Current Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Prof. Gene E. Robinson (Curriculum Vitae)
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Postdoctoral Associates

Graduate Students

Seth Ament (Neuroscience)
Brielle Fischman (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation)
Sophia Liang (Neuroscience)
Claudia Lutz (Neuroscience)
Nick Naeger (Entomology)
Ying Wang (Cell and Developmental Biology)
Hollis Woodard (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation)
Tim Daughterty (Masters in Biology)
Marsha Wheeler (Entomology)
Scott Nixon (Masters in Biology)

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Roveiza Irfan

Lab Personnel

Dr. Sam Beshers (lecturer)
Dr. Tom Newman (research assistant professor/lab manager)
Karen Pruiett (bee lab manager)
Paul Tenczar (research scholar)

Former Members

Dr. Steve Trumbo (postdoc. research assoc., 1992-1995)--Associate Professor, University of Connecticut Waterbury Campus
Dr. Zachary Huang (postdoc. research assoc., 1990-1993; research assoc., 1993-1998)--Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Dr. Sean Collins (M.S. Entomology 1994)--Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Dr. Ginger Withers (Ph.D. Neuroscience 1994)--Robert F. Welty Associate Professor of Biology, Whitman College
Dr. Yehuda Ben-Shahar (grad. student and postdoc. research assoc., 1996-2003)--Assistant Professor, Washington University
Dr. Elizabeth Capaldi (postdoc. research assoc., 1996-2000)--Associate Professor, Bucknell University
Laura Heuser (M.S. Entomology 1996)--Biology teacher, Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Guy Bloch (postdoc. research assoc., 1997-2001)--Senior Lecturer, Jerusalem University
Dr. Tugrul Giray (Ph.D. Entomology 1997)--Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico
Dr. Michelle Elekonich (postdoc. research assoc., 1997-2002)--Associate Professor, UNLV
Maria Vermiglio (M.S. Biology 1998)--Teacher, Maine East High School, Park Ridge, IL
Dr. Sarah Farris (Ph.D. Entomology, 1999)--Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
Dr. Dan Toma (Ph.D. Ecology, Ethology, Evolution 1999)
Dr. Andrew Barron (postdoc. research assoc., 2000-2003)--Assistant Professor, Macquarie University, Australia
Dr. Miguel Corona (postdoc. research assoc. 2000-2007)--postdoc research assoc. Univ. Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr. Christine Wagener-Hulme (Ph.D. Entomology, 2000)--Lt. Colonel, USAF (ret)
Dr. David Schulz (Ph.D. Entomology 2001)--Assistant Professor, University of Missouri
Dr. Joseph Sullivan (Ph.D. Entomology, 2001)--Medical Student, Loyola University
Dr. Christina Grozinger (postdoc. research assoc., -2004)--Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Pouya Kheradpour (B.S. Computer Science 2004)--Graduate Student, MIT
Dr. Charlie Whitfield (postdoc. research assoc., -2004)--Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Adrian Moran (postdoc. res. assoc. 2004-2006)--technician, Iowa State University
Kenny Roman (B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology 2005)--Graduate Student, Ohio State University
Dr. Cedric Alaux (postdoc. research assoc. 2006-2009)--postdoc research assoc. INRA, Avignon, France
Dr. Rodrigo Velarde (Ph.D. Entomology 2006)--Postdoctoral Associate, Wake Forest University
Dr. Scott Kreher (postdoc. research assoc. 2007-2009)--Assistant prof. Dominican University
Dr. Amy Toth (Ph.D. Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2007)--postdoctoral associate, Pennsylvania State University
Sapna Shah
Trang Nguyen (research specialist)
Linda Qi (research assistant)

Updated Sunday, September 13, 2009
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The Robinson Laboratory
Department of Entomology and Institute for Genomic Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
320 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801 USA