People
People
The Blackman Lab is always on the look out for great biologists. We have many projects that talented undergraduates can contribute to or take on for work study and academic credit. Prospective postdoctoral fellows and graduate students with interests in genetic basis of evolutionary change, gene-environment interactions, and the evolution of development are encouraged to contact us to discuss ideas and opportunities. Drop us an e-mail!
Postdocs
Graduate Students
Former Undergraduates and High School Students
Evan Brown, Grad Student, University of Virginia
Grace Johnson, Graduate Student, MIT
Inam Jameel, Grad Student, University of Georgia
Amaro Tuninetti, Grad Student, Brown University
Gloria Marino, Grad Student, Johns Hopkins University
Katie Aracena, Grad Student, University of Chicago
Cameron Yuki, Grad Student, UC Davis
Hannah Verdonk, Grad Student, Temple University
Sara Vandenburgh, Grad Student, UC San Diego
Alice Eastman, Grad Student, Johns Hopkins University
Lane Scher, Grad Student, Duke University
Alyson Ennis, Grad Student, University of Colorado Boulder
Catie Kitrinos, Grad Student, UMass Amherst
Isaac Diaz, Grad Student, UC Riverside
Morgan Shock, Grad Student, Virginia Tech
Lauren Nalley, Grad Student, UT Austin
Haoran Xue, Grad Student, University of Toronto
Leanne Poussard, Grad Student, USM Gulf Coast Research Lab
Youlim Ha, Grad Student, Cornell University
Dania Zuniga, Grad Student, Pierre and Marie Curie University
Xinyue Fang, Masters Student, University of Pennsylvania
Will Poehlman, PhD, Sage Bionetworks
Phil Digiacomo, PhD, Qiming Venture Capital
Andrew Sanders, Research Associate, Visolis
Sean Adams, Intern, Cibus
Yuju Shin, Technician, Zouves Foundation for Reproductive Medicine
Daniel Yang, Research Associate, Agriplex Genomics
Adrian Overly, Research Associate, Synvivia
Brittnie Phan, Junior Research Specialist, UC Davis
Linnea Norton, Carbon Analyst, EP Carbon
Barbara Camacho-Garcia, Project Assistant, Alameda County Resource Conservation District
Ian Anderson, Protein and Nucleic Acid Facility Research Specialist, Stanford University
Catalina Pascualy, Biological Science Aid, USDA-ARS
Casey Lu Simon-Plumb, Research Assistant, Boston Medical Center
Alia Wofford, Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Nina Gutierrez, Med Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Andrew Fortugno, MD, Resident, University of Tennessee
Rebecca Karp, DDS, Resident, University of Virginia
Benjamin Campbell, MD. Resident, Thomas Jefferson University
Connor Graham, M.P.H. Student, Yale University
Stephanie Andersen, Med Student, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Ethan Hessl, Science Teacher, Fremont High School
Zack Whiting, Med Student, George Washington University
Isabelle Tan, Health Aid, Palo Alto VA Medical Center
Edith Lai, K-12 STEM Education and Outreach Student Assistant, Berkeley Lab
Sebastian Agramont-Justiniano, Assistant Teacher, Sierra Schools of Antioch
Samyukta Raman, Software Engineer, Marqueta
Brooke James, MBA Candidate, Duke University
Alex Ripperton, Software Developer, DCL Technologies
Michael Bellas, Business Development and Operations, SonALAsense
Tiffany Duong, Research Assistant, Salk Institute
Chloe Cho, Writer and Project Manager, The Lexicon
Skanda Setty, IAM Developer, EY
Matthew Slomka, AI Strategy & Analytics Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
Olivia Lara-Gresty, STEM Teacher, KIPP AMP
Christian Reusche, Investment Analyst, Phillips Academy
Abena Mensah, MBA Candidate, University of Virginia
Natalia Solecito, Digital Sales Specialist, IBM
Mercedes Campos-Lopez, Technician, University of Virginia
Quinn Egner, Teacher Assistant, Pacific Crest Schools
Izzy Tucker, Undergraduate, University of Virginia
Zofia Ferki, Undergraduate, University of Michigan
Sophia Durney, Undergraduate, Yale University
Marcos Ortigoza, Undergraduate, UC Merced
Aarushi Ratna, Undergraduate, University of Michigan
Joan Sandoval-Flores, Undergraduate, The College of Wooster
Grace Wei, Undergraduate, Duke University
Aurora Gaspard , Undergraduate, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Hope Cummings
Shannon Chang
Ben Sims
Christian Yoder
Perla Corona
Dylan Ryder
Tina Li
Ana Wong
Natalie Kim
Aspen Smith
Thanassis Tetradis
Nikka Sandoval
Jimin Im
Kyra Lee
Stanley Ou
Muhammed Lehrmann
Heidi Yang
Atl Benavides
Shayne Estill
Chamden Henzler-Lhasawa
Priya Kirtley
Sam Phillips
Alex Starr
Kristen Poen
Jessica Maccaro
Olivia Goodman
Ray Chen
Katie Abbott
Taturah Byron
Rachel Boone
Sophia Krantz
Shawnette Toney
Tom Jackson
Alec Miller
Kyle Alexander
Jerry Yu
Matthew Atienza
Joseph Levinson
Former Lab Members
Nic Kooyers, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Nathan Wales, Lecturer of Archaeology, University of York
Melis Akman, Director, Green Biome Institute, Cal State University, East Bay
Jack Colicchio, Research Scientist, Sound Agriculture
Karen Barnard-Kubow, Genomics Research Director and Education Coordinator, James Madison University
Joshua Vandenbrink, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Louisiana Tech University
Lucas Henry, Grad Student, Princeton University
Anna Greenlee, PA Student, Le Moyne University
Austin Garner, Grad Student, Harvard University
Erin Patterson, Grad Student, UMass Amherst
Kelsie Morioka, PharmD Student, UC San Francisco
Tristram Dodge, Grad Student, Stanford University
Ray Watson, Researcher, University of Minnesota
Undergraduates and High School Students
The Blackman Lab moved to the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
at the University of California, Berkeley in January 2016
Allison Rothrock
Ambika Sharma
Chyna Robeson
Eria Wei
Camille Fang
Patrick Jacobsen
Juan Chavez
Chris Zhan
Lauren Hamm
Victor Canto-Gallo
Rebecca Park
Xinyin Lu
Yani Singer
Quan Liu
Sofia Telfer
Luis Orozco-Sanchez