Helen Murphy
Postdoctoral Research, Wake Forest University, Duke University
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Biology, B.S. Environmental Science, SUNY Buffalo
Courses: Evolution of Organisms (Biol312), Evolutionary Genetics (Biol401), Darwinian Evolution in Politics and Society (Biol150), Human Evolution, Race, and Genetics (Biol460)
Graduate Students
If you are interested in joining our lab as a Graduate Student, Email Helen
Undergraduate Students
Atari abundo, Class of 2025
Natural variation in Lachancea fermentati and toxin-biofilm interactions
IAn wilson, Class of 2025
Interested in the evolution of prions and neurodegenerative disorders.
Ana Kothandram, Class of 2026
Interested in S. cerevisiae virulence and its relationship to amoeba predation.
Debby zhong, Class of 2025
Conducting honors research on multicellularity in S. cerevisiae
Macie mcgraw, class of 2026
Interested in S. cerevisiae virulence and its relationship to amoeba predation.
Armaan Salchak, Class of 2026
Interested in the genetics of virulence
Christina mulroy, class of 2025
Interested in the evolution of prions.
Grace Bellamy, Class of 2026
Interested in the evolution of virulence
Gone, But Not Forgotten
zach ormiston ‘2024
Intern @ NIH
Dulguun Myagmarsuren ‘2022
Intern @ the NIH
Maya Kim ‘2021
PhD @ U Maryland
Juliana Salcedo ‘2020
MEd @ UVA, Science teacher
Matt Dungan ‘2020
PhD @ Vanderbilt
Maliha Ahmed, ‘2019
MPH @ Johns Hopkins
Alec Friedman, ’2019
MD @ VCU
Zach Oppler, ‘2018
PhD @ U Penn
Angela Heysel, ‘2017
MD @ Thomas Jefferson
Luke Reding
PhD @ UT Austin
Hita yall ‘2024
Pediatric intern
Ben Epley ’2022
PhD @ U Chicago
Amy Forehand ‘2021
PhD @ UVA
Lily Fenton ‘2021
Conservation NGO
Amanda Ivanoff, ‘2019
PhD @ SUNY Buffalo
Danting Jiang, ‘2018
PhD @ Duke
Brianna Meeks, ‘2018
Intern @ NIH, MSW
wereallcultured.wordpress.com
Despina Mason, ‘2017
Prepping for PA school
Simone Giovanetti
Researcher @ the NIH
jennifer lin ‘2024
MS @ Harvard
Kate balint ‘2024
MS @ WM
Luke Ekdahl ‘2022
MD @ EVMS
Ziyan Chen ‘2021
MD @ UVA
Meadow Parrish ‘2020
MD-PhD @ Tufts
Sophie Harris, ‘2019
MD @ U Minnesota
Adam Lenhart, ‘2018
PhD @ UVA
Rachel Rambadt, ‘2018
MD @ VCOM
John Deschaine, ‘2017
MD-PhD @ U Penn
Miriam Szabo-Wexler, ‘2017
Working in biotech