Our Team
Bill Murphy, PhD
Professor
& Principal Investigator
wmurphy@tamu.edu
Google Scholar
Nicole Foley, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
nicolefoley@tamu.edu
Google Scholar
Emmarie Alexander
PhD Candidate
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Undergraduate Researchers
ARP Team – Genome Evolution in Mammals
Left to Right: Hao Mai, Arjun Bhowmik, Kiana Tavakolian, Sophia McClintock and Robert Keenan.
ARP Team – Sloth Genomics
From left to right: Charne Du Plooy, Saveer Ramnani, Jui-Yun (“Samantha”) Tsai, and Madi Shojaei
How to Join?
Each semester, the lab plays host to one or more teams of undergraduate researchers in association with the Aggie Research Program. Recruitment begins before the start of each semester. Students can participate on a voluntary basis or as part of research credit. Interested students should check out the Aggie Research Program Website for details on how to get involved and available projects.
Former Lab Members/Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Gang Li – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jan Janecka – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Emma Teeling – NIH IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Associates:
Jinhong Wang, M.S.
Alison Pearks-Wilkerson, M.S.
Former Graduate students/Co-advisees:
Andrew Harris – Ph.D. student (TAMU Genetics)
Kevin Bredemeyer – Ph.D. student (TAMU Genetics)
Alexandra Myers – Ph.D. student (TAMU BIMS/DVM)
Wesley Brashear – Ph.D. student (TAMU Genetics)
Victor Mason – Ph.D. student (TAMU Genetics)
Brian Davis – Ph.D. student (TAMU Genetics)
Brian Davis – M.S. student (TAMU BIMS)
Nuria Vazquez-Salat – M.S. student (NCI/Hood College)
Shan Sun – M.S. student (NCI/George Mason Univ.)
Undergraduate/Intern Students:
Grant Simpson
Richie Rasulis
Emily Baker
Julia Arukakkal
Zoya Wani
Srushti Gaikaiwari
Christian De Los Santos
Thao Ho
Ramya Bathala
Trevor Martinez
Sebastian Archard
Melinda Clark
Justin Rowe
Kristen Niekamp
David Montalvo
Jinhong Wang
Colton Wayne
Elissa Chapkin
Jonathan Bravo
Elizabeth Castleberry
Jacob Hammond
Varun Naik
Adriana Martinez
Jessie DiCarlo
Max Brown
Derek Siedel
Breanne Harty
Amanda Padilla
Elizabeth Kennedy
Dustin Dwiggins
Angela Love
Anisha Jambhekar
Dustin Dwiggins
Roxana Bridges
Colleen Fisher
David Dies
Tess Crider
Nicole Crumpler
Evir Goldman
Meghan Kessler
Jason Morris
Clarence Smith
Jilliana Minchoff
Deborah Hirschmann
Jennifer Tabler