Dr. Alan Lemmon
Bioinformatics Director
alemmon@fsu.eduAssistant Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Ph.D, 2007) in the Department of Scientific Computing, Alan spearheads the upstream and downstream bioinformatics of probe design and raw data processing for anchored phylogenomics collaborations. He is the creative driver behind the research program.
Dr. Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Laboratory Director
chorusfrog@bio.fsu.eduAssistant Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Ph.D, 2007) in the Department of Biological Science, Emily coordinates and oversees anchored phylogenomics projects in the molecular laboratory. She facilitates development of new collaborations and keeps the research humming.
Michelle Kortyna
Laboratory Manager
mk09g@my.fsu.eduMichelle is a postgraduate researcher (Biological Science B.S., 2012, FSU) who oversees anchored phylogenomics projects, collecting data both manually and via the lab’s liquid-handling robot.
Ameer Reza Jalal
Bioinformatics Manager
ajalal@fsu.eduAmeer is a postgraduate researcher (Physical Science B.S., 2014, FSU) who oversees the analyses of phylogenomic data through the bioinformatics pipeline, and maintains hardware and software systems.
Sarah Banker
Laboratory Technician
sarahbanker27@gmail.comSarah is a postgraduate researcher (Molecular and Cell Biology B.S., 2014, UConn) who manages projects, prepares samples for Illumina sequencing, and optimizes sequencing protocols.
Sean Holland
Laboratory Technician
sdh11e@my.fsu.eduSean is a postgraduate researcher (Biological Science B.S., 2015, FSU) who contributes to project organization, sample preparation, and data analysis.
Alyssa Bigelow
Laboratory Technician
atb08e@my.fsu.eduAlyssa is a postgraduate researcher (Biological Science B.S. & German B.A, 2013, FSU) who performs project organization, sample quality control, sonication, and other general lab duties.
Kirby Birch
Bioinformatics Technician
kjb13e@my.fsu.eduKirby is an undergraduate researcher (Computational Science B.S, 2017, FSU) who assists in bioinformatics analysis, including assemblies, alignments, and trees.
Felipe Grazziotin
Senior Postdoctoral Intern
fgrazziotin@gmail.comFelipe is a postdoctoral researcher from Universidade de São Paulo. He trained in the laboratory for three months in early 2013 and returned for an additional six months of training during the 2013-2014 academic year. Felipe is collecting large anchored phylogenomic data sets for Brazilian squamates.