Post Docs

I study arthropod evolution using novel behavioral and genetic methods. Having previously studied sexual conflict in Opiliones, I now research behavioral and silk phenotypic plasticity in Keroplatidae glow worms and Theridiidae spiders. Stellwagen Lab

I study the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases mainly focusing on the interaction between Hsp70 chaperone and TDP-43 in mammalian cells. I use CRISPR engineering, mass spectrometry and biochemical techniques.

My research focuses on determining the circumstances under which marine invertebrates utilize microbial symbioses for reproduction and development, and when the contrary occurs. I take an integrative approach to answering questions concerning the development, evolution, and ecology of (mainly) coastal invertebrates by field and laboratory studies, molecular biology, animal manipulations, molecular biology, next-generation sequencing, microscopy, […]

Studies the host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions between Nematostella vectensis and its microbiome.

Postdoctoral Researcher at Truman lab, working on understanding the Kar2/BiP chaperone code and structural biology of chaperone complexes