Lab group picture June 2021 
Lab group picture June 2017. 
Dart playing June 2021 
Collecting in OPNM 2018 
Fernando and Josh collecting in OPNM in 2018 
Synchronized pipetting by Josh, Carson and Kyle 
Insect Festival 2018 (Tierney) 
Insect Festival 2017 (Kyle, Carson and Fernando)) 
Insect Festival 2017 
Visit by Esteban Hasson, Juan Hurtado and Nico Moreyra (2018) 
World Cup 2018 
World Cup 2018 
Josh and his Drosophila larva cake (2018) 
Kyle showing off his basketball moves at Josh’s going away party (2018) 
Josh going away party 2018 
Asado with our lab visitors (2018)
Lab Members
PI
Luciano M. Matzkin, PhD
lmatzkin@email.arizona.edu
University of Arizona
Associate Professor (2017 – present)
Department of Entomology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BIO5 Institute
PhD 2003, Stony Brook University
Department of Ecology and Evolution
BS 1996, University of California Irvine
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Postdocs
Staff
Carson Allan, MS
Lab Manager
cwallan@email.arizona.edu
MS 2013, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Department of Biological Sciences
BS 2009, University of Alabama in Birmingham
Graduate Students
Xingsen Chen
Entomology and Insect Science Program (PhD)
xingsenc@email.arizona.edu
BS 2019 University of California, San Diego
Zoe Jensen
Entomology and Insect Science Program (PhD)
BS 2020 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Undergraduate Students
Always looking for undergraduate students to join the lab. Please email if you are interested.
Collaborators
Jeremy Bono, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Department of Biology
Collaborating since 2006
Bruce Tabashnik, PhD
Regents’ Professor
University of Arizona
Department of Entomology
Yves Carriere, PhD
Professor
University of Arizona
Department of Entomology
Jeff Fabrick, PhD
Research Entomologist
USDA
Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center
Alumni
Postdocs
Fernando Diaz Gonzalez, PhD
Postdoctoral scholar (2017-2021)
ferdiaz@email.arizona.edu
Currently
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Colgate University
PhD: Universidad Del Valle, Cali, Colombia
Departamento de Biologia
Kyle Benowitz, PhD
Postdoctoral scholar (2017-2021)
benowitz@email.arizona.edu
Currently
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Austin Peay State University
PhD: University of Georgia
Department of Genetics
Coline Jaworsky, PhD
Postdoctoral scholar (2017)
Currently at University of Oxford
Fyssen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2017)
PhD 2015, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier
website
Graduate Students
Tierney Shaible
MS (2020) Entomology and Insect Science, University of Arizona
BS 2018 University of Pittsburgh
Currently, University of Michigan. Andre Green Lab
Joshua Coleman,
MS (2017) student and Research Assistant (2017-2018)
Currently, University of Oregon, Nadia Singh Lab
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Department of Biological Sciences
Alex Jost
MS (2014)
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Department of Biological Sciences
Currently, Juno Therapeutics
Patrick Milder
MS (2016)
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Department of Biological Sciences
Currently, PhD Program at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Mollye Sanders
MS (2017)
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Department of Biological Sciences
Currently, iRepertoire
Undergraduate Students
Israa Abdulrazzaq
Duaa AlBalawi
Dina Aldini
Moruj Athma
Nizhonabah Davis
Brandon Gardetto
Kyle Johnson
Doyoung Kim
Allison Lockard-Loob
Astrid Maury
Veronica Murrell
Kamal Patel
Kana Pottenger
Rorie Shae Robinson
Nicollete Elyse Sage
Connor Sheets
Jami Stout
Nathaniel Talamantes, Roche
James Trumbo
Graham Wegner, Tufts University
