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 editor-in-chief of Genome Biology and Evolution.

“Full timers”

Rabindra Thakur, Graduate Student

Foraminifera Team Leader

rthakur@smith.edu

 

Ragib Ahsan, Ph.D Student, UMass Amherst

Ciliate Team Leader

rahsan@smith.edu 

 

 

Shahed Uddin Ahmed Shazib, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Ciliate Team Leader

sshazib@smith.edu

 

  Adri Grow, Master’s Student

Pitcher Plant & Biodiversity Team Leader

agrow@smith.edu

 

“Part timers”

Angela Jiang ’23

Amoeba Team

 

Akilah Williams ’22

Foraminifera Team

 

Auden Cote-L’Heureux, High School Student 

Bioinformatics Technician

 

 

Ava Brookshier ’23

Amoeba Team

 

Caitlin Timmons ’22

Ciliate Team

 

Claire Jordan ’21

Amoeba Team

 

Clara Slesar ’22

Biodiversity Team

 

Hannah Rappaport ’22

Foram Team

 

Jailene Gonzalez ’22

Amoebae Team  

 

Julia Sullivan ’22

Ciliate Team

 

Junwen Fan ’24

XGT Team

 

Wumei Blanche ’22

Ciliate Team

 

  Claudia Olson ’22

 

  Cyd Owens ’23

 

 
Elinor Sterner ’24

 

  Grace Apodaca ’22

 

 
Li Li Fiano ’23

 

 
My My Tran ’24

 

  Olivia Sorensen ’23

 

  Quinn White ’23

 

  Rebecca Harrigan ’22

 

  Tarrin D’Aniello ‘AC22

 

  Vivian Nguyen ’23