Helen with her buds
Helen Murphy
Postdoctoral Research, Wake Forest University, Duke University
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Biology, B.S. Environmental Science, SUNY Buffalo
Courses: Evolution of Organisms (Biol312), Evolutionary Genetics (Biol401), Darwinian Evolution in Politics and Society (Biol150)
Graduate Students
Merry Andersen
B.S. Biology, College of Charleston
Interested in non-transitive competitive effects and the effect of social dynamics on biodiversity.
Undergraduate Students
Juliana Salcedo, Class of 2020
Interested in experimental evolution and biofilm formation.
Amy Forehand, Class of 2021
Interested in quorum sensing and image analysis.
Ziyan Chen, Beckman Fellow, Class of 2021
Interested in cellular adhesion and self recognition.
Dulguun Myagmarsuren, Class of 2022
Interested in yeast speciation and mitt-nuclear coevolution.
Meadow Parrish, Class of 2020
Interested in cellular adhesion, cooperation, and prion evolution.
Matt Dungan, Class of 2020
Interested in the evolution of prions.
Lily Fenton, Class of 2021
Interested in biodiversity in biofilms.
Ben Epley, Class of 2022
Interested in experimental evolution and bioinformatics.
Gone, But Not Forgotten
Maliha Ahmed, ‘2019
Intern at the NIH
Alec Friedman, ’2019
Scribing away…
Zach Oppler, ‘2018
PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania
Angela Heysel, ‘2017
Medical student at Thomas Jefferson
Luke Reding
Amanda Ivanoff, ‘2019
Intern at the NIH
Danting Jiang, ‘2018
PhD student at Duke University
Brianna Meeks, ‘2018
Intern at the NIH
Despina Mason, ‘2017
Prepping for PA school
Simone Giovanetti
Scientific researcher at the NIH
Sophie Harris, ‘2019
Intern at the NIH
Adam Lenhart, ‘2018
PhD student at the University of Virginia
Rachel Rambadt, ‘2018
Medical student at VCOM
Bernadette Deschaine, ‘2017
MD-PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania
Miriam Szabo-Wexler, ‘2017
Working in biotech