
Principal Investigator
Michael Sheehan
Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, and Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Education:
B.A. (2005) Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. (2012) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
NIH-NRSA Fellow: (2012-13) University of Arizona; (2013-15) UC Berkeley
Research interests: Recognition systems, social evolution, genome evolution, behavioral & evolutionary ecology
Study organisms: Paper wasps, house mice
Michael Sheehan
Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, and Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Education:
B.A. (2005) Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. (2012) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
NIH-NRSA Fellow: (2012-13) University of Arizona; (2013-15) UC Berkeley
Research interests: Recognition systems, social evolution, genome evolution, behavioral & evolutionary ecology
Study organisms: Paper wasps, house mice

Postdoctoral Researcher
Chris Jernigan
[email protected]
Education:
B.A. (2011) Biology & Chemistry, Butler University
Ph.D (2018) Animal Behavior, Arizona State University
Joined the lab in 2018
Research Interests: Understanding the interplay of phenotypic, behavioral, and neural plasticity. Chris’ dissertation work focused on how individual olfactory experience affects behavioral and neural responses to odors. His current work in the Sheehan lab focuses on understanding the neural and genomic mechanisms that give rise to individual signal recognition in paper wasps.
Study Organisms: Paper wasps, honey bees, stingless bees

Klarman and NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Matthew Zipple
[email protected]
personal website: http://matthewzipple.weebly.com/
Education:
B.A. & B.S. (2015) Biology & Political Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Ph.D. (2021) Biology, Duke University
Research interests: All things aging!
Study organism: Baboons, birds, and house mice
Matthew Zipple
[email protected]
personal website: http://matthewzipple.weebly.com/
Education:
B.A. & B.S. (2015) Biology & Political Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Ph.D. (2021) Biology, Duke University
Research interests: All things aging!
Study organism: Baboons, birds, and house mice

PhD Student
Ron Brown
[email protected]
Education:
B.S. (2007) Tufts University
Joined the lab in 2021
Research interests: Ron is interested in social insect biology, especially caste differences
Study organisms: paper wasps
Ron Brown
[email protected]
Education:
B.S. (2007) Tufts University
Joined the lab in 2021
Research interests: Ron is interested in social insect biology, especially caste differences
Study organisms: paper wasps
Lab Alumni
2018 - Sara Bluher (master's student)
2019 - Floria Uy (research associate) - Assistant Professsor at University of Rochester
2020 - Russel Ligon (postdoc with Lab of Ornithology)
2022 - Alex Walton (joint postdoc with Toth lab at Iowa State) - University of Alberta
2022 - Sara Miller (NSF Fellow), Assistant Professor at UMSL
2022 - James Tumulty (postdoc), Assistant Professor at Rhodes College
2022 - Andrew Legan (PhD student), ORISE Fellow USDA, NSF fellow at Univ Arizona
2022 - Caitlin Miller (PhD student), Postdoc at Scripps Research Institute
2024 - Caleb Vogt (PhD student), Postdoc at Cornell University
2018 - Sara Bluher (master's student)
2019 - Floria Uy (research associate) - Assistant Professsor at University of Rochester
2020 - Russel Ligon (postdoc with Lab of Ornithology)
2022 - Alex Walton (joint postdoc with Toth lab at Iowa State) - University of Alberta
2022 - Sara Miller (NSF Fellow), Assistant Professor at UMSL
2022 - James Tumulty (postdoc), Assistant Professor at Rhodes College
2022 - Andrew Legan (PhD student), ORISE Fellow USDA, NSF fellow at Univ Arizona
2022 - Caitlin Miller (PhD student), Postdoc at Scripps Research Institute
2024 - Caleb Vogt (PhD student), Postdoc at Cornell University