Bio

I teach GN425, BIO269 and LSC101. In the research labs, we use the fruit fly as a model organism to understand the physiological factors that regulate feelings of satiety and hunger.

 

Awards

2025, Provost’s High Impact Expereinces Award

Posts

Female Resistance, Not Just Choice, Drives Mosquitofish Diversity

Loyal Like Lloyd

Rooted in Leadership: Mesha Strickland

Nanotyrannus Confirmed: Dueling Dinosaurs Fossil Rewrites the Story of T. rex

High Levels of Short-Chain PFAS Found in Wilmington Residents’ Blood

Publications

• Common motifs shared by conserved enhancers of Drosophila midline glial genes , Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (2010)
• Gene expression profiling of the developing Drosophila CNS midline cells , Developmental Biology (2004)

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