Andrew Suarez (c.v. Jan 2020)
Professor, Dept of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
Professor, Department of Entomology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Affiliate, Beckman Institute
Kevin Neumann (co-advised with Alison Bell)
Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology
Social and collective behavior of group-living organisms
Rebecca Carranza
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
Ecology and behavior of ant-tree hopper mutualisms
Kit Lam (Wilfred) Tang
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
Ant biomechanics and evolution
Former Lab Members
Former PhD Students
Josh Gibson (website)
PhD 2021, Department of Entomology
Microscopist, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
twitter: @DrStrangeAnt
Michael Rivera (website)
PhD 2022, Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology
Lecturer, Manchester College, Indiana
twitter: @mdrivera662
Kim Drager (website)
PhD 2022, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
Research Technician, University of Illinois
Selina Ruzi (website)
PhD 2019 PEEC
NSF Postdoc, North Carolina State University
twitter: @RuziMyrmex
Rafael Achury (google scholar)
PhD 2019 Entomology
Postdoc, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany
twitter: @rafaelachury
Priscila Hanisch (website)
PhD 2018 University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Conicet, Museo de Ciencas Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina Flight patterns, foraging and reproductive behavior in ants.
twitter: @PriscilaHanisch
Fred Larabee (website)
PhD 2015 Entomology
Postdoc, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Smithsonian Institution
twitter: @bugbiter
Jo-Anne Holley (website)
PhD 2015 Entomology
Assistant Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, Univ. of Texas at Austin
twitter: @Jomez1
Bill Wills (website)
PhD 2013 Animal Biology
Assistant research Professor, Dept. of Biology, Auburn Univ.
twitter: @TwiceWilliam
Moni Berg-Binder (website)
PhD 2011 Animal Biology
Associate Professor, Biology, St. Mary’s Univ. of Minnesota
Chris R. Smith (website)
PhD 2008 PEEC
Associate Professor of Biology, Earlham College
twitter: @ant_doctor
Former MS Students
Andrea Walker
MS 2013 Entomology
Interpretive Specialist, Natural Bridges State Beach, CA
Joe Laird
MS 2010 Entomology
Research Assistant, University of Iowa
Sara Kantarovich
MS 2008 Entomology
Technical Director, Smithereen Pest Management Services, Chicago, IL
Former Postdocs
Doug Booher 2018-2020 (website)
NSF Postdoc, Univ. of Illinois and Cornell (w/ Corrie Moreau)
Ant community ecology; taxonomy and evolution of Strumigenys
twitter: @antmuseum
Adrian Smith 2011-2015 (website)
Head, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Research Lab, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Research Assistant Prof., Dept. of Biology, North Carolina State Univ.
twitter: @DrAdrianSmith
Laurence Berville 2014-2016 (website)
Institute of Research on Insect Biology, University of Tour
Eli Sarnat 2010-2014 (website)
Postdoc, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
antkey.org
Dietrich Gotzek 2011-2014 (google scholar)
Postdoc, Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Spagna 2006-2008 (website)
Associate Professor of Biology, William Paterson Univ., New Jersey
twitter: @JSpagna1
Chad Tillberg 2004-2006 (website)
Professor of Biology, Linfield College, Oregon
twitter: @cvtillberg
Lori Lach 2004-2006 (website)
Senior Lecturer, James Cook Univ., Cairns, Australia
twitter: @Lori_Lach
