Meet the Labbies

Chris Balakrishnan

Dustin Foote

Kristen Orr

Robert Driver

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 CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Chris Balakrishnan (PI): Please note that I will serving as a rotating Program Director at the National Science Foundation as of August 2019.  My CV is available here.

Dustin Foote (Ph.D. Candidate & General Curator @ Sylvan Heights Bird Park): Conservation genomics of the endangered white-winged wood duck (Asarcornis scutulata)

Robert Driver (Ph.D. Candidate): Gene family evolution and sensory evolution in neotropical manakins (Pipridae).

Kristen Orr  (MS Student): thesis topic TBD!

LAB ALUMNI
Postdoctoral Fellows
Peri Bolton (Endeavour Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017)
​Matthew Louder (2015-2017)

PhD Students (current position):
Dan Newhouse, 2014-2019 (Bioinformatician @ the University of Washington)
Allison Lansverk, 2012-2017  (Research Program Manager @ George Washington University.)

MS Students (current position):
Dustin Foote, 2013-15  (see above)
Dan Newhouse, 2012-14  (see above)
John Davidson, 2013-2015  (Statistician @ Stat One LLC)

Undergraduates (current position, if known):
Michael Dozier
​Julia Horiates
​Gregory Myers (lab technician, UNC Chapel Hill)
Melissa Bujnis (PhD student University of Utah)
Shaivya Pathak​ (Medical Resident, back at ECU!)




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