Dr. Stephen Ferguson, 2022-2023
PhD., Vanderbilt University
Project: Olfactory Driven Behavior in Eusocial Ants
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Guangming Science City, (Guangdong) China
Dr. Alex (Feng) Liu, 2018-2021
PhD, Auburn University (2016)
Project: Genome Targeting and Olfactory Physiology in Anopheles gambiae
Currently: Junior Principal Investigator, Institute of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Guangming Science City, (Guangdong) China
Dr. Ann Carr, 2018-2021
PhD, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Project: Plasmodium related Transcriptome Changes in Anopheles gambiae
Dr. HuaHua Sun, 2019-2020
PhD, Nanjing Agricultural University, China (2018)
Project: Larval and Adult Sensory Physiology in Anopheles gambiae
Currently: Investigator, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Dr. Mohamed Saveer Ahmed, 2013-2017
PhD, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2013)
Project: Genome Editing & Sensory Physiology in Anopheles gambiae
Currently: Research Scientist, USDA Beltsville, MD
Dr. Jesse Slone, 2012-2017
PhD, Duke University (2009)
Project: Chemosensory Receptors in Ants
Currently: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Dr. Xiaofan Zhou, 2011-2016
PhD, Penn. State University (2011)
Project: BioInformatics of Chemosensory Signaling
Currently: Professor, Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, China.
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
Currently: Associate 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)
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.
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
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
Currently: Professor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing China
Dr. Pingxi Xu, 2006-2010
PhD, Fourth Military Medical University PRC. (1999)
Project: Odorant Receptors and the Carbon Dioxide Response in Anopheles gambiae
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
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
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
Currently: CEO, ApoGlyx AB, Lund, Sweden.
Dr. Ana Claudia do Amaral Melo, 2001-2003
PhD, University of Para, Brazil (2000)
Project: Identification of Odorant Receptors in Arbovirus Vector, Aedes aegypti.
Currently: Associate Professor, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University of Brazil, Rio State
