Current Lab Members

	Laura Katz Every Team! lkatz@smith.edu Laura Katz has been a Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith College since 1998. She received a B.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. She is an editor-in-chief of Genome Biology and Evolution.
“Full timers”
	Marie Leleu, Postdoctoral Fellow Foram Team, Ciliate Team mleleu@smith.edu
	Xyrus Maurer-Alcalá, Postdoctoral Fellow at AMNH Phylogenomics Team Leader xmaurer-alcala@amnh.org
	Taylor Sehein, Postdoctoral Fellow Amoeba Team Leader tsehein@smith.edu
	Ragib Ahsan, Ph.D. Candidate Ciliate Team Leader rahsan@smith.edu
	Adri Grow, Ph.D. Student Foram Team Leader agrow@smith.edu
	Billie Cullison, M.S. Student Phylogenomics Team Leader bcullison@smith.edu
	Rebecca Gawron, Lab Technician Foram Team, Amoeba Team rgawron@smith.edu
“Part timers”
	Auden Cote-L'Heureux Bioinformatics Team
	Eyananda Ahmed '24 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team
	Amelia Babb '25 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team
	Ashley Bombin '26 Amoeba Team
	Nicole Capozzi '24 Biological Sciences Ciliate Team
	Julian Hernandez '24 Biological Sciences Ciliate Team
	Angela Jiang '23 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team
	Tejas Kumaran '25 Biological Sciences Foram Team
	Teddy Martin '25 Statistical and Data Sciences Amoeba Team
	Emma Schumacher '23 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team
	Elinor Sterner '24 Biological Sciences Foram Team
	Anna-Lee Thompson '25 Biochemistry Ciliate Team
	Bea Wendling '25 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team