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”
	Giulia Ribeiro, Postdoctoral Fellow Amoeba team, Bioinformatics Team gribeiro@smith.edu
	Joseph Mack, Postdoctoral Fellow Extremophile team Jmack@smith.edu
	Marie Leleu, Postdoctoral Fellow Foram Team, Ciliate Team mleleu@smith.edu
	Ragib Ahsan, Ph.D. Candidate Ciliate Team Leader, rahsan@smith.edu
	Adri Grow, Ph.D. Candidate Foram Team Leader, Biodiversity Team agrow@smith.edu
	Godwin Ani, Ph.D. Student Bioinformatics Team, Symbiosis Team gani@smith.edu
“Part timers”
	Melody Lei '25 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team
	Lya Rao '25 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team
	Ian Shin '26 Biological Sciences Foram Team
	Joseina Breton '27 Foram Team
	Hayley Ma '28 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team
	Gigi Ochs '28 Biological Sciences Amoeba Team
	Katie Lai '28 Biochemistry Sciences Foram Team
	Marisol Jenkins-Sorensen '27 Amoeba Team
	Katie Lavrov '27 Foram Team
	Zane Reedy '26 Biological Sciences Foram Team