Meet the Team

  • Dr. Andrew Gillis

    Associate Scientist, Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory

    Director of Graduate Studies, MBL-University of Chicago PhD Graduate Program

  • Dr. Michael Palmer

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    (NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award)

  • Dr. Mike Sackville

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Michael Wen

    Ph.D. student (Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of Chicago)

  • Sarah Kerr

    Research Assistant

  • Samantha Rathbun

    Research Assistant

    ENGAGE Bio Postbac Scholar

  • Reynie

    Spanish ribbed newt

  • Stella

    Bearded dragon

Lab Alumni

  • Dr. Vicky Sleight

    Former Postdoctoral Fellow

    Currently: Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen

  • Dr. Kate Criswell

    Former Postdoctoral Fellow

    Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, St. Francis University

  • Dr. Jenaid Rees

    Former PhD student

    Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neural Crest Development and Disease Unit, NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

  • Dr. Christine Hirschberger

    Former PhD student

    Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge

  • Dr. Olivia Tidswell

    Former PhD Rotation Student

    Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

  • Aleksandra Marconi

    Former PhD Rotation Student

    Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge