The Rokas Lab

Team

The Rokas Lab, Fall 2023

Front row (from left to right): Thodoris/ Karin / Annie / Christina / Olivia / Will; Back row (from left to right): Kyle / David / Antonis / Adi / Marie-Claire / Thomas; Not present: Alec, Dana, Charu, Corey, Gideon, and Rene.

Current Team Members


David Rinker	Dana Lin
Research Assistant Professor	PostDoctoral Fellow
B.A., College of William & Mary	B.Sc., National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University	M.Sc., National Taiwan University, Taiwan
PostDoc, Vanderbilt University	Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
	PostDoc, Duke University

Marie-Claire Harrison	Karin Steffen
Graduate Student	PostDoctoral Fellow
B.Sc., Pomona College	B.Sc., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Germany
	M.Sc., Uppsala University, Sweden
	Ph.D., Uppsala University, Sweden

E. Anne Hatmaker	Alec Brown
Graduate Student	Graduate Student
B.Sc., Univ. Tennessee-Knoxville	B.Sc., Bowling Green State Univ.
M.Sc., Univ. Tennessee-Knoxville	M.Sc., Bowling Green State Univ.

Christina Chavez	Thodoros Danis
Graduate Student	Graduate Student
B.Sc., California State Univ.-Fullerton	B.Sc., Univ. of Thessaly, Greece
	M.Sc., Univ. of Crete, Greece

Thomas J. S. Sauters	Kyle David
PostDoctoral Fellow	PostDoctoral Fellow
B.Sc., University of New Mexico	B.Sc., University of Miami
Ph.D., Duke University	Ph.D, Auburn University

Olivia Riedling	Adiyantara Gumilang
Graduate Student	Research Assistant II
B.Sc., Purdue University	B.Sc., IPB University, Indonesia
	M.Sc., Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea

Corey Wiseman	Charu Balamurugan
Undergraduate Researcher	Undergraduate Researcher

Your name here?	Your name here?

The PI

Antonis Rokas
Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences
B.Sc., Univ. Crete
Ph.D., Edinburgh Univ.
PostDoc, Univ. Wisconsin

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Joining the Lab

Undergrads / Grads / PostDocs

Undergraduates excited about our work, especially those with computational experience, are encouraged to apply for a position in our lab. We expect a minimum commitment of 12 hours per week during academic terms (for course credit) and full-time during summers (for pay). We also expect our undergrad researchers to apply to the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program (for their summer stipends) and to perform research over multiple semesters. Interested candidates should email Antonis with a brief statement that explicitly states why they want to join our lab, CV and the contact details of two course instructors / evaluators.

Students interested in graduate work in our lab are encouraged to apply either to the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP) or to the Biological Sciences Program (BSP). Students in the IGP rotate through 4 different labs in the first year, thus gaining a diversity of research experiences and evaluating the goodness-of-fit of several different labs across the university. Students in the BSP rotate through 2 or 3 labs in the department but typically commit to joining a particular lab upon acceptance to the program. If interested, please email Antonis with a cover letter that explicitly states why you want to join our lab, statement of research interests, CV and the contact details of three evaluators.

Postdoctoral candidates with relevant experience in evolutionary biology, computational biology, genomics, bioinformatics, fungal biology, and related fields interested in joining our lab should email Antonis with a cover letter that explicitly states why they want to join our lab, statement of research interests, pdf reprints of published papers, CV and the contact details of three evaluators. A track record of high-quality publications, excellent communication skills, enthusiasm for basic research, and a collaborative approach to science is expected.