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Present members of the Willis Lab:
Phone: 216.368.4925 |
Mark A. Willis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Phone: 216.368.4358
Email: maw27@case.edu
Jennifer Avondet, M.S.
Research Technician/Lab Supervisor
Phone: 216.368.4925
Email: javondet@hotmail.com
Jennifer Talley
Biology Ph.D Student
Research interests: Fundamental issues in chemo-orientation in animals and simulated agents.
Caitlin Burkman
Biology Undergraduate Student
Research interests: Examining the relationship between leg and antennae coordination in the American cockroach.
Kathy Guo
High School Biology Research Student
Research interests: Looking at the role the tegulae play in flight control of the tobacco hornworm moth.
Bill Fox
Undergraduate Biology Research Student
Research interests: Interested in the sensory information provided by Johnston's organ in the antennae of the tobacco hornworm moth.
Lab members who research at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Phone: 216.661.6500
Jenni Mueller
Biology Master's Student
Research interests: Studying behavior and endocrinology of African elephants and black rhinoceroses.
Grace Fuller
Biology Ph.D Student
Research interests: Studying infant behavior in the wolf's guenon and allen's swamp monkey.
Elena Hoellein
Biology Ph.D Student
Research interests: Participating in a multi-institutional study examining the effects of the death of a dominant silverback male on mixed-sex and bachelor groups in the Western lowland gorilla.
Lab Alumni...what are they doing now?
Adam Rutkowski
Ph.D in Engineering, December 2007
Research interests: Robotic implementation of a 3D biologically-inspired odor tracking algorithm
Current status: Employed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida
Mike Nicholson
Engineering Undergraduate Student
Research interests: Writing data collection software to run the embedded PSOC devices that will be used for collecting electrophysiological data from moths and cockroaches.
Nick Brehl
Biology Undergraduate Biology Research Student
Research interests:Investigates the neural circuitry underlying the control of antennal movements in the tobacco hornworm moth.
Caitlin Duffy
Hathaway Brown High School Student
Research interests: Behavioral responses to different concentrations of pheromone in the American cockroach.
P. Xanthe Gray
Undergraduate Research Student, B.S. December 2007
Research interests: Obstacle perception and avoidance during upwind odor tracking in male cockroaches.
Elizabeth Zheng
Undergraduate Research Student, B.A. May 2007
Research interests: Importance of visual imputs in odor tracking cockroaches.
Current status: 1st year medical student at NY Medical School
Nina Fatigati
Undergraduate Research Student, B.A. May 2007
Research interests: Antennal control in the tobacco hornworm moth.
Current status: 1st year medical student at the University of Pittsburg
Andy Finnell
Junior Research Technician 2003-2005
Research interests: Odor tracking in turkey vultures at Squire Valleyview Farm
Current status: Studies groundwater quality in Texas
Jarrod Predina
Undergraduate Research Student, B.A. May 2006
Research interests: Neurons underlying pheromone plume tracking in moths
Current status: 2nd year medical student at Penn
Poorna Chowdry
Biology Master's Student, M.S. 2006
Research interests: Social and reproductive behavior in the cheetah.
Current status: 2nd year veterinary student at MSU
Elizabeth Morrison
Undergraduate Research Student, B.A. May 2005
Research interests: How male moths track different female pheromone structures in a wind tunnel
Current status: 3rd year medical student at MCO
Amanda Goodwin
Undergraduate Research Student, B.A. May 2004
Research interests: How the moth's central nervous system controls the abdomen during flight maneuvering
Current status: 4th year veterinary student at OSU
Justin Bailey
Engineering Master's Student, M.S. May 2004
Research interests: Used mobile robots to test hypotheses on how insects control their behavior
Current status: Employed at Analex Corporation doing work for NASA (Yes, he is a Rocket Scientist!).
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