Dr. Etya Amsalem - Principle Investigator
2022-current: Associate Professor of Entomology, Penn State University 
2016-2022: Assistant Professor of Entomology, Penn State University.
2016: Eyal Privman’s Lab at Haifa University (http://privman.haifa.ac.il/)​
2012-2015: Christina Grozinger’s lab at Penn State University (http://grozingerlab.com/) (BARD postdoctoral fellow)
2011-2012: Abraham Hefetz’s lab at Tel Aviv University (https://en-lifesci.tau.ac.il/profile/hefetz)
2007-2011: Ph.D in the Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University.
2005-2007: M.Sc in the Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University
2001-2004: B.Sc. in Medical and Life Sciences from Tel Aviv University

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Current graduate students:

Nathan Derstine
PhD student (8/2018-current)

Anna Cressman
Research Assistant (1/2023-current)

Sarah Spence
PhD student (8/2021-current)

Ethan Dean
PhD student (8/2022-current)

Current undergraduate students:

Angelina Toral
Undergraduate researcher (3/2021-current)

John M Craig (Jack)
Undergraduate researcher (11/2020-current)

Cameron Murray
Undergraduate researcher (4/2021-current)

Alumni

Post-doctoral scholars
Dr. Margarita Orlova (1/2019-7/2022), Currently an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York, Polytechnic Campus.
Dr. Priscila K. F. Santos (3/2020-5/2022), currently a postdoc in Dr. Karen Kapheim lab,  Utah State University
Dr. Gabriel Villar, Postdoctoral scholar (2016-2018), currently Director of R&D in Koppert

Graduate students
Anna Cressman, MS graduate student (2020-2022), currently a researcher assistant in the lab
Erin Treanore, PhD graduate student (2017-2022), currently a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Clare Rittschof lab at the University of Kentucky
Katherine Barie, MS student (2019-2022)
Jesse Starkey, MS graduate student (2017-2019), currently a PhD student in Dr. Cecilia Tamborindeguy, University of Texas A&M

Rotation students
Ben Simonson, MCIBS rotation student (8-9/2020), currently a Ph.D student in Dr Tim Jegla lab
Sean Bresnahan, MCIBS rotation student (10-11/2019), currently a Ph.D student in Dr Christina Grozinger lab

Undergraduate students
Andrea Ramos Medero, Undergraduate Researcher (4/2021-1/2023)
Monique S. Porter, Undergraduate Researcher (1/2019-5/2021), currently a PhD student in Dr. James Crowe lab at Vanderbilt University
Jacklyn M. Kiner, Undergraduate Researcher (1/2018-12/2020)
Bailey Kleeberg, Undergraduate Researcher (11/2019-5/2020)
Fredrick S. Purnell, Undergraduate Researcher (8/2017-5/2020), currently a research assistant at University of Pennsylvania
Kaitlin M. Gadebusch, Undergraduate Researcher (3/2019-5/2020)
Ahja Brown, Undergraduate Researcher (2/2017-12/2017)
Mackenzie E. Kerner, Undergraduate Researcher (11/2016-5/2017)