Current Personnel
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Emília is a professor in the School of Life Sciences. She is fascinated primarily by the evolution of complex and multimodal communication, and is deeply commited to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her son, Gabriel Martins, plays the cello, her husband, Mike, is also a scientist, and her extended family is Brazilian. |
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Dr. Piyumika S. Suriyampola
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Piyumika is an Assistant Research Scientist working on our zebrafish project. She is interested in understanding how small changes in the physical environment induce major shifts in behavioral strategies. She integrates field and lab experiments (primarily on fish), and places her work in the context of anthropogenic climate change. |
Anastassia Erudaitius
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Anastassia is a graduate student working towards a Ph.D. in Biology. Her dissertation research is on the evolution of multimodal signaling in Sceloporus lizards, with a particular focus on space use and species recognition. |
Gwendolyn Gotschall
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Gwen is a graduate student completing her MS degree in the 4+1 program. She is studying Sceloporus tristichus communication and sensory behavior. |
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Christina is a graduate student completing her MS degree in the 4+1 program. She is studying the relationships between insect diversity and abundance and the phylogeography of Sceloporus lizards. Learn more on her website. |
Some Former Lab Members
- John Cavagnaro @lightandlizards, now a business intelligence analyst with Maricopa County Superior Court
- Alyssa Tufarelli (MS 2022), now a research associate at Sorrento Therapeutics in La Jolla CA.
- Cristina Romero Díaz (postdoc 2017-2021), now a postdoc with Dr. Enrique Font at ICBIBE in Valencia, Spain @RomerodiazC
- Julio A. Rivera (postdoc 2017-2021), now a data analyst at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, doing statistics and biomechanics in their osseointegration program @froggy_science
- Melissa Lopez (MS 2021), now a Water Resources Specialist for AZ Dept of Water Resources
- Monserrat Suárez-Rodríguez (postdoc 2020) @Monserr30693497, now a prof at UNAM - Iztacala
- Jennifer Flores (MS 2020), now a Water Resources Specialist for AZ Dept of Water Resources
- Tamal Roy (postdoc 2018-19), now a fellow at IGB Leibniz - Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany
- Heather Rich (MS 2019), now a middle-school teacher in San Francisco CA
- Stephanie Campos (PhD 2018), completed a postdoc with Dr. Walt Wilczynski at Georgia State University, then a visiting professor position at Swarthmore , and is now an assistant professor at Villanova University @NeuroStephTide
- Jesualdo Fuentes-G. (PhD 2018) now a postdoc at U Alabama with Dr. Jason Pienaar
- Johanel Cáceres (MS 2017)
- Delawrence Sykes (PhD 2017), completed an IRACDA postdoc with Dr. Jacek Debiec at the University of Michigan, then a visiting professor at Pomona College, and is now an assistant professor at Berry College
- Delia Shelton (Ph.D. 2016), now a prof at U Miami (formerly NSF postdoc and NIH K99/R00 fellow) @SchoolingADream
- Ali Ossip-Drahos (née Ossip-Klein; Ph.D. 2015), now a professor of Environmental Science at Marian University
- A. Michelle Lawing (Ph.D. 2012), completed a postdoc at NIMBIOS at the University of Tennessee, and is now a professor at Texas A & M
- Mayté Ruiz - (Ph.D. 2010)
- Cuauhcihuatl Vital - (Ph.D. 2009), now a professor at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
- Saúl Nava - (Ph.D. 2009), completed a postdoc at Harvard with Dr. John Dowling, and is now a professor at Massachusetts College of Art & Design; Check out the Art + Bio Collaborative @ArtBioCollab
- Anuradha Bhat - (postdoc 2006-08), now a professor at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Kolkata India)
- Erin Kelso - (PhD 2006), completed a postdoc at the University of Florida, and is now a lecturer at University of Colorado, Denver
- Jason Moretz - (postdoc 2004-06), now VP development, 8min solar energy
- Terry Ord - (postdoc 2002-04), now a professor at Univ New South Wales
- Julie T. Thompson - (PhD 2002), now a professor at American Public University
- Kit Lacy - (MS 2001), now in wildlife rehabilitation, Education Coordinator at Cascades Raptor Center
- Ahrash Bissell - (PhD 2001), now Pres NROC project in education research and technology
- Marguerite Butler (postdoc 2000), now a professor at U Hawaii Manoa
- Eduardo Morales Guillaumin - (postdoc 1998-99), now a professor at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City
- Pete Zani - (PhD 1999), now a professor at U Wisconsin, Stevens Point
- Thomas Hansen (visiting grad/postdoc 1995-96), now a professor at University of Oslo
- Lea Sheldahl - (MS 1999), now a veterinarian in Oregon
- Jenny Lamont - (MS 1997), now a medical writer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
