Members of the Gibbs Lab
Lab PI
H. Lisle Gibbs (Ph.D. University of Michigan) is the Head of the Lab and Director of the Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership (gibbs.128@osu.edu)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Andrew Mason (Ph.D. Clemson University) works on snake venom evolution (mason.501@osu.edu)
Graduate Students
Marissa Roseman (B.S. University of Iowa) (Co-advised with Dr. William Peterman, SENR) is a Ph.D. who works on snake conservation genomics (roseman.37@osu.edu)
Emily Bode (B.S. Ohio Wesleyan University). M.S. student. Conservation genomics.
Other Important People
Steve Smith (B.S. Ohio State University) is an administrator for the Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership (smith.591@osu.edu).
Recent Lab Alumni
Post-doctoral Fellows (current position)
Dr. Samarth Mathur (Ph.D. Purdue University). 2021 – 2023 – Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Alex Ochoa (Ph.D. University of Arizona). 2017-2020 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University.
Dr. Mike Broe (Ph.D. Ohio State University). 2016 – 2019 – Research Scientist, Department of EEOB, Ohio State University.
Dr. Mike Sovic (Ph.D., Ohio State University). 2011-16 – Research Scientist, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Ohio State University.
Dr. Tony Fries (Ph.D., Ohio State University). 2015-16 – Research Scientist, United States Air Force.
Dr. Katy Greenwald (Ph.D., Ohio State University). 2010 – 11– Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University.
Dr. Angelika Nelson (Ph.D., University of Copenhagen). 2004 – 08 – Curator, Museum of Biological Diversity, Ohio State University.
Dr. Christine Anderson (Ph.D. Miami University). 2008 – 10 – Assistant Professor, Capital University.
Dr. Kristin Mylecraine (Ph.D., Rutgers University). 2004 – 08 – Research Scientist, New Jersey Audubon Society.
Dr. Gabriel Blouin-Demers (Ph.D., Carleton University). 2001-02 – Professor of Biology, University of Ottawa.
Former Graduate Students (current position)
Jamin Wieringa (Ph.D.) – Conservation geneticist – USFWS
Scott Martin (Ph.D. 2021) – Biostatistician, Cleveland, OH
Alyssa Hassinger (M.S. 2020) – Research technician, Madison, WI.
Robert Denton (Ph.D. 2017) – Faculty member, Marian University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Matt Holding (Ph.D. 2017) – Postdoc with Dr. David Ginsberg, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan.
Sarah Smiley-Walters (Ph.D. 2016) – Department of Biology, Stetson University
David Salazar (Ph.D. 2016) – Assistant Professor, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
Tony Fries (Ph.D. 2015) – Research Scientist, United States Air Force
James Chiucchi (Ph.D. 2011) – Center for Life Sciences Education, Ohio State University.
Katy Greenwald (Ph.D. 2010) – Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University
Wayne Rossiter, (M.S. 2005) – Associate Professor, Waynesburg University.
Kelly Ketcham (M.S. 2004) – Research technician.
Marylene Boulet (Ph.D. 2004, McMaster University) – Department of Biology, Bishops University