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Lenski Labbers (Lenski-ites?  Lenskians?), Current and (*)Former

Richard Lenski - The boss.  He also has a blog.

Brian Baer* 
- Computer tech extraordinaire.  Michigan State University

Jeff Barrick* - Jeff's interests are too broad and varied to fully list.  Suffice to say he is among the most brilliant scientists with whom I have ever worked.  Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Carla Davidson* - Founder, Endeavour Scientific.  She also has a blog.

Rohan Maddamsetti* - Postdoc with the Marks Lab at Harvard Medical School. Generally smart and creative researcher with a variety of interests, and an excellent genome analyst.

Justin Meyer* - Justin investigates host-shifts in bacteriophage, the origins of novel functions, fitness landscapes, and much, much more.  Professor, University of California at San Diego

Caroline Turner* - A postdoc with Vaugh Cooper at the University of Pittsburgh, Caroline does interesting work at the remarkable place where ecology and evolution meet.


Brian Wade - Brian's work involves experimental evolution of stress tolerance in E. coli.

Other Colleagues and Collaborators

Betul Kacar - Betul is pioneering a new field of experimental evolution looking at ancient resurrected genes in modern organisms, and does a great deal of science outreach in both the US and her native Turkey.  Assistant professor, Arizona State University.

Amy Lark - Amy is a brilliant professor of education who is focused on how to more effectively teach evolution at the high school and college levels. Michigan Tech.

Dennis W. Grogan - My MS mentor.  His lab studies hyperthermophilic Archaea.  Professor, University of Cincinnati


Eli Levy Karin - Graduate student, University of Tel Aviv

Sabrina Mueller-Spitz - Professor, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh 

Yaara Oren - Biologist sojourning as CEO of Wiz-Tags. Currently in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jessica Plucain - Postdoc, University of Bern

Kaitlin Schaal - Brilliant PhD student in the lab of Greg Velicer at ETH Zurich, who uses experimental evolution with Myxococcus to study the origins of biodiversity. She also has a website.

Sonal Shewaramani - Sonal does really nifty work examining the different mutational spectra in E. coli under oxic and anoxic conditions.  Postdoc with Rees Kassen, University of Ottawa. 

Joan Slonczewski - Microbiologist, educator, science fiction author.  Professor, Kenyon College

C. Susannah Tysor - Susannah studies the effects of climate change on forests. Graduate Student, University of British Columbia


Emily G. Weigel - Academic specialist, Georgia Institute of Technology. She works on the mating behavior of stickleback fish, various aspects of sexual selection, and does a wide array of outreach activities that make her one of the best citizen scientists I know.  
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    • CV
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    • About Me
    • Essays >
      • Thoughts on Darwin's Death Day 2009
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    • Links
    • Contact Information
    • Protocols >
      • Competition flow
    • Press Coverage
    • Colleagues
    • Outreach
    • Recommended books
    • Mentoring
    • Words of Wisdom
  • Video
  • Teaching