Principal Investigator:
Bio + Curriculum Vitae, Google Scholar, Research Gate, Orcid
Prof. S. N. Patek, Ph.D. is the Hehmeyer Professor of Biology and a Bass Fellow at Duke University. Patek received an A.B. with honors in Biology from Harvard University followed by a Ph.D. in Biology from Duke University. Patek was a postdoctoral fellow at the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at UC Berkeley. Patek has received many honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the George A. Bartholomew Award for distinguished contributions to comparative physiology, and a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University.
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Graduate Students:
Justin Jorge received a B.A. in integrative biology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2017 where he worked in Dr. Mimi Koehl’s lab to investigate the biomechanics of single cell predators feeding on choanoflagellates. Justin’s research focuses on ultra-fast movements in nature, specifically those of trap-jaw ants and seed shooting plants such as the witch hazel.
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Undergraduate researchers:
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Undergraduate Aquarium Staff:
Nhu Bui (Aquarium Director)
Sal Carlson
Kennedy Rouser
Victor Slivinskis
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Former lab undergraduates who continued on to graduate school (not a complete list):
Marco Mendoza Blanco, M.S., University of Southern California
Nikoletta Danos, Ph.D., Harvard University
Yasuhiko Komatsu, UMass Amherst
Dave Matthews, Ph.D., Harvard University
Lauren Shipp, Ph.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography
William Van Trump, Ph.D., University of California Irvine
Jack Tseng, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Travis Zack, Ph.D., Harvard University
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Former lab managers:
Joe Baio, Ph.D., University of Washington, now Associate Professor at Oregon State University
Rachel Crane, Ph.D., Stanford University
Leah Fitchett, M.S., Virginia Tech
Grace Farley, M.A.T., Duke; high school science teacher at Jordan High School, Durham, NC
Elizabeth Murphy, Ph.D., University of Virginia; Postdoc: Umea U.
Billy Ray, Ph.D. student, UC Santa Barbara
Ben Schelling, Ph.D. student, Old Dominion University
Erica Staaterman, Ph.D., University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Postdoc: Smithsonian Institution; Bioacoustician at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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Former graduate students:
Suzanne Cox, M.S.M.E., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst; postdocs: Pennsylvania State University, UC Irvine, Duke; Senior Analyst, DEFCON AI
Maya deVries, Ph.D., University of California Berkeley; Postdoc: Scripps Institute of Oceanography; Assistant Professor at San Jose State University
Jason Dinh, Ph.D., Duke University; Climate editor at Atmos Magazine.
Jacob Harrison, Ph.D., Duke University; Postdoc: Georgia Tech
Michael Rosario, M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D., Duke University; Postdoc: Brown University; Associate Professor at West Chester University
Patrick Green, Ph.D., Duke University; Postdoc: Duke University, U. Exeter
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Former postdocs:
Phil Anderson, Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Claverie, Maitre de Conferences, Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche
Katsushi Kagaya, Postdoc, University of Tokyo
Chi Yun Kuo, Assistant Professor, Kaohsiung Medical University
Sarah Longo, Assistant Professor, Towson University
Martha Munoz, Assistant Professor, Yale University
Crystal Reynaga, Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College
Jennifer Taylor, Associate Professor, Scripps Institute of Oceanography