Dr. Ann Carr, 2018-present

Dr. Alex (Feng) Liu, 2018-present

Dr. HuaHua Sun, 2019-present

Postdoc Alumni

Dr. Mohamed Saveer Ahmed, 2013-2017

PhD, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2013)

Project: Genome Editing & Sensory Physiology in Anopheles gambiae

Funding/Support: National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease

Dr. Jesse Slone, 2012-2017

PhD, Duke University (2009)

Project: Chemosensory Receptors in Ants

Funding/Support: Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Currently: Research Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Dr. Xiaofan Zhou, 2011-2016

PhD, Penn. State University (2011)

Project: BioInformatics of Chemosensory Signaling

Funding/Support: Vanderbilt IDEAS/Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Currently: Professor, Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, PRC

Dr. R, Jason Pitts , 2011-2017 (as Research Assistant Professor from 2012)

PhD, Vanderbilt University (2011)

Project: Odorant Receptors and other Olfactory Genes in Anopheles gambiae

Funding/Support: National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX.

Dr. Eunho Suh, 2011-2015

PhD, University of Kentucky, (2011)

Project: Oviposition Receptors in Anopheles gambiae (NIAID RO1 AI056402)

Funding/Support: National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease 

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn. State University

Dr. Ian Romaine, 2011-2015

PhD, Vanderbilt University (2011)

Project: Chemical Synthesis for Modification of Anopheline Odorant Receptor Activity.

Funding/Support: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenge in Global Health

Currently: Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Robert Taylor, 2011-2013

PhD , Vanderbilt University, (2011)

Project: Chemical Modification of Anopheline Odorant Receptor Activity

Funding/Support: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenge in Global Health

Currently: Research Scientist, M3 Biotechnology, Seattle WA.

Dr. Guirong Wang, 2005-2010

PhD, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing PRC (2002)

Project: Functional Studies of Mosquito Odorant Receptors

Funding/Support: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenge in Global Health

Currently: Professor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing PRC

Dr. Pingxi Xu,   2006-2010

PhD, Fourth Military Medical University PRC. (1999)

Project: Odorant Receptors and the Carbon Dioxide Response in Anopheles gambiae

Funding/Support: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenge in Global Health

Currently: Project Scientist, Department of Entomology, University California, Davis.

Dr. Hyung-Wook Kwon,  2005-2009

PhD, University of Arizona (2004)

Project: Neurobiology of the Proboscis in Anopheles gambiae

Funding/Support: National Institutes of Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Currently: Assistant Professor, Seoul National University, South Korea.

Dr. Jonathan Bohbot, 2004-2008

PhD, University of South Carolina (2004)

Project: Molecular Characterization of Odorant Receptors in Aedes aegypti

Funding/Support: National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Hebrew University, Israel

Dr. Michael Rutzler, 2002-2007

PhD, Salzburg University, Austria (2000)

Project: Molecular Genetics of Olfaction in Anopheles gambiae

Funding/Support: Max Kade Foundation and National Institutes of Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Currently: Associate Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Dr. Ana Claudia do Amaral Melo, 2001-2003

PhD, University of Para, Brazil (2000)

Project: Identification of Odorant Receptors in Arbovirus Vector, Aedes aegypti.

Funding/Support: World Health Organization and National Science Foundation

Currently: Associate Professor, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University of Brazil, Rio State