Current Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Prof. Gene E. Robinson (Curriculum Vitae)

Postdoctoral Associates

Graduate Students

Brielle Fischman (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation)
Nick Naeger (Entomology)
Marsha Wheeler (Entomology)
Adam Hamilton (Neuroscience)
Morgan Carr-Markell (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation)
Tim Gernat (computer science, University of Leipzig)
Beryl Jones (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation)

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Jacob Herman
Jonathan Massey
Safeer Shah
Nathan Lawrence
Sam Akins
Emma Murdoch
Nikita Dutta (University High School student)
Chelsey Coombs
John Lawrence
Payel Kundu
Dan Dalpiaz

Lab Personnel

Dr. Sam Beshers (Lecturer)
Charley Nye (Bee Lab Manager)
Paul Tenczar (Research Scholar)
Dr. Amy Cash Ahmed (Lab Manager)

Former Members

Dr. Cedric Alaux (postdoc. research assoc. 2006-2009)--Research Scientist, INRA, Avignon, France
Seth Ament (Ph.D. Neuroscience, 2010)—Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Systems Biology
Dr. Andrew Barron (postdoc. research assoc., 2000-2003)--Assistant Professor, Macquarie University, Australia, Deputy Head
Dr. Yehuda Ben-Shahar (grad. student and postdoc. research assoc., 1996-2003)--Assistant Professor, Washington University
Dr. Guy Bloch (postdoc. research assoc., 1997-2001)--Senior Lecturer and Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Jerusalem University
Dr. Axel Brockmann (postdoc. research assoc., 2004-2011)--Faculty Member, National Centre for Biological Research, Bangalore, India
Dr. Elizabeth Capaldi (postdoc. research assoc., 1996-2000)--Associate Professor, Bucknell University
Dr. Sean Collins (M.S. Entomology 1994)--Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Dr. Miguel Corona (postdoc. research assoc. 2000-2007)--Research Scientist, USDA Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, MD
Tim Dougherty, (MS 2010-2011)--medical student, Southern Illinois University
Dr. Michelle Elekonich (postdoc. research assoc., 1997-2002)--Associate Professor, UNLV
Dr. Sarah Farris (Ph.D. Entomology, 1999)--Associate Professor, West Virginia University
Dr. Tugrul Giray (Ph.D. Entomology 1997)--Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico
Dr. Christina Grozinger (postdoc. research assoc., -2004)--Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Laura Heuser (M.S. Entomology 1996)--Biology teacher, Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Zachary Huang (postdoc. research assoc., 1990-1993; research assoc., 1993-1998)--Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Pouya Kheradpour (B.S. Computer Science 2004)--Graduate Student, MIT
Dr. Scott Kreher (postdoc. research assoc. 2007-2009)--Assistant prof. Dominican University
Adrian Moran (postdoc. res. assoc. 2004-2006)--technician, Iowa State University
Trang Nguyen (research specialist)
Scott Nixon (Masters in Biology)
Karen Pruiett (bee lab manager, 2004-2010)--retired
Linda Qi (research assistant)
Jessica Ray (undergraduate assistant 2008-2011)--graduate student, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Kenny Roman (B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology 2005)--Graduate Student, Ohio State University
Dr. Moushumi Sen Sarma (postdoc. research assoc., 2004-2010)
Sapna Shah
Dr. David Schulz (Ph.D. Entomology 2001)--Assistant Professor, University of Missouri
Dr. Joseph Sullivan (Ph.D. Entomology, 2001)--MD, Sports Medicine
Dr. Dan Toma (Ph.D. Ecology, Ethology, Evolution 1999)
Dr. Amy Toth (Ph.D. Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2007)— Assistant Professor, Iowa State Unviversity
Dr. Steve Trumbo (postdoc. research assoc., 1992-1995)--Associate Professor, University of Connecticut Waterbury Campus
Dr. Rodrigo Velarde (Ph.D. Entomology 2006)--Postdoctoral Associate, Wake Forest University
Maria Vermiglio (M.S. Biology 1998)--Teacher, Maine East High School, Park Ridge, IL
Dr. Christine Wagener-Hulme (Ph.D. Entomology, 2000)--Lt. Colonel, USAF (ret)
Ying Wang (Ph.D. Cell and Developmental Biology, 2010)—Law School, Stanford University
Dr. Charlie Whitfield (postdoc. research assoc., -2004)--Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Ginger Withers (Ph.D. Neuroscience 1994)--Robert F. Welty Associate Professor of Biology, Whitman College
Dr. S. Hollis Woodard (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation)
Dr. Tom Newman (Lab Manager)
Dr. Ernest Blackwell (Instructor, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR)
Tara McGill (Entomology)
Nadya Kholina (Research Specialist)
Claudia Lutz (Ph.D. Neuroscience 2012)--Science Writer, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zhengzheng Sophia Liang (Ph.D. Neuroscience 2013)

Updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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The Robinson Laboratory
Department of Entomology and Institute for Genomic Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Urbana, IL 61801 USA