Dr. Michele Johnson
Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Biology, interested in evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, and behavioral neuroscience. She completed her PhD in 2007 with Jonathan Losos and Alan Templeton at Washington University, and conducted postdoctoral research with Juli Wade at Michigan State. Click here to see Dr. Johnson’s CV.
Current Lab members
Isaac Agumadu
Isaac is a pre-med student, majoring in Neuroscience. He’s on the football team, and he’s and his work in the lab focuses on the morphology of the parietal eye in lizards.
GRACE ANDERSON
Grace is a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major, planning to go to medical school. Her work in the lab focuses on how testosterone influences muscles, and how opsin proteins function and evolve.
TAYLOR BLACk
Taylor is a Sociology major with a minor in Biology, planning a career in public health. She’s studying the evolution of lizard teeth, and she’s the President of the Black Student Union.
Jeremy blackburn
Jeremy is a pre-vet Biology major with a Creative Writing minor. His research in the lab focuses on stress and welfare in captive research animals.
David Izquierdo
David is a Neuroscience major planning a career in medicine. He’s studying how exercise affects lizard brain morphology and cognition, and he plays the saxophone in the jazz ensemble.
MIA KHOLY
Mia is a Neuroscience major planning a career in dentistry. Her work in the lab examines the role of the third eye in lizard behavior and reproduction, and she’s active in DEI efforts all over campus.
NATHAN KOehler
Nathan is a Neuroscience major. His work in the lab explores how differences in the lizard brain may contribute to a species’ invasion success.
SHAUnA ODUM
Shauna is a Neuroscience major, planning to attend grad school in neurobiology. Her work in the lab focuses on androgen receptors in lizard muscles, and she’s an officer in TWIST. Check out more about Shauna here!
AKSHAYA RANJIT
Akshaya is a double-major in Neuroscience and Computer Science. Her work in the lab focuses on lizard brain laterality and evolution
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
Alex is majoring in Mathematical Finance and Theoretical Economics. He’s modeling lizard tail movement in the lab, and he plays tennis.