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DENIZENS OF THE DANIEL LAB

Post-Docs

Zane Aldworth
Simon Sponberg

Grad-Students

Jessica Fox (NBio)
Armin Hinterwirth (Bio)
Andrew Mountcastle (Bio)
Dave Williams (PBio)
Robin Harris (NBio)
Nicole George



Undergrads

Susan Loudon
James Tse
Cam Myhrvold

High Schoolers
Chritina Tull
Honorary Members
John Edwards
M. Patricia Morse
Katherine Graubard

Tom's Picture Tom Daniel

Tom  is the Joan and Richard Komen Endowed Chair of Biology. He recieved his BS and MS at the University of Wisconsin, a PhD at Duke and was the Bantrell Postdoctoral Fellow in Engineering Sciences at Caltech until 1984 when he joined the University of Washington and has been here ever since.   He is the proud recipient of the University of Washington 1989 Distinguished Teaching Award and the 2001 Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award as well as a MacArthur fellowship.

John Edwards

Following a distinguished career studying insect neurobiology, development, and ecology (punctuated with numerous awards Guggenheim award, a von Humbolt award and the Javitz Award) John is now Emeritus Professor of Biology.  He is also elected to the Alaska Sportsman Hall of Fame.
Autobiography
Zane Aldworth
Zane  recently completed his Ph.D. at Montanna State University in the Miller lab where he worked on the sensory dynamics of cercal sound detection in crickets. He is currently studying control and dynamics of hawkmoth flight with a focus on wing strain sensing.
Simon Sponberg
Simon  recently completed his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley in the  Full lab where he worked on the motor control of insect locomotion and on antennal sensing.  He is currently studying control and dynamics of hawkmoth flight with a focus on wing steering muscles.
Jessica Fox
is a graduate student in the Neurobiology and Behavior Program. Jessica came to the UW from Cornell University where she worked on the neurobiology of mechanosensory structures in the legs of beetles.  She is now forging forward on the neurobiology and biomechanics of crane fly halteres, whopping big gyroscopes.
Jess' home page
Armin Hinterwirth
is graduate student in the Department of Biology. He came to the UW from Rockefeller University where he worked in the Hudspeth Lab.  Armin is focussing on both mechanosensory and visual sensory information processing in Manduca sexta with an eye towards multimodal integration.  He has built a flight simulator that only a moth could love.
Armin's home page
Andrew Mountcastle
is graduate student in the Department of Biology. He came to the UW with a Bachelor's degree in physics at Bowdoin College .  Andrew is tackling the complex aerodynamics associated with flapping flexing wings with an eye towards understanding how dynamic bending waves may affect flight performance.
Andrew's home page
David Williams
is graduate student in the Physiology and Biophysics Program. He came to the UW with a Bachelor's degree in physics from Reed College.  He is focussing on molecular motors and works with Mike Regnier and our lab on the development of 3-D models of myosin-actin interaction.

Dave's home page
Nicole George
is graduate student in the Department of Biology.  She came to the UW with a Bachelor's degree in Biology from UC Berkeley where she worked with Mimi Koehl in fluid mechanics.  She is focussing on the biomechanics of Manduca flight muscle -- and it's temperature dependence.
Robin Harris
is graduate student in the Neurobiology and Behavior Program. Robin came to the UW from Cornell University. With Jim Truman as her primary advisor, Robin is examing the behavioral and circuit correlates of motor neuron loss in Drosophila.  She was embedded in the lab for the year to learn some kinematics and biomechanics and now resides at Janelia Farm.

Susan Loudon
is an undergraduate in the department of Biology.  Susan is working with Zane on direct electrical stimulation of turning movements in freely flying hawkmoths.  

James Tse
is an undergraduate student in Biology working with Armin on implantable microelectronics and the development of direct antennal stimularion in moths, exploring the steering circuit associated with antennal mechanoreception.


Cameron Myhrvold
is  an undergraudate from Princeton who has been working with Jessica on the mechanics and neurobiology of halteres.   He has a predilection for Python and code.
Christina Tull
is a Roosevelt High School student working with Andrew on the mechanics of wing bending and their consequences to aerodynamic forces, with a focus on how the properties of wings change with age.


Former Lab Members
Postdocs

Stacey Combes
Danny Grunbaum
Ty Hedrick
Sanjay Sane











Graduates Students

Dany Adams
Stacey Combes
Alexandre Diedonne
Michael Dillon
Kevin Flick
Mark Frye
Erica Goldman
Brian Helmuth
Brad Hinkel
Chris Jordan
Edgar Meyhofer
Jordanna Sprayberry
Elizabeth Stockwell
Bertrand C.W. Tanner
Jamie Theobald
Alan Trimble
Undergrads

Meika Decher
Saima Haq
Josh Horwitz
Spencer Howell
Heidi Huber
Nate Jacobsen
Lara Kidoguchi

Jeff Longnioin
Craig Magaret
Mike Macpherson
Carlos Moreno
Chet Moritz
Amy Paul
Charlotte Robinson
Marie Suver





High School Students

Molly Geiger
Spencer Howell
Peter Jeong
Cameron Myhrvold
Conor Myhrvold

Last updated on Friday, 20-Mar-2009 12:56:36 PDT. Send questions or comments to danielt@u.washington.edu