Nancy A. Moran

Former Lab Members

Former Postdoctoral Fellows/Associates

last known position

Name Position Institution
QIANG HUANG, link Associate Professor, Honey Bee Research Institute Jiangxi Agricultural University, China 
ALAN E. SILVA CERQUEIRA, link Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Microbiology Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
TOBY HAMMER, link Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Irvine
THOMAS (TOM) SMITH, link Scientist Berkeley Yeast, Oakland, CA
YIYUAN (YY) LI, link Assistant Professor, Institute of Plant Virology Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China
BO ZHANG, link Associate Professor, Institute of Plant Protection Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
KERRI COON, link Assistant Professor, Dept. of Bacteriology University of Wisconsin, Madison
HAO ZHENG, link Professor, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering China Agricultural University, Beijing
KASIE RAYMANN, link Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology North Carolina State University 
BECKY CHONG, link Assistant Professor, Department of Biology University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
HAUKE KOCH, link Research Leader, Pollinator Biological Chemistry Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, Surrey, UK
GORDON BENNETT, link Associate Professor, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences University of California, Merced
YUELI YUN, link Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences Hubei University, Wuhan, China
PHILIPP ENGEL, link Group leader, Associate Professor, Department of Fundamental Microbiology University of Lausanne, Switzerland
DAN SLOAN, link Associate Professor, Department of Biology Colorado State University
ALLISON HANSEN, link Associate Professor, Department of Entomology University of California, Riverside
RYUICHI KOGA, link Group Leader, Bioproduction Research Institute National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
ZAKEE SABREE, link Associate Professor, Dept. of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology The Ohio State University
BAOYU TIAN, link Professor, College of Life Science Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
JOHN McCUTCHEON, link Professor, School of Life Sciences
Associate Center Director, Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution
Arizona State University
KERRY OLIVER, link Professor, Department of Entomology University of Georgia, Athens
NICOLE GERARDO, link Professor, Department of Biology Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
ATSUSHI NAKABACHI, link Associate Professor, Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute(EIIRIS) Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
ALEX C. C. WILSON, link Professor, Department of Biology University of Miami, Florida
MARIANA MATEOS, link Associate Professor, Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology Texas A&M University, College Station
EMMANUELLE LERAT, link Researcher, Laboratoire Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, France
GORDON PLAGUE, link Professor, Department of Biology The State University of New York at Potsdam
JENNIFER WILCOX, link Veterinarian Pima Animal Care Center, Tucson, Arizona
COLIN DALE, link Professor, Department of Biology University of Utah
ALEJANDRO (ALEX) MIRA, link Senior Scientist, Center for Advanced Research in Public Health Centro Superior de Investigacón en Salud Pública (CSISP), Valencia, Spain
JENNIFER WERNEGREEN, link Associate Professor, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) & Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University
CLAUDE RISPE, link Research Scientist, Team TiBoDi Team Leader INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research), Le Rheu, France
JONAS SANDSTRÖM, link Entomologist, The Swedish Species Information Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
DANIEL FUNK, link Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Vanderbilt University
BEN NORMARK, link Professor, Department of Biological Sciences University of Massachusetts, Amherst
CAROL VON DOHLEN, link Professor, Biology Department Utah State University
DANIEL PAPAJ, link Professor, Department of Entomology University of Arizona

Former Graduate Students

last known position

Name Position Institution
JULIE PERREAU, link
(Ph.D. 2021)
Scientist I, NGS PhenomeX Inc., Emeryville CA
MATTHEW SCHEPERS, link
(M.A. 2020)
Marketing Communications Manager Danaher Life Sciences
SEAN LEONARD, link
(Ph.D. 2020)
Postdoctoral Scientist, Systems and Synthetic Biology Group Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
MARGARET STEELE, link
(Ph.D. 2020)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology Washington University in St. Louis
ERICK V. DA SILVA MOTTA, link
(Ph.D. 2019)
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology Texas A&M University, College Station
SERENA ZHAO, link
(M.S. 2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit University of Hawaii at Mānoa
WALDAN KWONG, link
(Ph.D. 2015)
Group Leader, Microbial Genomics and Symbiosis Lab The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
VINCE MARTINSON, link
(Ph.D. 2012)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology University of New Mexico
KEVIN VOGEL, link
(Ph.D. 2012)
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology University of Georgia, Athens
GAELEN BURKE, link
(Ph.D. 2010)
Associate Professor, Department of Entomology University of Georgia, Athens
PATRICK DEGNAN, link
(Ph.D. 2010)
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology University of California, Riverside
JACOB RUSSELL, link
(Ph.D. 2004)
Professor, Department of Biology Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PATRICK ABBOT, link
(Ph.D. 2001)
Associate Professor, Department of Biology Vanderbilt University
JOHN STIREMAN, link
(Ph.D. 2001)
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
MARGARET WILCH, link
(M.S., Biology 1999)
Director of Research SARSEF (Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation)
JAY WITHGOTT, link
(M.S., Entomology 1999)
Textbook author SAVVAS Learning Company
GOGGY DAVIDOWITZ, link
(Ph.D. 1998)
Professor, Department of Entomology University of Arizona
JUDE GLASS, link
(M.S., Entomology 1992)
Biology Teacher Vail Middle School, Tucson Unified School District
GREGORY SIMMONS, link
(M.S., Entomology 1992)
Entomologist, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST) USDA-APHIS, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST)

Former SCHOLARSHIP, TECHNICIAN & UnDERGRAD researchers

last known position

Name Position Institution
CATHERINE GIRARD, link
(Fulbright Canada 2015-2016)
Assistant Professor, Department of Fundamental Sciences Université du Québec à Chicoutimil, Quebec, Canada
EVA NOVÁKOVÁ, link
(Fulbright Fellow 2010-2011)
Associate Professor, Department of Parasitology University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic
ARACELI LAMELAS, link
(Spanish fellowship student 2008)
Principal Investigator, Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados
[Ph.D. 2010, Universitat de València, Spain]
INECOL - Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Veracruz, Mexico
TANIA ROSAS, link
(Mexican scholarship student 2008)
Postdoctoral Associate, Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics
[Ph.D. 2014, Genomic Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico]
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany
VÁCLAV HYPŠA, link
(Czech Republic BRAVO scholar, 1999)
Research Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Evolution University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic
NICKOLE VILLANOBA, link
(UT's S.U.P.E.R program)
Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Toby Hammer's lab) University of California at Irvine
JERRY MAEDA, link
(UT Austin technician)
Graduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology (Nancy Moran's lab) University of Texas at Austin
HYUNJIN PARK, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(David Gifford's lab)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ANDREW LY, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Graduate Student, Plant and Microbial Biology (Greg Barton's lab) University of California, Berkeley
RICHARD HORAK, link
(UT Austin undergrad & technician)
Graduate Student, Biology (Dianne Newman's lab) California Institute of Technology
MEGAN DAMICO, link
(UT's S.U.P.E.R program)
Postdoctoral Researcher (Kasie Raymann's lab)
[Phd 2023, Environmental Health Sciences, University of North Carolina, Greensboro]
North Carolina State University
EDWIN UMANZOR, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Graduate Student, Entomology (Molly Hunter's lab) University of Arizona
STEPHEN SALISBURY, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Graduate Student, Microbiology and Immunology
(Virginia Miller and Kimberly Walker labs)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BRIANNA FLYNN, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Graduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology
(Vagheesh Narasimhan's lab)
University of Texas at Austin
ALEX LUKASIEWICZ, link
(UT Austin technician)
Graduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology (Lydia Contreras' lab) University of Texas at Austin
CODY COLE, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Graduate Student, Microbiology (Eric Pamer's lab) University of Chicago
ZACH SHAFFER, link
(UT Austin undergrad & technician)
M.D. / Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Graduate Program Wayne State University, School of Medicine (Michigan)
ANNE COOLEY, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Bioinformatics Scientist
[Ph.D. 2022, Genetics, Development, Disease, UT Southwestern]
Rancho Biosciences
NALIN RATNAYEKE, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Postdoctoral Associate, Cancer Biology and Genetics 
[Ph.D. 2023, Chemical and Sysyems Biology, Stanford University]
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
(New York) 
EDWIN ESCOBAR, link
(UT Austin undergrad)
Graduate Student, Chemistry (Jennifer Brodbelt's lab) University of Texas at Austin
CHARLIE HUANG, link
(Yale University undergrad)
Chief Scientific Officer
[Ph.D. 2018, Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley]
Synvivia, Inc.
KATHERINE URBAN-MEAD, link
(Yale University undergrad)
Pollinator Conservation Specialist, NRCS Partner Biologist
[Ph.D. 2021, Entomology, Cornell University]
Xerces Society
BRADON MACDONALD, link
(U. Arizona undergrad)
Scientist II, Department of Surgery (Muhammed Murtaza's lab)
[Ph.D. 2016, Microbiology, University of Wisconsin Madison]
University of Wisconsin-Madison
PHAT TRAN, link
(U. Arizona undergrad)
Perfusionist
[Ph.D. 2011, Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona]
SpecialtyCare
JAKE WINTERMUTE, link
(U. Arizona high school researcher)
Developer Evangelist
[Ph.D. 2011, Systems Biology, Harvard University]
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
[Ph.D. 2022, Genetics, Development, Disease, UT Southwestern]