
Lab Members

Joe Parker, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
Director, Caltech Center for Evolutionary Science
joep [at] caltech [dot] edu
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Veronica Muller, B.S.
Laboratory Manager
Research Assistant
vmuller [at] caltech [dot] edu

Tom Naragon
Graduate Student
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
tnaragon [at] caltech [dot] edu

Yuriko Kishi
Graduate Student
Biology
ykishi [at] caltech [dot] edu

Jean Badroos

Jess Kanwal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
jkanwal [at] caltech [dot] edu
Personal website

Joani Viliunas
Graduate Student
Biology
viliunas [at] caltech [dot] edu

Hayley Smihula
Graduate Student
Neurobiology
hsmihula [at] caltech [dot] edu

Tarun Sharma
Graduate Student
Computational and Neural Systems
tsharma [at] caltech [dot] edu

Manuel Holguin
Graduate Student
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
mjholgui [at] caltech [dot] edu

Ti Eriksson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Biology and Biological Engineering
therikss [at] caltech [dot] edu

Caio Antunes de Carvalho, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate
caioac [at] caltech [dot] edu

Ling Loh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Evolution and Developmental Biology
lingsloh [at] caltech [dot] edu

Albert Zhou
Functional Genetic Technician
awzhou [at] caltech [dot] edu
John Truong
Antkeeper
jtruong [at] caltech [dot] edu
instagram @nurbsants

Former lab members
Noelle Huget (Research Technican, 2024-2025)
Primrose Tanachaiwiwat (EVO-WAVE Scholar, U Florida, 2024)
Jenasis Cambell (EVO-WAVE Scholar, Georgia Tech, 2024)
Julian Wagner (Graduate student, 2018-2024)
Yuerong Xiao (Functional Genetic Technician, 2022-2024)
Camila Romero (WAVE Scholar, West Virginia U, 2023)
Maria Jaimes (WAVE Scholar, Indiana U, 2023)
Jonayet Lavin (SURF student, Caltech, 2022)
Mina Yousefelahiyah (Lab Manager, 2018-2023)
Sheila Kitchen (Postdoctoral fellow, 2018–2022)
David Miller (Graduate student, 2018–2022)
Adrian Brückner (Postdoctoral fellow, 2018–2022)
Noah Robinson (rotation student, BE, 2022)
Alec Lourenco (rotation student, BMB, 2021)
Alana Weiss (AMGEN student, Pomona College, 2021)
Jack Ngyuen (SURF student, Caltech, 2021)
Angel Wang (SURF student, Caltech, 2021)
Isabell Yang (SURF student, Caltech, 2021)
Natali Lelieur (SURF student, Caltech, 2019)
Nicole Heflin (SURF student, Caltech, 2019)
Jack Chen (VURP student, U Toronto, 2019)
Joycelyn Yiu (AMGEN Scholar, Rice U, 2019)
Lev Tsypin (rotation student, BBE, 2018)
Jessica Griffiths (rotation student, BBE, 2018)
Steven Wilbert (rotation student, BBE, 2018)
Christina Park (AMGEN Scholar, Harvard, 2018)
Carrie Hicks (AMGEN Scholar, U Denver, 2018)
Shirley Zhu (SURF student, Caltech, 2018)