Members of the Lab

Collaborators at UNC and Duke:

We work closely with the following nearby labs, and I encourage anyone joining the lab to pursue activities that strengthen these collaborative ties or to develop their own collaborations.


Sabrina Burmeister – Neurobiology of animal communication

Corbin Jones – Evolutionary genetics and genomics

Mohamed Noor – Evolutionary and behavioral genetics

David Pfennig – Evolutionary biology and ecology

Junior Scientists Extraordinaire:


Karin Pfennig, PI

(my fishy friend was released in that lake behind me)

Sumit Dhole,

Ph.D. student

When not chasing fruit flies, he hangs out with us toad ranchers.

Elsa and Katrina Pfennig provide wading pool set-up assistance, tadpole catching, and mud quality testing.