People
Becky Zufall
Becky is the lab PI. She has been at UH since 2006. She used to study molecular evolution in plants, but then she saw the light and has since been using protists to study various aspects of evolutionary genetics.
Academic history
Current appointment: Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
Postdoc: 2003-05, Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College
Ph.D.: 2003, Department of Biology, Duke University
B.S.: 1996, Biology, Cornell University
Academic history
Current appointment: Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
Postdoc: 2003-05, Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College
Ph.D.: 2003, Department of Biology, Duke University
B.S.: 1996, Biology, Cornell University
Allan Chang
Allan joined the lab as a postdoc in 2014. He using Tetrahymena thermophila to study the rate and effects of spontaneous mutation.
Kristen Dimond
Kristen is a Ph.D. student studying mating system evolution in T. thermophila.
Joe West
Joe is a Ph.D. student. He is interested in understanding how nuclear architecture can influence evolvability.
Jason Tarkington
Jason is a Ph.D. student working to understand genomic properties that affect adaptation.
Undergraduates
Mariel Balboa (PURS fellow 2014)
Amberly McGee
Bilal Tariq (SURF fellow 2015)
Gabbi Conrado
Michael Hilliard (PURS fellow 2015)
Kasey Casis
Jenny Doan
Bhavini Patel
Taylor Hazlett
Sherri Hong
Rozemeena Virani
Mariel Balboa (PURS fellow 2014)
Amberly McGee
Bilal Tariq (SURF fellow 2015)
Gabbi Conrado
Michael Hilliard (PURS fellow 2015)
Kasey Casis
Jenny Doan
Bhavini Patel
Taylor Hazlett
Sherri Hong
Rozemeena Virani
Former cell-mates
Hongan Long, Ph.D. 2012 (website), currently a postdoc at Indiana University
Kevin Spring, Ph.D. 2012 , currently a postdoc at UT-Houston
Sujal Phadke, Ph.D. 2011 (website), currently a postdoc at University of Michigan
Brian Mahon, Postdoc 2006-2008
Brian Iken, M.S. 2010
Nancy Vanaphan, M.S. 2010
Former Undergraduates:
Laura Bosch
Kyle Long
Srimahesh Vangavolu
Elizabeth Nguyen
JL Martinez
Jennifer Guerro
Stephanie Pham
Tuan Pham
Rozmin Momin
Robert Hudson-Cigarroa
Chris Petty
Laura Philmon
Lauren Cooper
Aaron Brown
Daniel Jeffcoat
Mariel Sturm (SURF fellow 2007)
Gabriel Sodimu (AGEP fellow 2007)
Former High School Students:
Manuel Gomez (Harmony Public School)
Tiffany Phu (Harmony Public School)
Hongan Long, Ph.D. 2012 (website), currently a postdoc at Indiana University
Kevin Spring, Ph.D. 2012 , currently a postdoc at UT-Houston
Sujal Phadke, Ph.D. 2011 (website), currently a postdoc at University of Michigan
Brian Mahon, Postdoc 2006-2008
Brian Iken, M.S. 2010
Nancy Vanaphan, M.S. 2010
Former Undergraduates:
Laura Bosch
Kyle Long
Srimahesh Vangavolu
Elizabeth Nguyen
JL Martinez
Jennifer Guerro
Stephanie Pham
Tuan Pham
Rozmin Momin
Robert Hudson-Cigarroa
Chris Petty
Laura Philmon
Lauren Cooper
Aaron Brown
Daniel Jeffcoat
Mariel Sturm (SURF fellow 2007)
Gabriel Sodimu (AGEP fellow 2007)
Former High School Students:
Manuel Gomez (Harmony Public School)
Tiffany Phu (Harmony Public School)
