Our Team

Dr. Alan Lemmon : Bioinformatics Director

Dr. Alan Lemmon

Bioinformatics Director

alemmon@fsu.edu

Assistant 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

Dr. Emily Moriarty Lemmon

Laboratory Director

chorusfrog@bio.fsu.edu

Assistant 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

Michelle Kortyna

Laboratory Manager

mk09g@my.fsu.edu

Michelle 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

Ameer Reza Jalal

Bioinformatics Manager

ajalal@fsu.edu

Ameer 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

Sarah Banker

Laboratory Technician

sarahbanker27@gmail.com

Sarah 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

Sean Holland

Laboratory Technician

sdh11e@my.fsu.edu

Sean is a postgraduate researcher (Biological Science B.S., 2015, FSU) who contributes to project organization, sample preparation, and data analysis.

Alyssa Bigelow : Laboratory Technician

Alyssa Bigelow

Laboratory Technician

atb08e@my.fsu.edu

Alyssa 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

Kirby Birch

Bioinformatics Technician

kjb13e@my.fsu.edu

Kirby 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

Felipe Grazziotin

Senior Postdoctoral Intern

fgrazziotin@gmail.com

Felipe 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.