People

Charissa de Bekker, PhD

Principal Investigator

Charissa is an assistant professor in the Biology Department and a member of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster at UCF.

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William Beckerson, PhD

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow

William is working on the functional characterization of candidates manipulator compounds produced by Ophiocordyceps. For more info, click here.

Biplabendu Das, Msc

PhD Candidate

Biplabendu aims to understand the role of circadian clocks in ant life-history traits, ant behavior, and parasitic manipulation of those behaviors. He is using both field and lab studies, combining behavioral ecology, circadian biology, and genomics.

Ian Will, MSc

PhD Candidate, ORC Doctoral Fellow

Ian is seeks to understand the tools that behavior manipulating parasites use to modify their hosts. His research strives to link genes, mechanisms, and behavioral outputs. Ian’s research combines genomics, metabolomics and gene editing tools.

Sophia Vermeulen, BSc

MSc Student

More info coming soon.

Roos Brouns, BSc

MSc Student

More info coming soon.