Pierce Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates:

• Marco Archetti: Penn State Eberly College of Science, University Park, PA, USA.
• AnnKristin Axén: Environment and Health Administration, City of Stockholm, Sweden
• Michael Braby: Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, AU
• Angelica Cibrian-Jaramillo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
• James T. Costa: Department of Biology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA
• Alden Dirks: Jackson Lab, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI,  USA
• Steen Dupont: Natural History Museum, London, UK
• Rod Eastwood: Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• Marianne Espeland: Lepidoptera, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
• Megan Frederickson: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• David Haig: Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Masaru Hojo: School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyōgo, Japan
• David Hughes: Departments of Entomology and Biology, Penn State, University Park, PA, USA
• Lesley Hughes: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Queensland, Australia
• Milan Janda: Institute of Entomology, Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
• Matthew Kane: Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA
• Sarah Kocher: Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
• Daniel Kronauer: Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
• Matthew Lim: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Cong Liu Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA
• Kenji Matsuura: Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
• Gabriel A. Miller: Research and Development, San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego, CA, USA
• Antonia Monteiro: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• James R. Morris: Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
• G. Narayanaraj: College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• James Nieh: Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
• Robert Oppenheimer: Invaio Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Stephen Pratt: School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
• Christian Rabeling: Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
• Jake Russell: Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA USA
• Lori Shapiro: Suenos Chocolates, Watertown, MA, USA
• Shantanu Shukla: Developmental Biology and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
• Kathrin Sommer: Department of Pathology, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany
• Taylor Tai: Clover Montessori School, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Gerard Talavera: Botanical Institue of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
• Martin F. J. Taylor: School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
• Joao Filipe Riva Tonini: Department of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA
• Lisa Vawter: Sanofi, Allenstown, PA, USA
• Roger Vila: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Barcelona, Spain
• James Wetterer: Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL, USA
• Noah Whiteman: Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
• Melissa Whitaker: Entomological Collection, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• Amity Wilczek: Deep Springs College, Big Pine, CA, USA

Graduate Students:

• Glenn Adelson, PhD 2004: Environmental Studies Program, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, USA
• Sandra Andaluz, MS 1999: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA
• Adam Bahrami, PhD 2007: Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Christopher CM Baker, PhD 2015: US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Hanover, NH USA
• Matthew Baylis, DPhil 1989 (Oxford University, co-advised by TRE Southwood): Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
• Leonora Bittleston, PhD 2016: Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA
• Jack Boyle, PhD 2017: School of Arts and Sciences, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, USA
• Adriana Briscoe, PhD 1999: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
• Dana Campbell, PhD 1999: Scientific Liaison, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
• Michael R. Canfield, PhD 2006: The Dogwatch Company, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• Wei-Ping Chan, PhD 2023 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Belinda Chang, PhD 1995: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Katherine Charles, MA Extension 2007: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
• Richard Childers PhD 2021 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
• James Crall, PhD 2016: Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
• Jianping Cui, PhD 2004 (co-advised by Fred Ausubel): Sanofi, Waltham, MA, USA
• Ann Fraser, PhD 1997: Biology Department, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, USA (retired)
• Kadeem Gilbert, PhD 2019: W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, USA
• Manda Jost, PhD 2002 (co-advised by Kerry Shaw): Department of Natural Sciences, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM, USA
• Catherine Lindell, PhD 1994 (co-advised by Steve Austad): Integrative Biology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
• David Lohman, PhD 2004 Biology, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA
• Ada Kaliszewska, PhD 2015: Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
• Nikolay Kandul, PhD 2005: Synvect, San Diego, CA, USA
• Eunsuk Kim, PhD 2010 (co-advised by Kathleen Donoghue): Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
• Richard Macniven, MA Extension 2003: Department of Bioprocess Development, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Dino Martins, PhD 2011: Turkana Basin Institute, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
• John Mathew, PhD 2003 (Old Dominion University): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Luke M. McKneally, MA Extension 2006: ICF, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Corrie Saux Moreau, PhD 2007: Department of Entomology, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
• David R. Nash, DPhil 1989 (Oxford University)(co-advised by John Krebs): Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Swee-Peck Quek: UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
• Tiago Quental, PhD 2008: Department of Ecology, University of São Paulo, São Paluo, SP, Brazil
• Santiago Ramirez, PhD 2008: Department of Evolution and Ecology, Center for Population Biology, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA
• Lukas Rieppel, MS 2012 (History of Science): History Department, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
• Shayla Salzman PhD 2019: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Cornell Unviersity, Ithaca, NY, USA
• Jon Sanders, PhD 2015 (co-advised by Peter Girguis): Lightweight Labware, Ithaca, NY, USA
• Michael Schindlinger, PhD 2009 (co-advised by Bruce Waldman and Evan Balaban): Earth Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
• ManWah Tan, PhD 1997: Infectious Diseases Department, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
• Diane Wagner, PhD 1994 (Princeton University): Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA
• Zhengyang Wang PhD 2022 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Douglas Yu, PhD 1997: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK

Visiting Scholars/Researchers/Collaborators:

• Mariya Chepisheva, Neurocritcal Care and Emergency Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
• Catherine Craig, Conservation through Poverty Alleviation, International, Walla Walla, WA, USA (retired)
• Philip J. Devries, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA (retired)
• Erick Greene, University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation, Missoula, MT, USA (retired)
• William D. Hamilton Oxford University (deceased)
• Guo-Hua Huang, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
• Takao Itino, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
• Roger L. Kitching, School of the Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia (retired)
• Jay Rosenheim, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA
• Mary Beth Saffo, Freelance writer and editor
• Y. Norma-Rashid, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Visiting Graduate Students:

• Thomas Als: Department of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Anne Andersen: Center for Social Evolution, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
• Elsa Daniela Chevasco, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Niels Groen: Department of Nematology, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
• John Mathew: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Jan Hendrik Megens: Animal Breeding and Genetics, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
• Sami Schar: Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research, Bern, Switzerland
• Line Ugelvig: Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Karen Van Dorp: Burrenbeo Trust, Galway, Ireland