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Top Row: Calvin Benton, Jamie Walters Bottom Row: Emma Cleary, Nathan Bui, and Martina Dalíková
Walters lab, Summer 2024. Top Row: Calvin Benton, Jamie Walters. Bottom Row: Emma Cleary, Nathan Bui, and Martina Dalíková

Current lab members

Post docs

  • Martina Dalíková

Graduate students

  • Calvin Belton ( Ph.D. )

Undergraduates

  • Nathan Bui, summer REU student (2024) & Entomology Semester Scholar
  • Annaliese Nguyen, semester student

Other lab Members

Research technician

  • Emma Cleary
Emma Cleary

Emma Cleary

Martina Dalíková

Martina Dalíková

Calvin Belton

Calvin Belton

Lab Alumni

Post docs

2019-2021       Dr. Melissa Plakke

2015-2019       Dr. Luiqi (Aloy) Gu

2018-2019       Dr. Aake Vaestermark

2014-2016       Dr. Christopher Hamm

Graduate students

2020-2022       Katherine McLaughlin, M.A.

2014-2019       Andrew Mongue, Ph.D.

2013-2015       Desiree Harpel, M.A.

Visiting Scholars

2020                Le Xu, Zhejiang University International Graduate Fellow (China)

2018-2019       Meizhen Li, Zhejiang University International Graduate Fellow (China)

2016-2017       Petr Nguyen, Fulbright post-doctoral fellow (Czech Republic)

2016-2017       Anna Volenikova, Fulbright graduate fellow (Czech Republic)

Undergraduates

2021-2024       Cailin Kessen, Biology Honors & KU Gould summer fellowship

2019-2022       Rachel Manweiler, Biology Honors & KU Gould summer fellowship

2018-2019       Rachel Elting, Summer REU & K-INBRE STAR fellow

2018                Ana Driscoll, Summer REU student

2017-2021       Jasmin Alberts, Biology Honors & KU Gould summer fellowship

2017-2020       Dylan Sims-West, volunteer research

2017-2018       Davie Wolfe, volunteer research

2016-2018       Megan Hansen, Biology Honors & K-INBRE STAR fellow

2016-2018       Jordyn Koehn, K-INBRE Bioinformatics fellow, KU Gould summer fellowship

2016-2019       Thomas Johnson, KU Gould summer fellowship

2016-2017       David Cuellar, KU Gould summer fellowship

2017                Nathan Stucky, volunteer research

2016                BreAnna Terry, Independent study Fall semester

2014-2015       Channing Shives, KU Gould summer fellowship & Independent study.

2015                Danny Thiesen, Spring semester volunteer.

2015                Derrick Harms, Summer REU student.

2015                T. Jeffry Cole, Summer REU student.

2014                Margaret Stratton, Summer REU student.