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
TRACE BRIONES
Trace is a Biology major, planning a career in medicine. He’s on the swim team, and his work in the lab focuses on the development of tooth morphlogy in anole lizards.
Jack bushnell
Jack is a Neuroscience major with a minor in Anthropology, exploring careers in medicine and research. HIs work in the lab focuses on how excercise changes the lizard brain.
Sophie connolly
Sophie is a Neuroscience major, planning a career as a research scientist. She has two major projects in the lab: she’s studying the expression of androgen receptors in lizard muscles, and measuring phylogenetic signal in lizard brain regions.
Henna dasani
Henna is a Neuroscience major with a Business minor, planning to attend medical school after graduation. Her research in the lab currently focuses on the morphology of invasive lizard brains.
khushi kakadia
Khushi is a Biology major planning to attend medical school. She’s studying how anole lizards use their dewlap in different social contexts.
Nathan koehler
Nathan is a Neuroscience major and Human Communication minor, planning a career in human health. His work in the lab explores how differences in the lizard brain may contribute to a species’ invasion success.
Florissa patterson
Florie is a Biology major and Art History minor, planning to pursue a PhD and a career in research. Her work in the lab explores how opsin proteins are expressed in lizard embryos.
SOFIA phucas
Sofia is a Biology major, planning to attend dental school after graduation. Her work in the lab focuses on the development of tooth morphology in anole lizards.
zain rahman
Zain is a Biology major with plans to attend law school after graduation, with a focus in patent law. His work in the lab explores measurements of phylogenetic signal in lizard brain regions, to understand the evolution of the brain.
akshaya ranjit
Akshaya is a double-major in Neuroscience and Computer Science, planning to pursue a PhD at the intersection of these two fields. Her work in the lab focuses on lizard brain laterality and evolution.
riya vankamamidi
Riya is a Psychology major and Biology minor, with plans to pursue medical school after graduation. Her work in the lab explores laterality in lizard responses to predators and prey.
Camille Young
Camille is a Biology major, studying the evolution of lizard teeth using CT scan data. And, she’s on Trinity’s soccer team!
Sofia zavala
Sofia is a Neuroscience and Spanish double major, with a minor in Business, planning a career combining science and marketing. Her research in the lab focuses on the evolution of lizard teeth and eye morphology.