Current Lab Members
Former Lab Members
Janus Borner
Janus was a postdoc in the Perkins lab from 2018-2019 and is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Evolutionary Ecologyand Conservation Genomics, Ulm University.
Spencer Galen
Spencer was a Ph.D. student from 2014-2018. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Scranton.Liliana Dávalos
Liliana M. Dávalos is Professor of Conservation Biology at Stony Brook University’s Department of Ecology and Evolution. Her research interests include molecular evolution, phylogenetics and tropical biology. She leads the Tropical Biology group, which studies extinction and survival in deep time, functional genetics in non-model mammals, and deforestation.Eric Waltari
Eric is a PhD. biologist with broad expertise in genomics, evolutionary ecology, and host/pathogen research. His current focus is antibody discovery, particularly studying the adaptive immune repertoire, using a combination of lab and informatics techniques.His previous positions have all involved gathering and processing genomic or spatial biogeographic datasets, and creating Unix-based and R-based pipelines to analyze these datasets.
Kelly Speer
Kelly was a Ph.D. student in the Richard Gilder Graduate School from 2015-2019. She will be starting as a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithosonian National Museum of Natural History in January 2020.Alexis Brown
Lexi was a Master's student at Columbia University who worked on bat flies and the evolution of parasite specificity. She is currently a Ph.D. student at Stony Brook University.Juliane Schaer
Juliane collaborated with Susan throughout her Masters and Ph.D. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Humboldt UniversityRenato Nunes
As an NSF REU Intern in the Perkins lab, I worked with Spencer Galen to explore the systematics of the avian malaria genus Leucocytozoon. We used novel nuclear markers, and coalescent methods to uncover the presence of cryptic diversity within the genus. He is currently a Ph.D. student in David Lohman's lab at City College - CUNY Grad Center.Bryan Falk
Bryan was a Ph.D. student in the Richard Gilder Graduate School from 2008-2012. He currently is an invasive species biologist at Everglades National Park.Allison Kerwin
Allison was a technician from 2005-2008. She is currently an assistant professor at McDaniel College.Jennifer Wisecaver
Jennifer was an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates student researcher in 2005. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Purdue University.Kevin Olival
Kevin was a postdoctoral fellow in the Perkins lab. He is currently Vice President for Research at EcoHealth Alliance.Diana Belanger
Diana was a Ph.D. student in the CUNY program. Her research was on the population genetics of canine heartworm in wild and domestic hosts. She is currently an assistant professor of science at Quincy College.Show More