mia-ca2020.jpg)
Mia Howard
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lau Lab
(she/her/hers)
- miahowa@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 159
Research Interests:
legume-rhizobium mutualism, plant-herbivore interactions, chemical ecology
![Elizabeth Huenupi](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/huenupi-elizabeth-2017.jpg)
![Leina Joseph](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Sungyun Kang](../../images/profiles/samples/kang-sungyun.jpg)
Sungyun Kang
Research Associate
- sk89@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 073
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics, genomics, cell biology, transcription factors
![Canan Karakoç](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/karakoc-canan.jpg)
Canan Karakoç
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lennon Lab
(she/they)
- ckarakoc@iu.edu
- 812-856-7235
- Biology Bldg. 073 (office) and 261 (lab)
Research Interests:
species interactions and coexistence, eco-evolutionary dynamics, experimental evolution, energy limitation, and evolution of dormancy.
![Benjamin Koch](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Pravija Krishna](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/krishna-pravija-20210119.jpg)
![German Lagunas-Robles](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/lagunas-roblesg-german.jpg)
German Lagunas-Robles
Postdoctoral Fellow, Bracewell lab
- glaguna@iu.edu
- 812-855-6092
- Biology Bldg. 217
Research Interests:
sex chromosome evolution, population genetics, insect genetics
![Ashley Lang](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/lang-ashley.jpg)
Ashley Lang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Phillips Lab
(she/her/hers)
- al40@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 245
![Drew Larson](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/larson-drew-2022.jpg)
Drew Larson
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hahn Lab
(he/him/his)
- drewlars@iu.edu
- 812-856-7016
- Biology Bldg. 249
Research Interests:
adaptation in forest trees, hybridization and introgression among oak species, population genomics, phylogenetics, plant systematics
![Wyatt Lee](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Brent Lehmkuhl](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Nicholas Levis](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/levis-nicholas-ca2020-768x768.jpg)
Nicholas Levis
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ragsdale Lab
- nlevis@iu.edu
- 812-855-7773
- Myers Hall 100
Research Interests:
ecological, evolutionary, and developmental causes and consequences of phenotypic plasticity
![Emily Levy](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/levy-emily-ca2022.jpg)
Emily Levy
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rosvall Lab
(she/her/hers)
- el37@iu.edu
- 812-855-4555
- Biology Bldg. A318
Research Interests:
ecology, evolution, and mechanisms of social behavior (emilyjlevy.weebly.com)
![Sergio López-Madrigal](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/lopez-madrigal-sergio-ca2021.jpg)
Sergio López-Madrigal
Postdoctoral Fellow, Newton Lab
(he/him/his)
- slopezm@iu.edu
- Myers Hall 240
Research Interests:
mechanisms and eco-evolutionary dynamics of host-microorganism interactions
![Jipeng Luo](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/luo-jipeng.jpg)
Jipeng Luo
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lennon Lab
(he, him, his)
- luojip@iu.edu
- 812-856-7235
- Biology Bldg. 261
Research Interests:
ecology and evolution of microbial communities, plant-microbiome interactions, evolutionary genomics, soil remediation
![Victoria Lydick](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/lydick-victoria-oct10-2022.jpg)
Victoria Lydick
Research Associate, van Kessel Lab and Coral Facility
(she/her/hers)
- vilydick@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 425
Research Interests:
marine biology, coral husbandry, and bacterial gene regulation in the coral pathogen, Vibrio coralliilyticus
![Jing Lyu](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/lyu-jing.jpg)
![Anna Macagno](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Anna Macagno
Research Associate, Moczek Lab
(she/her/hers)
- amacagno@indiana.edu
- 812-856-1783
- Myers Hall 102
![Irfan Manzoor](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Maryann Martin](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/martin-maryann.jpg)
Maryann Martin
Research Associate, Newton Lab
(she/her/hers)
- marmarti@indiana.edu
- Myers Hall 240
![John McMullen](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/mcmullen-john-ca2020.jpg)
John McMullen
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lennon Lab
(they/them/their, he/him/his)
- jgmcmull@iu.edu
- 812-856-7235
- Biology Bldg. 073 (office) and 261 (lab)
Research Interests:
among-microbe interactions in microbiomes, nutritional symbioses, chemical ecology
![Kate Millar](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/millar-kate.jpg)
Kate Millar
Research Associate, Ledón-Rettig Lab
(she/her/hers)
- kwmillar@iu.edu
- 812-855-7773
- Myers Hall 100
Research Interests:
individual differences, phenotypic and behavioral plasticity, mechanisms of behavior, and conservation
![Laura Multini](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/multini-laura.jpg)
![Ron Pearson](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/pearson-ron-2012.jpg)
Ron Pearson
Research Associate, E. Raff Lab
- rolepear@indiana.edu
- 812-855-7773
- Myers Hall 100
Research Interests:
microbial ecology, evolution, and behavior.
![Melissa Phelps](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/phelps-melissa.jpg)
Melissa Phelps
Research Associate, Newton Lab
(she/her/hers)
- mephelps@indiana.edu
- Myers Hall 240
![Ram Podicheti](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Ram Podicheti
Research Associate, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
- mnrusimh@indiana.edu
- 812-856-1821
- Biology Bldg. 044
![Madhulika Rai](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/rai-madhulika.jpg)
Madhulika Rai
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tennessen Lab
- raim@iu.edu
- 812-856-3616
- Biology Bldg. 341
Research Interests:
studying metabolic alterations while normal development and tumor progression, finding molecular basis of tumor growth by using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system
![Padma Rangarajan](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/rangarajan-padma.jpg)
Padma Rangarajan
Research Associate, Calvi Lab
(she/her/hers)
- parang@iu.edu
- 812-855-7271
- Biology Bldg. 361
Research Interests:
Padma's research interests lie in molecular biology and biochemistry.
![Kamesh Regmi](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/regmi-kamesh.jpg)
Kamesh Regmi
Postdoctoral Fellow, Innes Lab
- kregmi@iu.edu
- 812-855-2852
- Myers Hall 302
Research Interests:
I am working on elucidating the ultrastructural basis for exosome biogenesis in plants. My research interests broadly include plant cell biology, physiology, agbiotechnology, and vascular evolution. I am particularly fascinated by the structure of plasmodesmata.
![Brian Rutter](../../images/profiles/graduate-students-768x768/rutter-brian-ca2018.jpg)
Brian Rutter
Postdoctoral Fellow, Innes Lab
- brutter@indiana.edu
- 812-855-2852
- Myers Hall 302
Research Interests:
plant-microbe interactions, extracellular vesicles and intercellular communication
![Chinnu Salim](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Chinnu Salim
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hundley Lab
- chisalim@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 327
![Megha Sampangi-Ramaiah](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/sampangi-ramaiah-megha-2023.jpg)
Megha Sampangi-Ramaiah
Postdoctoral Fellow, Innes Lab
- mhsampan@iu.edu
- Myers Hall 302
![Kristi Schaefer](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/schaefer-kristi.jpg)
Kristi Schaefer
Postdoctoral Fellow, Shaw Lab
- krihertz@iu.edu
- 812-856-1293
- Myers Hall 359
Research Interests:
understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating cell growth, microtubule organization, and any other path the data persuades me to explore
![Daniel Schwartz](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/schwartz-daniel.jpg)
Daniel Schwartz
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lennon Lab
(he/him/his)
- danschw@iu.edu
- 812-856-7235
- Biology Bldg. 324B and 261 (lab)
Research Interests:
experimental evolution, phage-host coevolution and coexistence, evolution within communities
![Shabihah "Sha" Shahrudin](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Mark Sheehan](../../images/profiles/profiles-768x768/sheehan.jpg)
Mark Sheehan
Forest technician, field biology specialist, Phillips Lab
- mcsheeha@indiana.edu
- 812-345-0206
- Biology Bldg. 247
Responsibilities:
maintains scientific infrastructure and collects baseline data in shared research plots; conducts field campaigns in collaboration with principal investigators, staff, and students
![Alex Shepherd](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/shepherd-alex.jpg)
Alex Shepherd
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ledón-Rettig Lab
(he/him/his)
- shephaam@iu.edu
- 812-855-7773
- Myers Hall 100
Research Interests:
developmental plasticity, life history evolution, aging, stress response
![Chelsea Simpson](../../images/profiles/graduate-students-768x768/simpson-chelsea.jpg)
Chelsea Simpson
Lab Manager/Research Associate, van Kessel Lab
- cheahaye@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 425
![Meenu Singla](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Megan L. Smith](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Betsy Snider](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/snider-betsy.jpg)
Betsy Snider
Research Associate, Kearns Lab
(she/her/hers)
- evsnider@iu.edu
- 812-856-2559
- Biology Bldg. 432
![Emily Sornay](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Barry Stein](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Maria Sterrett](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Maria Sterrett
Research Associate, Tennessen Lab
- sterretm@indiana.edu
- Biology Bldg. 341
![Jane Stout](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Jane Stout
Research Associate, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
- janstout@indiana.edu
- 812-855-5783
- Biology Bldg. A512
![Victor Strelets](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![James Thurmond](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Jay T. Tourigny](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Jay T. Tourigny
Research Associate, Tennessen Lab
- tourigny@indiana.edu
- 812-856-3616
- Biology Bldg. 341
Research Interests:
1) epigenomic and transcriptomic interactions with the metabolome and 2) said ‘omic responses to toxicological exposure
![Sarah Wanamaker](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/wanamaker-sarah.jpg)
Sarah Wanamaker
Lab Manager, Ketterson Lab
(she/her/hers)
- sarawana@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 149
Responsibilities:
lab administration—permitting, archiving/maintaining data and physical samples, bench work, and generally providing support to Ketterson Lab members; managing animal facilities as well as seasonal field work locally and across the U.S.
![Feng Wang](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/wang-feng-2018.jpg)
![Richard Wang](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/wang-richard.jpg)
![Joseph (José) Waterton](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/waterton-jose.jpg)
Joseph (José) Waterton
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lau Lab
- jwaterto@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 159
Research Interests:
evolutionary and community ecology
![Lindsey Way](../../images/profiles/graduate-students-768x768/way-lindsey.jpg)
Lindsey Way
Research Associate, Wang lab
- lway@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 225
Research Interests:
genome organization and bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins
![Bonnie Weasner](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
Bonnie Weasner
Research Associate, Kumar Lab
(she/her/hers)
- blooking@indiana.edu
- 812-856-2702
- Myers Hall 202
![Brandon Weasner](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Nishani Wijesekera](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/wijesekera-nishani-2022.jpg)
Nishani Wijesekera
Research Associate, Patton Lab
(she/her/hers)
- nwijesek@iu.edu
- 812-855-5209
- Simon Hall 011
Research Interests:
molecular virology and neuro-virology
![Youhuang Xiang](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/xiang-youhuang.jpg)
Youhuang Xiang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Innes Lab
(he/him/his)
- youxiang@iu.edu
- Myers Hall 302
Research Interests:
recognition specificity in host-pathogen interactions and engineering crop resistance to pathogen
![Sen Xiong](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Guanghui Yi](../../images/profiles/samples/no-photo.jpg)
![Tristan Young](../../images/profiles/samples/young-tristan.jpg)
Tristan Young
Research Associate, Limoli lab
- youngtrj@iu.edu
- 812-340-3872
- Myers Hall 230
Research Interests:
Interspecies interactions within microbial communities, pathogenesis, and bacterial motility.
![Anna Zike](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/zike-anna-ca2022.jpg)
Anna Zike
Research Associate, Weaver Lab
(she/her/hers)
- abstraye@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 333
Research Interests:
physiology and pathology of animals
![Wei Zong](../../images/profiles/ra-postdocs-768x768/zong-wei.jpg)