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Evolution@Vanderbilt Lab Members

Patrick Abbot

Associate Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Audrey Arner

Chair , Evolution at Vanderbilt Organization for Students and Trainees

Brian O. Bachmann

Professor , Department of Chemistry

Steven Baskauf

Data Science and Data Curation Specialist , Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries

Megan Behringer

Assistant Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Jada Benn Torres

Associate Professor , Department of Anthropology

Amanda Benson

Senior Lecturer , Department of Biological Sciences

Michael Bess

Chancellor's Professor , Department of History

Alexander Bick

Assistant Professor , Center for Precision Medicine

Randolph Blake

Centennial Professor , Department of Psychology

Rachel Bonami

Assistant Professor , Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine

Seth R. Bordenstein

Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Sergei Boudko

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Medicine

Danielle Bowden

Administrative Specialist , Evolutionary Studies Initiative

Benjamin Bratton

Assistant Professor , Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Kendal Broadie

Stevenson Professor , Neurobiology

Sean Butner

Financial Associate , Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization

John A. Capra

Associate Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Gianni Castiglione

Assistant Professor , Biological Sciences and Ophthalmology

Kenneth C. Catania

Stevenson Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Sergei Chetyrkin

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Medicine

Brian Christens

Professor , Department of Human and Organizational Development

Jay Clayton

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor , English Department

Timothy Cover

Professor , Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Nicole Creanza

Assistant Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Simon A. F. Darroch

Assistant Professor , Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Suman Das

Associate Professor , Department of Medicine

Kyle David

Outreach Co-Captain , Evolutionary Studies Initiative

Lea Davis

Associate Professor , Department of Medicine

Larisa R. G. DeSantis

Associate Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Paul Durst

Educational Programming Chair , Evolutionary Studies

Brandt Eichman

William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair and Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Aaron Fidler

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Medicine

Andy Flick

Outreach Chair , Evolutionary Studies

David Gailani

Professor , Pathology & Microbiology & Immunology

Eric C. Gamazon

Associate Professor , Department of Medicine

Ivelin Georgiev

Associate Professor , Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Maria Hadjifrangiskou

Associate Professor , Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Suzana Herculano-Houzel

Associate Professor , Department of Psychology

Ruth Hill

Professor , Spanish and Portuguese

Julian F. Hillyer

Associate Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Emily Hodges

Assistant Professor , Biochemistry

Blane Hollingsworth

Senior Lecturer , Department of Mathematics

Steven Hollon

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor , Department of Psychology

Billy G. Hudson

Director , Center for Matrix Biology

Carl H. Johnson

Stevenson Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Owen D. Jones

Glenn M. Weaver, M.D. and Mary Ellen Weaver Chair in Law, Brain, and Behavior , Law School

Malu Jorge

Associate Professor NTT , Earth and Environmental Sciences

Jon Kaas

Distinguished Centennial Professor , Department of Psychology

Monica Keith

Assistant Professor , Anthropology

Neil Kelley

Assistant Professor , Earth and Environmental Sciences

Abigail L. LaBella

Chair , Evolution@Vanderbilt Organization for Students and Trainees

Jennifer Larson

Associate Professor , Department of Political Science

Amanda Lea

Assistant Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Daniel Levin

Professor , Department of Psychology and Human Development

Bingshan Li

Associate Professor , Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Reese Martin

Chair , Evolution at Vanderbilt Organization for Students and Trainees

Lin Meng

Assistant Professor , Earth and Environmental Sciences

Christopher Merrikh

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Biochemistry

Houra Merrikh

Professor , Department of Biochemistry

Gregor Neuert

Associate Professor , Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Laura Novick

Associate Professor , Department of Psychology and Human Development

Kristen M. Ogden

Assistant Professor , Department of Pediatrics

Lucius Outlaw

Professor Emeritus , Department of Philosophy

Maulik Patel

Assistant Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Ansley Petherick

Social Media Liaison , Evolution@Vanderbilt

Elena Pokidysheva

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Medicine

Vito Quaranta

Professor , Department of Biochemistry

Rachel Racicot

Research Assistant Professor , Biological Sciences

David Rinker

Biological Sciences , Research Assistant Professor

Betsey Robinson

Associate Professor , Department of History of Art and Architecture

Antonis Rokas

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair , Department of Biological Sciences

Antonis Rokas

Research Chair , Evolutionary Studies

Luise Rollins-Smith

Professor , Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Mikail Rubinov

Assistant Professor , Department of Biomedical Engineering

David C. Samuels

Associate Professor , Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Jeffrey D. Schall

E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Neuroscience , Department of Psychology

Haerin (Helen) Shin

Assistant Professor , English Department

Eric P. Skaar

Ernest W. Goodpasture Chair in Pathology , Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Tara Stanley

President , Evolution at Vanderbilt Organization for Students

Keivan Stassun

Stevenson Professor , Department of Physics & Astronomy

Jacob L. Steenwyk

Chair of Alumni Affairs , Evolutionary Studies

Carlos Taboada

Assistant Professor , Biological Sciences

Ann Tate

Assistant Professor , Department of Biological Sciences

Kelly Tingle

Science Communication Assistant , Evolutionary Studies

Frank Tong

Centennial Professor of Psychology , Department of Psychology

Marcus Trammell

Associate Director , Wendland Cook Program in Religion and Justice

Tiffiny Tung

Professor , Department of Anthropology

Michael P. Vandenbergh

David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair , Law School

Digna Velez Edwards

Professor , Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Allison Walker

Assistant Professor , Department of Chemistry

John Weymark

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in Social and Natural Sciences, Emeritus , Department of Economics

Sarah Worthan

Outreach Co-Captain , Evolutionary Studies Initiative

Maizie Zhou

Assistant Professor , Biomedical Engineering

Laurence J. Zwiebel

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair , Department of Biological Sciences