Lab Members
Heather Hines, PI
Associate Professor of Biology and Entomology
208 Mueller Lab
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802, USA
Office: 517 Mueller Lab
Lab: 513, 518 Mueller Lab
Office Phone: 814-863-8830
Lab phone: 814-865-7077
hmh19@psu.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers
Antoine Guiguet
Gall induction mechanisms in gall wasps and other galling insects: Genetics, development, phylogenomicis
apg5659@psu.edu
Antoine’s webpage
518 Mueller Lab
Graduate Students
Shelby Kilpatrick
Squash bee comparative morphology and phylogenomics
Shelby’s webpage
Coadvisor: Margarita Lopez-Uribe
skk30@psu.edu
Research Technologist
Elena Gratton
Bee landscape ecology, conservation, and epidemiology
emg5968@psu.edu
518 Mueller Lab
Current Undergraduates
Kylie Warwick
The evolution of a mimicry locus across bumble bees
Marena Martinez
Comparative pathogen loads across bumble bee species
Margaret Weber
Comparative bumble bee response to Nosema pathogens
Tatiana Terranova
The role of pigment genes in bumble bee coloration
Lab Alumni
Sarthok Rahman (grad student)
Briana Ezray (grad student)
Colin Wright (postdoc)
Li Tian (postdoc)
Patrick Lhomme (postdoc)
Guillaume Ghisbain (Visiting Scholar/Masters Intern, U. Mons, Belgium)
Luca Franzini (grad student)
Elyse McCormick (Technician)
Tracey Baumgarten (Technician)
Claudia Rosales (Technician)
Undergraduates
Ashley Heimann
Eris Villalona
Erica Laveaga
Timothy Egner
Sophie Tessier
Casey Carr
Sarah Williams
Carrie Hill
Anna Nixon
Daniel Snellings
Paige Witkowski
Jesse Schneider
Nicole Bracci
Tristan Medina
Daniel Spivack
Rebecca Sommer
Nick MacKnight
Matthew Dowhower
Dianne Lee
Katie Del Guercio
Andrew Walrond
Angela Hoover
Salvatore Anzaldo