Lab Members
PI

Luciano M. Matzkin, PhD
lmatzkin@email.arizona.edu
Marley Building 641F
Office phone: 520-621-1955
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
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, Wayne State University PhD Program

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