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. Mike Sackville

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Michael Wen

    Ph.D. student and American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellow

    Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of Chicago

  • Stephanie Krueger

    Ph.D. student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow

    Integrative Biology Graduate Program, University of Chicago

  • Sophie Kelly

    Ph.D. student

    Integrative Biology Graduate Program, University of Chicago

  • Sara Ryan

    Non-Traditional Model Organisms Research Fellow, University of Chicago

  • Clio Foley

    Research Intern, The Masters School

Lab Alumni

  • Dr. Michael Palmer

    Former Postdoctoral Fellow

    Currently: Field Application Scientist II, Parse Biosciences

  • Samantha Rathbun

    Former Research Assistant

    Currently: PhD student, University of Maine

  • Sarah Kerr

    Former Research Assistant and Scientific Illustrator

    Currently: Research Assistant, Rawlinson Lab, Marine Biological Laboratory

  • 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