Current lab members
Dan Messinger
Lab Manager
Dr. Will Ballentine
Postdoctoral Scholar
Luciana (Lucy) Valencia
Swarthmore Biology major '27
Katherine (Katie) Kohn
Swarthmore Biology major '25
Ruby Novogrodsky
Swarthmore Biology Honors Major '25
“Paw”-ject manager
Dot-Dot Ko
Former lab members
| Benjamin Jorgensen ’2023 | Medical Scribe |
| Brinton Vandegrift ’2023 | University of Michigan PREP program for M.D./Ph.D. |
| David Ye ’2023 | Ph.D. in Biochemistry at MIT |
| Mia Kwan ‘2022 | M.S. in Physiology at Georgetown University |
| Moey Rojas ‘2022 | Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University |
| Liam Ash ‘2022 | M.S. in Entomology at University of Georgia |
| Bailey Jones ’2022 | Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard University |
| Lauren Holt ‘2021 | Medical School |
| Emily Branam ’2021 | Ph.D. in Integrative Biology at University of Oregon |
| Veronica Chau ‘2021 | High school science teacher |
| Seneca Kinn-Gurzo ‘2021 | Ph.D. in Cancer Biology at University of Pennsylvania |
| Maya Zimmerman ’2021 | Ocean Operations Specialist at Sofar Ocean |
| Jeffrey Mun ’2020 | M.D. at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine |
| Meagan Currie ‘2020 | Senior Research Analyst at ICe |