Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students & Interns
Collaborators
Alumni
Surangi W. Punyasena
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology
Affiliate, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Affiliate, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
Affiliate, Department of Geography
Affiliate, Department of Geology
Affiliate, Illinois Informatics Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
US Fulbright Fellow, Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka
PhD, SM, Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
BA, Yale University
Marc-Elie Adaime, PhD student, Plant Biology, 8/2019 – present
Scott Lakeram, PhD student, Plant Biology, 8/2020 – present
Jennifer Feng, MS student, Plant Biology, 8/2021 – present
UNDERGRADUATES, INTERNS, AND VOLUNTEERS
Anna Zallek, undergraduate, IB Honors, 8/2019 – present
Sreelaya Bhamidi, undergraduate, IB, 1/2022 – present
Jacob Chow, undergraduate, IB Honors, 8/2022 – present
Ayo Dugbo, undergraduate, IB, 1/2022 – present
Abeer Misbahuddin, undergraduate, IB, 1/2022 – present
Richard S. Barclay, PhD, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Claire Belcher, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Geography, University of Exeter, UK
Regan E. Dunn, PhD, Assistant Curator, Rancho La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Timme Donders, PhD, Assistant Professor, Geosciences, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Charless C. Fowlkes, PhD, Professor, Computer Science, University of California, Irvine
Glenn Fried, PhD, Core Facilities, Institute of Genomic Biology, University of Illinois
Stephen T. Jackson, PhD, Director, U.S. Department of the Interior Southwest Climate Science Center, University of Arizona, Tucson
Carlos Jaramillo, PhD, Staff Scientist, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Luke Mander, PhD, Lecturer, Open University
Kenton McHenry, PhD, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
J. Enrique Moreno, Technician, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Post doctoral
Michael A. Urban
Post-doctoral researcher (1/2015-7/2017)
PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Currently, Technical Manager of the Stable Isotopes in Nature Laboratory (SINLAB), Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Luke Mander
Post-doctoral researcher (3/2011-9/2012)
PhD, University College Dublin, Ireland
Currently, Lecturer, Open University, UK
Lenny Kouwenberg
Visiting scientist (1/2009-3/2009)
PhD, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Position at departure: Post Doctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkley
Graduate
Rose Aubrey (MS, Plant Biology, 2021)
Ingrid Romero (PhD, Plant Biology, 2021)
Derek Haselhorst (MS, PhD, Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, 2019)
Alejandra Restrepo (non-degree, Plant Biology, 2017)
Jacklyn Rodriguez (MS, Plant Biology, 2016)
Cassandra Wesseln (MS, Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, 2015)
Stefan Johnsrud (MS, Plant Biology, 2012)
Undergraduates, interns, and research assistants
Olaitin Ajayi, undergraduate, IB 299, 9/2017 – 12/2017
Rose Aubrey, undergraduate, IB, Creative Writing, 11/2015 – 5/2019
Anthony Barkan, undergraduate, SROP intern, 5/2012 – 7/2012
Yocelin Bello, undergraduate, IB 199, 1/2013 – 5/2013
Stephanie Chang, undergraduate, IB, 6/2010 – 5/2012
Sruti Devendran, undergraduate, US-India Khorana fellow, 6/2015-8/2015
Michael Donovan, undergraduate, IB, 6/2010 – 6/2011
Yuelin Du, graduate, ECE, 1/2010 – 5/2010
Laura Gallagher, undergraduate, ESE, 8/2011 – 5/2012
Christopher Holmes-Singh, undergraduate, IB, 8/2010 – 5/2011
Ava Holz, undergraduate, IB Honors, 8/2010 – 9/2012
Eileen Hou, undergraduate, MCB, 1/2009 – 5/2009
Ambika Kesar, continuing education volunteer, 8/2011 – 8/2013
Christopher Leisering, undergraduate, IB Honors, 8/2009 – 5/2010
Colleen Lindsey, graduate, Anthropology, 10/2009 – 5/2013
Jessica Matthiesen, undergraduate, IB 199, 8/2011 – 12/2011
Caroline Martorano, undergraduate, IB, 1/2010 – 5/2011
Bailey Maxey, undergraduate, IB 299, 9/2017 – 12/2017
Vishnu Nair, graduate, CS, 8/2011 – 5/2012
Ashwin Nayak, undergraduate, IB Honors, 8/2010 – 5/2014
Erik Noorts, undergraduate, IB Honors, 8/2010 – 12/2012
Julissa Nunez, undergraduate, IB, 9/2017 – 5/2018
Rahul Panchal, undergraduate, IB 199, 8/2011 – 12/2011
Madison Porter, undergraduate, IB, 9/2021 – 5/2022
Sohaib Qazi, undergraduate, MCB, 11/2017 – 12/2018
Akshaya Ramanan, undergraduate, IB Honors, 9/2014 – 8/2015
Jacklyn Rodriguez, undergraduate, Anthropology/Geology, 10/2012 – 8/2014
Maksim Sergeyev, undergraduate, IB 10/2014 – 4/2015
Anuj Shah, undergraduate, MCB, 11/2017 – 12/2018
Priyanka Srinivasan, undergraduate, ACES, 1/2013-5/2013
Hongqiang Sun, graduate, Statistics, 1/2009 – 5/2009
Tyler Stewart, undergraduate, IB 299, 9/2021 – 12/2021
Diane Takouam, undergraduate, Chemistry, 8/2010 – 5/2012
Shivangi Tiwari, international undergraduate, 5/2012 – 7/2012; 5/2013 – 7/2013
Marissa Vinson, undergraduate, IB 199, 1/2013 – 5/2013
John Walsh, undergraduate, IB 199, 8/2010 – 12/2010
Cassandra Wesseln, undergraduate, IB Honors, 8/2009 – 5/2012
Sierra Wu, undergraduate, MCB, 11/2017 – 12/2018
Makayla Wycoff, undergraduate, IB 199, 1/2013 – 5/2013
Huigang Yang, graduate, ECE, 8/2010 – 8/2011
CS = Computer Science; ECE = Electrical and Computer Engineering; ESE = Earth, Society, and the Environment; IB = Integrative Biology; MCB = Molecular and Cellular Biology; SROP = Summer Research Opportunities Program (for underrepresented students)