Inquiries from potential postdocs and graduate students are welcome.

When available, undergraduate positions are advertised at the University Research Apprenticeship Program.

Principal Investigator:

Sheila Patek, Ph.D.

Publications

Curriculum Vitae

patek "at" berkeley "dot" edu
office phone: 510-643-9159
lab phone: 510-643-2549

Current Lab Members:

Erica Staaterman <estaaterman "at" berkeley "dot" edu>
Laboratory Manager

Jennifer Taylor, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research focus: Crab behavior and biomechanics

Thomas Claverie, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research focus: Mantis shrimp functional morphology and evolution
<tclaverie "at" berkeley "dot" edu>

Maya deVries
Graduate Student
Research focus: Comparative functional morphology and biomechanics of the mantis shrimp's strike

Travis Zack
Undergraduate Researcher

Marco Mendoza
Undergraduate Researcher

Muniba Mohammed
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Tiffany Chang
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Jason Ng
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Lab Alumni:

Joe Baio, UCB Chemical Engineering class of 2004
Current position: graduate student, University of Washington

Randy Tigue, UCB Integrative Biology class of 2007

Lauren Shipp, UCB Integrative Biology class of 2006
Current position: laboratory manager, UC Berkeley

Jack Tseng, UCB Integrative Biology class of 2005
Current position: graduate student, University of Southern California

Natalie Valencia, UCB Integrative Biology class of 2006

William Van Trump, UCB Engineering class of 2005
Current position: graduate student, University of California Irvine