Castoe Lab
Castoe Lab
Department of Biology
University of Texas Arlington
Other Past Castoe Lab Members
Name Castoe Lab Position Time in Lab Current
Kris Row Undergraduate Researcher Summ. 2016-Summ.2018 Ph.D. Student Friskoff Lab
Nour Louzon Undergraduate Researcher Summ. 2016-Summ.2017
Acacia Young Undergraduate Researcher Summ. 2016-Summ.2017 Ph.D. Student UTSW
Marelize Snyman Undergraduate Researcher Summ. 2016-Summ.2017 Ph.D. Student w/ Sen Xu
Ola Moussa Undergraduate Researcher Summ. 2014-Spring2016
Angelica Garcia Undergraduate Researcher Summ. 2014-Fall2014
Lexi Alexander Undergraduate Researcher Summ. 2014-Fall2014
Nyimah Waynewood Undergraduate Researcher Spring 2014-Summ.2014
Austin Jinks Undergraduate Researcher Spring 2014-Summ.2014
Mohamad Elzaim Undergraduate Researcher Spring 2014-Summ.2014
Jessica Stephens Undergraduate Researcher Fall 2013-Spring.2014
Zachary Rodriguez Undergraduate Researcher (McNair Scholar) Summ. 2014-Fall2014 M.S. Student at LSU
Elizabeth Nguyen Undergraduate Researcher (Honors Thesis) Spring 2013-Summ.2013 Pharmacy School
Laura Drzich Undergraduate Researcher (McNair Scholar) Summ.2014-Fall2014 Medical Tech School
F.Nicole Proctor Undergraduate Researcher Spring 2013-Summ.2013
Zia Flossman Undergraduate Researcher Spring 2013-Summ.2013
Rachel Wostl Laboratory Technician Fall 2012-Summ.2013 UTA Biology Lab Coordinator
Kyle Shaney Ph.D. Student Spring 2013 - Fall 2013 Ph.D. Student with Eric Smith
Castoe Laboratory Wall of Fame
People in the Lab
WHAT WE DO IN THE LAB
Evolutionary Genomics
Reptiles, esp. Snake Genomics
Genomics of Extreme Adaptations
Systems Biology
Population Genomics
LAB LINKS
Lab Research
Joining the Lab
Lab PI
Ph.D. - Graduated Aug. 2018
Currently an NSF-funded Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard, in Scott Edwards’ Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
Calliophis castoe
Lab Mascot
Audra Andrew
Ph.D. - Graduated May 2017
2018 - Postdoctoral fellow at UTSW
Currently a MCAT instructor
Nicky Hales
Ph.D. Student
Giulia Pasquesi
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. - Graduated May 2015
Co-Advised w/ Campbell
Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at NYU-Abu Dhabi (with Stephane Boissinot)
Andrew Corbin
Ph.D. Student
(with Paul Chippindale)
Graduated Ph.D. Students
Aundrea Westfall
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. - Graduated May 2018
Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in our lab working on Rattlesnake Genomics
Zach Nikolakis
Ph.D. Student
Richard Orton
Ph.D. Student
Richard Adams
Ph.D. - Graduated May 2019
Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Florida Atlantic University, in Michael DeGiorgio’s Lab