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Jessica Fox, PhD
Principal Investigator
Professor, CWRU Biology
I am interested in the neural mechanisms of sensory information processing and flight control in insects. I am originally from upstate New York and I have a BS in entomology from Cornell University. I did my PhD in neurobiology and behavior at the University of Washington and a postdoc at UCLA, funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. I've been at CWRU since 2013.
Favorite flavor: chocolate peanut butter cup
Kristianna Lea
PhD candidate
Kris majored in entomology at Cornell and then worked in the business world as an analyst before deciding to pursue PhD research in neuroethology. She joined the lab in fall 2021.
Favorite flavor: rocky road
Zach Slimak
PhD student
Zack joins us from Oberlin College., where he studied neuroscience in humans. He's enjoying learning all things invertebrate here at CWRU.
Favorite flavor: cookie dough
Amy Streets
Postdoc
Amy earned her PhD in biology from the University of Queensland, where she studied mantis shrimp vision. She is looking forward to working with friendlier animals in her time in Cleveland.
Favorite flavor: black raspberry chocolate chunk
Hossam Ismail
PhD student
Hossam joins us from Atlanta, where he studied the biomechanics of all kinds of animals.
Favorite flavor: dark roast coffee
Maddie Ang
Undergraduate, CWRU '28
Maddie is studying gravity perception in multiple fly species.
Favorite flavor: pistachio
David Li
Undergraduate, CWRU '29
David joins us from New York City, where he somehow gained more patch clamp experience than anyone else in the lab.
Favorite flavor: coffee chocolate chunk
Lab Alumni (where are they now?)
Lesley Armah, CWRU '24 - medical student, CWRU School of Medicine
Nobel Zhou, CWRU '25 - medical student, Columbia Univ. (Bassett program)
Jeremy Didion PhD, postdoc - adjunct professor, John Carroll U. and Kent State U.
Ibrahima Seck, CWRU '23 - medical scribe in NYC
Ananya Hari, CWRU '23 - vision therapist in Austin, TX
Sasha Turner, Hawken School '23 - undergraduate at Columbia University
Michael Rauscher, PhD '21 - postdoc in Gabriella Wolff's lab at CWRU
Lauren Metz, technician - data science bootcamp at Flatiron
Alexandra Yarger, PhD '20 - postdoc in Hui-Ti Lin's lab at Imperial College London
Brandon Chun, CWRU '21 - medical student at VCOM
Katie Jordan, CWRU '21 - PhD student in neuroscience at UC Davis
Jesse Fritz, technician - master's student at Oregon State U
Anya Razmi, Hathaway Brown School '20 - program assistant, SUNY Downstate Medical School
Tasha Johnson, CWRU '20 - MedPREP Scholar at Southern Illinois University
Chenxin Bi, CWRU '20 - CWRU School of Dental Medicine student
Alexa Smith, CWRU '20 -medical student, U. Massachusetts
Noah DeFino, technician- PhD student at U. Arizona, funded by NSF GRFP
Nick Kathman PhD, postdoc- postdoc in the Nagel Lab at NYU
Joshua Hall MD, CWRU '15- practicing pediatrician
Dane McLoughlin DO, CWRU '15- radiology resident at Ohio State
Shwetha Mureli, technician- scientist at Bristol Meyers Squibb
Nicole Arnold, CWRU '16- research coordinator at U. Pittsburgh Medical Center
Michael Schaffer, CWRU '17- founding engineer, After School Robotics
Ilakkiya Thanigaivelan MD, CWRU '17 - medical resident in Milwaukee, WI
Brice Bai, Hathaway Brown School '18- UX designer at Amazon
Mugdha Patil, Solon High School '24 - undergraduate at Ohio State University
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