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Lab Members

Members of the Jarvis Lab.
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Erich D. Jarvis, Ph. D.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Jarvis has a Ph.D. from Rockefeller University of New York in Molecular Neurobiology & Animal Behavior.


jarvis (at) neuro.duke.edu    |    Curriculum Vitae

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Tony Zimmerman

Laboratory Manager

B.A., M.B.A.


tonyzimm (at) duke.edu  


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Maurice Anderson

Associate in Research



anderson (at) neuro.duke.edu

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Gustavo Arriaga

Graduate Student



arriaga (at) neuro.duke.edu



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Erina Hara

Associate in Research

M.S.



hara (at) neuro.duke.edu


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Haruhito Horita

Graduate Student

M.S.



horita (at) neuro.duke.edu



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Jason T. Howard

Associate in Research

Jason has a B.S. (Cum Laude) from Florida State University and a M.A. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an American Cancer Society Fisher Fellow.


howard (at) neuro.duke.edu


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Andreas Pfenning

Graduate Student

B.S.


andreas.pfenning (at) duke.edu



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Miriam Rivas

Senior Research Scientist

Ph. D.


rivas (at) neuro.duke.edu


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Petra Roulhac

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph. D.


roulhac (at) neuro.duke.edu



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Rui Wang

Graduate Student

B. S.


rw24 (at) duke.edu


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Osceola Whitney

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph. D.


whitney (at) neuro.duke.edu



Current Collaborating Investigators

Richard Mooney, Ph.D. (Dept. of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center) mooney@neuro.duke.edu
Steve Nowicki, Ph.D. (Dept. of Biology, Duke University) snowicki@acpub.duke.edu
Claudio Mello, Ph.D. (Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University) melloc@nims.ohsu.edu
Constance Scharff, Ph.D. (Lab. of Animal Behavior, The Rockefeller University scharfc@rockvax.rockefeller.edu
Fernando Nottebohm, Ph.D. (Lab. of Animal Behavior, The Rockefeller University) nottebo@rockvax.rockefeller.edu
Masatoshi Hagiwara, Ph.D. (Dept. of Functional Genomic, Tokyo Dental & Medical School) m.hagiwara.end@mri.tmd.ac.jp
Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ph.D. (Dept. of Physiology & Biological Information, Dokkyo University) sakaguch@dokkyomed.ac.jp
Paul Wang, Ph.D. (Dept. of Electrical Egineering, Duke University) ppw@ee.duke.edu
Alex Hartemink, Ph.D. (Dept. of Computer Science, Duke University) amink@cs.duke.edu
Simon Lim, M.Sc.(Duke Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center) lin00025@mc.duke.edu

At RIKEN Genomics Institute in Japan

Yoshihide Hayashizaki, M.D., Ph.D. (Project Director, Genome Exploration Research Group, Yokohama, Japan ) yosihide@gsc.riken.go.jp
Piero Carninci, (Project Leader, Genome Exploration Research Group, Wako, Japan ) carninci@postman.riken.go.jp

Human Frontiers in Science Project

Patrick Blader, (Centre de Biologie du Developpement, Toulouse, France) blader@cict.fr
Carol Schuurmans, (University of Calgary, Canada ) cschuurm@ucalgary.ca
Dan Brown, ( MIT ) danb@alum.mit.edu

Former Postdoctoral Fellows


Victoria Anne Smith, Ph.D.
(now Assistant Professor type position at U. St Andrews)
asmith@neuro.duke.edu
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Tom V. Smulders, Ph.D.
(now Asisstant Professor at U. Newcastle)
tom.smulders@ncl.ac.uk

Lubica Kubikova
(now Assistant Professor, Faculty of Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics in Slovakia)
Lubica.Kubikova@savba.sk

Kazuhiro Wada
(now Associate Professor, Division of Integrated Life Science, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University in Japan)

Raphael Pinaud
(now Assistant Professor at Dept. Brain & Cognitive Sciences in Rochester University)

Liisa Tremere-Pinaud
(now Research Assistant Professor at Dept. Brain & Cognitive Sciences in Rochester University)
 
Carl Dowds, Ph.D. (now Cooperate Bioinformatician) dowds@sciosinc.com

Former Students and Staff

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Lisa Moore, B.A.
(Lab Manager, now Audiologist, Ph.D.)
lmoore@neuro.duke.edu

Yu Jing, B.S.
(Graduate Student, now Corporate Researcher)
yu@ee.duke.edu

Adriana Ragoni Jorge Ferreira,
B.A. (Graduate Student, now Science Administrator in Brazil)
ferreira@neuro.duke.edu

Aya Sasaki
(Graduate Student, now Associate in Research, McGill University, Canada)

Margaret Couvillon
(Graduate Student, now post doc, University of Arizona)
couvillon@neuro.duke.edu

Michael David McElroy, B.A.
(Research Technician, now Research Associate with California Dept. of Public Health)
mmcelroy@ds.ca.gov

Dawn Kernagis
(Associate in Research)
kernagis@neuro.duke.edu

Deepa Sambandan, M.Sc.
(Associate in Research, now Ph.D. student at NC State)
sambandan@neuro.duke.edu
Suzanne Baumwell, B.A., (Undergraduate Student & Techician, now now MD, Resident, Beth Israel Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.) campersport@hotmail.com
Kam Sam Leon (Undergraduate Student, Columbia University, now graduate student, University of Washington) kl286@columbia.edu
Kendra Legendre (Undergraduate Student, Stetson University) klegend@stetson.edu
Melva Pinn (Undergraduate Studen, now MD, Practicing Physiciant) mep0224@ecu.edu
Connie Siang now Scientific Recruiting Consultant at Kelly Scientific Resources. connie.siang@gmail.com
Ana Panduro now Medical student at the Medical University of SC. panduro@musc.edu

Lab Social Events

A look at what we do when when we socialize, outside of the lab.
Disclaimer: These social events and this part of the web site are not supported by federal or private research funds.

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