#  Current Lab Members 

 



  [### Scott V. Edwards

 ](/people/scott-v-edwards)Professor, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Curator, Museum of Comparative Zoology

 

 

 

      ![Scott Edwards with a tray of birds in the MCZ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-05/Scott%20Edwards_MCZ_9433_.jpg?itok=l2zHqM4e) 

 

 

 

   [### Melinda Peterson

 ](/people/melinda-peterson)Research Lab Coordinator

 

 

 

      ![Melinda Peterson](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/peterson_melindaweb1_0.jpg?itok=tdPpsckp) 

 

 

 

   [### Christian Burns

 ](/people/christian-burns)Graduate Student

 

 

 

      ![Christian](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/burnspicture.png?itok=ywPbJfrc) 

 

 

 

   [### Lauren Bartel

 ](/people/lauren-bartel)Undergraduate Researcher

 

 

 

      ![Lauren Bartel](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-03/Bartel.jpeg?itok=wSe6Re6e) 

 

 

 

   [### Bohao Fang

 ](/people/bohao-fang)Postdoctoral Fellow

 

 

 

      ![Bohao Fang](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/bfang_crop.png?itok=gmCfac2T) 

 

 

 

   [### Max Laubstein

 ](/people/max-laubstein)Graduate Student

 

 

 

      ![Max Laubstein](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/MaxLaubstein.jpg?itok=X4O_UNxU) 

 

 

 

   [### Kelsie Lopez

 ](/people/kelsie_lopez)Graduate Student

 

 

 

      ![Kelsie Lopez](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/k_lopez_crop.jpg?itok=uLrhxLxQ) 

 

 

 

   [### Talia Lowi-Merri

 ](/people/talia-lowi-merri)Postdoc

 

 

 

      ![Talia Lowi-Merri](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/LowiMerri.jpeg?itok=I6Cu1mz-) 

 

 

 

   [### Inbar Maayan

 ](/people/inbar-maayan)Graduate Student

 

 

 

      ![Inbar Maayan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/inbar_maayan500.jpeg?itok=zWx-NkFM) 

 

 

 

   [### Nicole Melendez

 ](/people/nicole-melendez)Post-baccalaureate

 

 

 

      ![Nicole Melendez](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/image.jpg?itok=xBOaUW9L) 

 

 

 

   [### Emily Nickerson

 ](/people/emily-nickerson)Research Associate

 

 

 

      ![Emily Nickerson](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-03/Nickerson.jpeg?itok=2__bX7Mk) 

 

 

 

   [### Sophie Orzechowski

 ](/people/sophie-orzechowski)Graduate Student

 

 

 

      ![Orzechowski](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/orzechowski.jpeg?itok=mPr05mC4) 

 

 

 

   [### Teresa Pegan

 ](/people/teresa-pegan)NSF Postdoctoral Fellow

 

 

 

      ![Teresa](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/pegan.jpeg?itok=uXvzwPpD)