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PI - Tom Powell
Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences Office- 214 Science IV email- powellt@binghamton.edu Google Scholar I started as a faculty member at Binghamton in August 2016. I came here after a postdoc in Dan Hahn's evolutionary physiology lab in the Entomology and Nematology Department at the University of Florida. Before that, I spent time as visiting postdoc working with Art Weis at the University of Toronto's Koffler Scientific Reserve. I did my PhD at the University of Notre Dame under the guidance of Jeff Feder. My undergrad alma mater is Shepherd University in West Virginia, where I had the opportunity to start my research career in Tim King's conservation genetics lab at the USGS Leetown Science Center. |
Graduate Students
If you are interested in the joining the lab, please see "opportunities" above for more information.
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Pheobe Deneen
Office - 220 Science IV email - pdeneen1@binghamton.edu I am a PhD student in the Powell Lab. I graduated from UMass Amherst in May 2017; my undergraduate research in the Adler Lab was on how the chemical composition of pollen affects parasite load in bumblebees. I am broadly interested in how multitrophic systems respond to environmental changes, as well as speciation in plant-insect systems. Gabriella Quartuccia Office - 220 Science IV email - gquartu1@binghamton.edu I received my BS in Biological Sciences from the University at Buffalo in 2016 where I worked with Dr. Charlotte Lindqvist on examining the evolution of brown, black, and polar bears in the Arctic throughout time using SDM computer modeling. In my time off from school I worked as a Veterinary Assistant and as a Research Technician in a cardiometabolic genomics lab; both of which aided in my decision to return to graduate school and join the Powell lab. I am a first year PhD student in the Powell lab and I am broadly interested in evolutionary genetics and speciation biology. I particularly want to aid in identifying genetic variations between closely related species, elucidating the functional advantage these variants may confer, and overall trying to answer the question “what is a species?”. Jordyn Condrate
Office - 220 Science IV email - jcondra1@binghamton.edu I am a Ph.D. student in the Powell Lab. I graduated from the University of Rochester in May 2021. While there, I researched the genetics of ethanol and heat tolerance of common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster with Dr. James D. Fry. I also investigated parasitoid wasp (Nasonia) courtship and mating behavior, as well as their species distributions in wild bird nests over time with Dr. John (Jack) Werren. I am interested in how environmental changes due to climate change play a role in insect speciation, as well as the underlying genetics behind these changes. I am currently working with the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella. Stephanie Nguyen
Office - 220 Science IV email - snguyen4@binghamton.edu I worked with Dr. Scott Pitnick at Syracuse University on the Drosophila Evolutionary Phenomics (DEP) project, both as an undergraduate researcher and a research technician. This endeavor quantified 25 behavioral, morphological, physiological, and molecular traits in 150 species of Drosophila and related genera. In particular, I was in charge of quantifying the sex-specific longevity and the age-specific fecundity of these species. I am excited to be working in the Powell lab and further explore my interest in evolutionary biology. I am currently investigating how different environmental factors affect Rhagoletis' life history timing and its effects on speciation. (P.S. I like dogs.) Janelle B. Talavera (co-advised with Lindsey Swierk)
Office - 220 Science IV email - jtalave1@binghamton.edu I am a PhD student in the Swierk and Powell Labs. In May 2020 I received my BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from California State University Northridge, where I worked with Dr. David Gray and Dr. Jeanne Robertson. As an undergraduate I investigated the evolution of prezygotic isolation and speciation among three groups of closely related field crickets. I also investigated the coevolution of signalers and receivers in the field cricket, Gryllus lineaticeps, and parasitoid fly, Ormia ochracea. I also researched sex differences in the costs of boldness in water anoles, Anolis aquaticus, with Dr. Bree Putman and Dr Lindsey Swierk. My undergraduate research experiences shaped my love for behavioral ecology and speciation. I am currently investigating behavioral and ecological reproductive isolating mechanisms and the genomic context of speciation in a water anole species complex. Chris A. DeAngelis (co-advised with Kirsten Prior)
Office- 220 Science IV email- cdeange3@binghamton.edu I graduated from Binghamton University with a BS in Biological Sciences in 2019 and completed an MAT in Adolescent Biology Education at SUNY New Paltz. Before starting my PhD, I worked in secondary education, teaching multiple levels of biology. I am broadly interested in studying the mutualistic relationship between ants and myrmecochorous plants. Outside of the lab, I enjoy golfing, hiking, listening to music, writing, stargazing, and spending time with his family. |
Current undergraduate researchers:
Antoinetta Raymond C'25 Biology
Emma Leonard C'25 Biology
Mena Coles-Carruthers C'25 Biology
Hailey Jurenko C'24 Biology
Cassandra Smutny C'25 Biology
Leah Rosenheim C'25 Biology
Field work specialist:
Former Lab Members:
Postdocs
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Undergraduate researchers
Adeenah Ahmed C'19 Integrative Neuroscience, MD-MPH SUNY Upstate Medical
Austin Dukat C'19 Biology, NYIT Osteopathic Medicine
David Fama C'19 Biology, Binghamton PharmD
Stephanie Maung C'18 Biology, Binghamton Nursing Program
Nadia Mirza C'19 Biology, Arabic, History, Boston University PhD program
Maria Molina C'19 Environmental Studies, SUNY Research Foundation
Eden Romeo C'19 Biology, Native Food Sovereignty Fellow, AmeriCorp
Maria Santa Cruz C'18 Integrative Neuroscience, NYIT Osteopathic Medicine
Brooke Thornhill C'19 Biology, Stony Brook DDS
Kelsey McCarthy C'19 Biology, Cornell Veterinary Medicine
Alyssa Murray C'19 Biological Anthropology, Tufts PhD Program
Steve Silverman C'20 Biology, Stony Brook Marine Biology MS
Sydney Silverman C'20 Integrative Neuro., Columbia U. Human Nutrition MS
Andrew Lupinski C'21 Biology, Notre Dame PhD Program
Sophia Hall C'21 Biology, U. Washington Genetic Counseling MS
Hannah Episcopia C'21 Biology, Advanced Clinical Staff Scientist
Amanda Pizzo C'22 Biology, Rutgers U. PA program
Jordyn-Paige Plair C'22 Biology, Research Microbiology, NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals
Kathryn Guathier C'22 Integrative Neuroscience
Madeline Koeble C'22 Biology
Kathy Fridich C'22 Psychology, Lab Manager, Prior Lab, Binghamton U.
Louise Wagenseil C'23 Environmental Studies
Kwame Adu C'23 Biology
Hannah Roth C'23 Integrative Neuroscience
Veronica Carranza C'24 Chemistry