The People

Principle Investigator: Lindsay Waldrop, Ph.D.

B.S. in Biology (minor in Physics) – Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ph.D. in Integrative Biology  – Univ. of California, Berkeley (Advisor: Dr. Mimi Koehl)

Postdoctoral Research – Mathematics, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PI: Dr. Laura Miller)

Postdoctoral Research – Mathematics, Univ. of California, Merced (PI: Dr. Shilpa Khatri)

Assistant Professor – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (2016-2019)


Postdoctoral Fellows

Nicholas Hebdon, Ph.D.


Graduate Students

Sina Mohammadi – Ph.D. Candidate, Computer and Data Sciences


Undergraduate Researchers

Eva Stanton (Environmental Science & Policy)

Ivan Orlovic (Biology)

Alexa Ortega (Biology)

Leeyette Lolich (Biology)

Ricardo Espinoza Hernandez (Biology)



Raleigh (Chief Public Relations Officer)

Sophie (Chief Safety Officer)


Former Lab Members

  • Sarah Yang (CU)
  • Kaylee Nguyen-Phuoc (CU)
  • Allison Dao (CU)
  • Brian Kim (CU)
  • Ryly Yee (CU)
  • Edward Hernandez (Chaffey College)
  • Kelly Vu (Chaffey College)
  • Magdalena Jiminez (NMT)
  • Nicole Murtagh (NMT)
  • Naomi McLeod (NMT)
  • Chase McFarland (NMT)
  • Tess Neary Peterman (NMT)
  • Jacob Peterman (NMT)
  • Samantha Young (NMT)