After studying ecology as a biology major at Swarthmore College, I learned fly pushing as a technician for Steve DiNardo and then discovered evolutionary genetics as a tech for Paul Schmidt. I joined Paul’s lab as a graduate student and earned my PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009. In 2015 I completed my postdoctoral training with Matt Rockman at New York University and began my appointment at Georgia Tech.

Pronunciation: "anna-lisa poe-bee"

Francisco earned his bachelor of science and licentiate in biochemistry and microbiology from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, where he graduated cum laude. He worked for eight years in industry in Guatemala, implementing and then providing consulting expertise for microbiology and molecular biology techniques in agricultural applications. He is now characterizing phenotypic and genetic variation in wild C. elegans.

Avery began genetics research during her undergraduate training. After earning her B.A. in biology from Swarthmore College in 2012, she completed her PhD with Steve McCarroll at Harvard Medical School. Her graduate research focused on understanding genetic diversity in human sperm via the development and implementation of a single-sperm genome sequencing technology. She is now applying her computational genetics expertise to the allelic variation in C. elegans populations.

Research affiliate, Georgia Tech

Researcher at ASRT, Inc

Associate Editor, Science

MS candidate in Bioinformatics, Georgia Tech

Senior research associate, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Undergraduate, Harvard

PhD student in microbiology, University of Washington

Research scientist, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Lab

Undergraduate, Stanford

High school student

Assistant Professor of Biology, Clayton State University

Computer scientist, Janelia

Biology major, Georgia Tech

PhD student in Will Ratcliff's lab, Georgia Tech

Data scientist, Highmark Inc

Data scientist, The Home Depot

MS candidate in City/Regional Planning & Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech

PhD student in biology, Oregon State University

Technical consultant, NetSuite