Postdoctoral Research Associates

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Alina Avanesyan, Lamp Lab

Office: PLS 3128
Phone: 301-405-7877 
E-mail: alina@umd.edu

Research: Ecology and evolution of plant-insect interactions with a focus on novel associations between native and exotic species and their effect on natural and managed systems.

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Rafael Barreto de Andrade, Gruner Lab

Phone: 301-405-3957
​E-mail: rafael@umd.edu

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Katherine Bell, Fritz Lab

Office: PLS 3110 
E-mail:​ kbell127@umd.edu

Research: Evolutionary ecology, specifically understanding the evolution of biological novelty and the genetic architecture of adaptive traits and reproductive isolation.

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Alys Jarvela, Pick Lab

Office:PLS 3186
Phone: 301-405-2862 
E-mail: ajarvela@umd.edu

Research: How developmental gene regulatory networks evolve and how transcription factors precisely regulate gene expression during development.

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​Samuel Ramsey, Postdoctoral Research Associate, vanEngelsdorp Lab, University of Maryland Department of Entomology

E-mail: sramsey2@umd.edu 

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Torsten Schöneberg, Hamby Lab
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​Office: PLS 3108
Phone: 301-405-1613
E-mail: torschon@umd.edu​

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Nathalie Steinhauer, vanEngelsdorp Lab

Office: PLS 3160 
E-mail: nsteinha@umd.edu 

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