Current Graduate Students

Seminar Series
Biology graduate students have many opportunities to interact with each other, with faculty, and with visiting scientists during regular seminar series in a number of different disciplines.
- CM/MCBB Student Seminars
- Biomolecular Seminars
- Program in Neuroscience
- Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
- Marine Biology
- Chemical Biology Seminar Series
- Bioinformatics
Student Organizations
A variety of events for graduate students are offered by the Biology Graduate Student Association and Women in Biology. Both organizations host outside speakers, professional development events, and social gatherings.
Resources
Please visit the Resources section for useful links and forms.
Grad Students
Stephen Amato works with Dr. Hengye Man, reseacrching the process of signaling pathways that control energy homeostasis within the neuron. Dr. Man is in both the graduate Cell and Molecular Biology and Neurobiology program.
Katie Faust Stryjewski works with Dr. Michael Sorenson in the area of avian ecology and behavior. Dr. Sorenson is in the graduate Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution program.
Nikki Traylor-Knowles is interested in the molecular and transcriptomic aspects of wound healing in cnidarians, with a focus on corals and works with both Drs. Les Kaufman and John Finnerty. She is a part of the graduate Marine Biology program.
Benjamin H. C. Carr is analyzing the long-term dynamics of marine ecosystems in the Northwest Atlantic and works with Dr. Les Kaufman. He is a part of the graduate Marine Biology program.
Andrew Reinmann's research is focused on quantifying the role of winter climate change in carbon storage in temperate forests. He works with Dr. Pamela Templer and is a part of the graduate Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution program.
Christine M. Snyder is interested in the role of the Mef2A transcription factor and works with Dr. Frank Naya and is a part of the graduate Cell and Molecular Biology program.
Learn more about Christine and our other graduate students...
Iker Etchegaray is studying phagocytosis in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaste. He works with Dr. Kim McCall as a part of the graduate Neurobiology program.
Eva Fast has been studying the study how Wolbachia, obligate intracellular bacteria, get transmitted vertically through the female germline of insects. She works with Dr. Horacio Frydman as a part of the graduate Neurobiology program.