The Phillips Lab: Lab Members
Current Lab Members
John Phillips
Professor of Biological Sciences
4094 Derring Hall (MC 0406) (Office)
(540) 231-1481
Adam Rosales
Graduate Student
4078 Derring Hall (MC 0406)
Research Interests: Neuroethology and neuroscience
Jack Whitehead
Graduate Student, Biological Sciences (MultiSTEPS)
4095 Derring Hall (MC 0406)
Research Interests: Neuroethology; magnetic sense and orientation behaviors in fruit flies and waterfowl
Former Lab Members
Master's Students
Antino Allen, 1997-2002 Doctoral Program, Indiana University. Bloomington
Nicole Edgar, 2001-2003 Doctoral Program, University of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Langer, 2005- Doctoral Program, University of Illinois, Chicago
Ph.D Students
Charles Baube, 1988-1993 Associate Professor, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
Mark Deutschlander, 1992-1998 Associate Professor, Hobart & William Smith College
Martha Bowman, 1992-2002 Public School Teacher, Bloomington, Indiana
Wendy Wente, 1992-2001 Wildlife Biologist, USGS
Janette Fischer, 1993-2000 Science Educator, Santa Fe, New Mexico
David Dommer, 2001-2008 Assistant Professor, Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, NC
Postdocs
Richard King, (Ph.D., Purdue University ) 1988-1990 Professor, Northern Illinois University
Ursula Munro, (Ph.D., U. of New England) 1993-1995 Senior Lecturer, U. of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Joe Macedonia, (Ph.D., Duke University) 1996-1998 Assistant Professor, Florida Southern College
Erik Lindquist, (Ph.D., Ohio State University) 1997-1998 Associate Professor, Messiah College
Mickey Rowe, (Ph.D., U. of Pennsylvania) 1996-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, U. of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Freake, (Ph.D., Flinders University) 1997-2001 Associate Professor, Lee University
Thorsten Ritz, (Ph.D., University of Illinois) 2001-2003 Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
Joel Herbein, (Ph.D., Duke University) 2001-2003 Senior Research Scientist, TechLab, Inc.
Rachel Muheim, (Ph.D., University of Lund) 2004-2007 Assistant Professor, University of Lund, Sweden
Caroline Durif, (Ph.D., University of Toulouse) 2004- Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, Austevoll
Paulo Jorge, Ph.D., University of Lisbon) 2005- University of Lisbon and Virginia Tech
Undergraduate Researchers
Kellie Adams
Katherine Broadway
Kelsey Shirk
Research Associate
Chris Borland, President and Chief Technical Officer, Information in Place, Inc.
Fulbright Fellow
Martin Vacha, (Ph.D., Masaryk University) 2002-2003 Assistant Professor, Masaryk University