Dr. Robert A. Raguso, Principal Investigator
Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
Cornell University ([email protected])
Education & Training: BS (Biology) 1987 Yale University; PhD (Biology) 1995 University of Michigan; Center for Insect Science Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-1997, NSF Research Training Grant in Biological Diversification Postdoc, 1998 University of Arizona
Research Interests: Chemical ecology, sensory biology and multimodal communication, plant volatile production, analytical methods, foraging behavior, pollination ecology, signal evolution, biodiversity, capacity building, educational outreach.
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Current CV here
Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
Cornell University ([email protected])
Education & Training: BS (Biology) 1987 Yale University; PhD (Biology) 1995 University of Michigan; Center for Insect Science Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-1997, NSF Research Training Grant in Biological Diversification Postdoc, 1998 University of Arizona
Research Interests: Chemical ecology, sensory biology and multimodal communication, plant volatile production, analytical methods, foraging behavior, pollination ecology, signal evolution, biodiversity, capacity building, educational outreach.
Google Scholar link
Current CV here
Dr. Shayla M. Salzman, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Depts. of Plant Biology and Neurobiology & Behavior
Cornell University
[email protected]
[Shayla has begun an exciting new job as Assistant Professor of Entomology
at the University of Georgia as of August 2023!!!]
Dr. Gordon P. Smith, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
Cornell University
[email protected]
[Gordon has begun an exciting new job as visiting Assistant Professor at his
alma mater, Williams College, as of August 2023!!!]
Dr. Ajinkya S. Dahake
Mong Junior Cornell Neurotech Fellow
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
Cornell University
[email protected]
[Ajinkya defended his doctoral thesis on June 22, 2023 and has begun his postdoc in the laboratory of Prof. Lindy McBride at Princeton University as of August 2023!!]
Mong Junior Cornell Neurotech Fellow
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
Cornell University
[email protected]
[Ajinkya defended his doctoral thesis on June 22, 2023 and has begun his postdoc in the laboratory of Prof. Lindy McBride at Princeton University as of August 2023!!]
Slideshow of Raguso Lab members, 2007 to the present!
Raguso Lab Summer Teams, 2010 to the present!
Former Raguso Lab Members:
Lab Managers:
Deidra Jacobsen [2016-18]
Katalin Böröczky [2014-15]
Stephanie Topp [2010-11, 2016]
Annie Simonin [2007-08]
Deidra Jacobsen [2016-18]
Katalin Böröczky [2014-15]
Stephanie Topp [2010-11, 2016]
Annie Simonin [2007-08]
Postdoctoral Fellows [years, funding sources]:
At Cornell University:
Gordon Smith [2021-23 NSF]
Shayla Salzman [2020-23 NSF - shared with Chelsea Specht, Plant Biology]
Elliot Gardner [2018-20 NSF - shared with Andrew Hipp, Morton Arboretum]
Maria Sol Balbuena [2017-19 CONICET]
Deidra Jacobsen [2016-18]
Gerardo Arceo-Gomez [2014 – shared with Monica Geber, EEB]
Mascha Bischoff [2012 - shared with Diane Campbell, UC Irvine]
Joaquín Goyret [2011-13 NSF]
J. Roman Arguello [2010-11 - shared with Andy Clark, MBG]
Martin von Arx [2009-11 Swiss NSF]
Anne Gaskett [2008-09 NSF]
Rainee Kaczorowski [2007-09 Johnson & Johnson, from Tom Eisner].
Cristian Villagra [2008]
Derek Artz [2007-08]
At the University of South Carolina:
Cristian Villagra [2006-07 USC]
Derek Artz [2005-07 NSF]
Glenn Svensson [2003-05 Wenner-Gren Foundation, shared with Olle Pellmyr, Univ. of Idaho]
Boris Schlumpberger [2003-05 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung]
At Cornell University:
Gordon Smith [2021-23 NSF]
Shayla Salzman [2020-23 NSF - shared with Chelsea Specht, Plant Biology]
Elliot Gardner [2018-20 NSF - shared with Andrew Hipp, Morton Arboretum]
Maria Sol Balbuena [2017-19 CONICET]
Deidra Jacobsen [2016-18]
Gerardo Arceo-Gomez [2014 – shared with Monica Geber, EEB]
Mascha Bischoff [2012 - shared with Diane Campbell, UC Irvine]
Joaquín Goyret [2011-13 NSF]
J. Roman Arguello [2010-11 - shared with Andy Clark, MBG]
Martin von Arx [2009-11 Swiss NSF]
Anne Gaskett [2008-09 NSF]
Rainee Kaczorowski [2007-09 Johnson & Johnson, from Tom Eisner].
Cristian Villagra [2008]
Derek Artz [2007-08]
At the University of South Carolina:
Cristian Villagra [2006-07 USC]
Derek Artz [2005-07 NSF]
Glenn Svensson [2003-05 Wenner-Gren Foundation, shared with Olle Pellmyr, Univ. of Idaho]
Boris Schlumpberger [2003-05 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung]
Graduate Students [degree, year of graduation]:
Cornell University:
Leah Valdes [ongoing; switched to Entomology Graduate Field]
Ajinkya Dahake [PhD 2023]
Kyle Martin [PhD 2021; Plant Biology]
Callum Kingwell [PhD 2020]
Geoffrey Broadhead [PhD 2019]
Holly Summers [PhD 2013; Plant Biology]
Joaquín Goyret [PhD 2009]
Shared or Co-Mentored students at Cornell:
Kate Eisen [PhD 2020; with Monica Geber, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology]
Alaina Petlewski [MS 2020; with Fay Wei Li, MS Plant Biology]
Gwynne Lim [PhD 2018; with Jerrold Davis, Plant Biology]
Mike Wolfin [PhD 2017; with Charlie Lin, Entomology]
Paul Shamble [PhD 2015; with Ron Hoy, NBB]
Mia Park [PhD 2014; with Bryan Danforth, John Losey, Entomology]
Amy Parachnowitsch [PhD 2011; with Andre Kessler, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology]
University of South Carolina:
Kate Goodrich [PhD 2007]
Addie Williams [MS 2007]
Shared or Co-Mentored students elsewhere:
Haley Carter, Chicago Botanic Garden (PhD expected 2024; with Norm Wickett & Krissa Skogen)
Gwen Bode, Syracuse University [MS 2023; with Dave Althoff]
Evan Hilpman, Washington State University [PhD 2022; with Jeremiah Busch]
Afroditi Kantsa, University of the Aegean, Mitilini, Greece [PhD 2016; with Theodora Petanidou]
Tobias Policha, University of Oregon [PhD 2014; with Bitty Roy]
Laura Doubleday, Queens University, Ontario [MS 2012; with Chris Eckert]
Sandy-Lynn Steenhuisen, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa [PhD 2012; with Steve Johnson]
Marcela Moré, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina [PhD 2009; with Andrea Cocucci]
Cassie Majetic, University of Pittsburgh, PA [PhD 2008; with Tia-Lynn Ashman]
Douglas Blackiston, Georgetown University, DC [2007; with Martha Weiss]
Sally (Roberts) Chess, San Francisco State University, CA [MS 2005; with Gretchen LeBuhn].
Nina (Brown) Theis, SUNY Stony Brook, NY [2003; with Manuel Lerdau]
Rachel Levin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. [2000; with Lucinda McDade]
Visitors to Raguso Lab at Cornell 2008-present:
Ann Fraser, Kalamazoo College, MI [2009-10]
Tobias Policha, University of Oregon [2009, 2012]
Magne Friberg, University of California, Santa Cruz [2010]
Marcela Moré, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina [2010]
Carolina Sellanes, Universidad de la República, Uruguay [2010]
Aafke Oldenbeuving, Leiden University, Netherlands [2010]
Logan Jensen, Warren Wilson College, NC [2010]
Ha Nguyen, Antioch College, NH [2012]
Diane Campbell, University of California, Irvine [2013]
Rosalie Burdon, Uppsala University, Sweden [2013-14]
Anne-Amélie C. Larue-Kontić, Dusseldorf Universitaet, Germany [2013]
Ana-Clara Ibáñez, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina [2016]
Hannah Burger, Universität Ulm, Germany [2016]
Paula Sosenski, UNAM, Mexico City [2017]
Kim Heuel, Universität Ulm, Germany [2018]
Brynn Cook, University of Virginia [2018]
Haley Carter, Chicago Botanic Garden [2022]
Cornell University:
Leah Valdes [ongoing; switched to Entomology Graduate Field]
Ajinkya Dahake [PhD 2023]
Kyle Martin [PhD 2021; Plant Biology]
Callum Kingwell [PhD 2020]
Geoffrey Broadhead [PhD 2019]
Holly Summers [PhD 2013; Plant Biology]
Joaquín Goyret [PhD 2009]
Shared or Co-Mentored students at Cornell:
Kate Eisen [PhD 2020; with Monica Geber, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology]
Alaina Petlewski [MS 2020; with Fay Wei Li, MS Plant Biology]
Gwynne Lim [PhD 2018; with Jerrold Davis, Plant Biology]
Mike Wolfin [PhD 2017; with Charlie Lin, Entomology]
Paul Shamble [PhD 2015; with Ron Hoy, NBB]
Mia Park [PhD 2014; with Bryan Danforth, John Losey, Entomology]
Amy Parachnowitsch [PhD 2011; with Andre Kessler, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology]
University of South Carolina:
Kate Goodrich [PhD 2007]
Addie Williams [MS 2007]
Shared or Co-Mentored students elsewhere:
Haley Carter, Chicago Botanic Garden (PhD expected 2024; with Norm Wickett & Krissa Skogen)
Gwen Bode, Syracuse University [MS 2023; with Dave Althoff]
Evan Hilpman, Washington State University [PhD 2022; with Jeremiah Busch]
Afroditi Kantsa, University of the Aegean, Mitilini, Greece [PhD 2016; with Theodora Petanidou]
Tobias Policha, University of Oregon [PhD 2014; with Bitty Roy]
Laura Doubleday, Queens University, Ontario [MS 2012; with Chris Eckert]
Sandy-Lynn Steenhuisen, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa [PhD 2012; with Steve Johnson]
Marcela Moré, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina [PhD 2009; with Andrea Cocucci]
Cassie Majetic, University of Pittsburgh, PA [PhD 2008; with Tia-Lynn Ashman]
Douglas Blackiston, Georgetown University, DC [2007; with Martha Weiss]
Sally (Roberts) Chess, San Francisco State University, CA [MS 2005; with Gretchen LeBuhn].
Nina (Brown) Theis, SUNY Stony Brook, NY [2003; with Manuel Lerdau]
Rachel Levin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. [2000; with Lucinda McDade]
Visitors to Raguso Lab at Cornell 2008-present:
Ann Fraser, Kalamazoo College, MI [2009-10]
Tobias Policha, University of Oregon [2009, 2012]
Magne Friberg, University of California, Santa Cruz [2010]
Marcela Moré, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina [2010]
Carolina Sellanes, Universidad de la República, Uruguay [2010]
Aafke Oldenbeuving, Leiden University, Netherlands [2010]
Logan Jensen, Warren Wilson College, NC [2010]
Ha Nguyen, Antioch College, NH [2012]
Diane Campbell, University of California, Irvine [2013]
Rosalie Burdon, Uppsala University, Sweden [2013-14]
Anne-Amélie C. Larue-Kontić, Dusseldorf Universitaet, Germany [2013]
Ana-Clara Ibáñez, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina [2016]
Hannah Burger, Universität Ulm, Germany [2016]
Paula Sosenski, UNAM, Mexico City [2017]
Kim Heuel, Universität Ulm, Germany [2018]
Brynn Cook, University of Virginia [2018]
Haley Carter, Chicago Botanic Garden [2022]
Honors undergraduates [date of graduation]:
Cornell University:
Claire Makino Duan [May 2023], Avi Simon [Dec 2022], Sheri Cheng [May 2022], Christine Kim [May 2022], Matthew Palmadessa [May 2022], Steven Persaud [May 2022], Will Kandalaft [May 2021], Youngmoo Kim [May 2020], Matthew Tomaszewski [May 2019], Travis Santiago [May 2019], Chris Andolina [May 2018], Nicolaas Jedema [May 2017], Patty Chan [May 2017], Virginia Hsu [Dec. 2016], Brian Worthington [May 2015], Trisha Basu [May 2015], Karen Chang [May 2015], Maggie Henderson [May 2015], Kristen Haynes [May 2013], Qionjing (Jenny) Xia [May 2013], Noah Kaminsky [May 2013], Sally Hartwick [Dec. 2012], Rebecca Earl [May 2012], Govind Krishnan [May 2011], Kayleigh Sullivan [May 2011], Rong Ma [May 2010], Jessica Walden [May 2009], Alison Seliger [May 2009].
University of South Carolina:
Annie Simonin [May 2007], Akilah Bates [May 2006], Michael Hickman [May 2004], Larissa Saldana [May 2004], Brooke Gay [Dec. 2003], Daniel McManus [May 2003], Melissa Jurkiewicz [May 2003], Jenni Clary [May 2003], Shirin Modaresi [May 2003], Sheetal Desai [May 2002], Meredith Holmberg Duncan [May 2002], Tanya Boris [Dec. 2001], Bernard Blaney [May 2001], Karen Morschauser [May 2001].
Cornell University:
Claire Makino Duan [May 2023], Avi Simon [Dec 2022], Sheri Cheng [May 2022], Christine Kim [May 2022], Matthew Palmadessa [May 2022], Steven Persaud [May 2022], Will Kandalaft [May 2021], Youngmoo Kim [May 2020], Matthew Tomaszewski [May 2019], Travis Santiago [May 2019], Chris Andolina [May 2018], Nicolaas Jedema [May 2017], Patty Chan [May 2017], Virginia Hsu [Dec. 2016], Brian Worthington [May 2015], Trisha Basu [May 2015], Karen Chang [May 2015], Maggie Henderson [May 2015], Kristen Haynes [May 2013], Qionjing (Jenny) Xia [May 2013], Noah Kaminsky [May 2013], Sally Hartwick [Dec. 2012], Rebecca Earl [May 2012], Govind Krishnan [May 2011], Kayleigh Sullivan [May 2011], Rong Ma [May 2010], Jessica Walden [May 2009], Alison Seliger [May 2009].
University of South Carolina:
Annie Simonin [May 2007], Akilah Bates [May 2006], Michael Hickman [May 2004], Larissa Saldana [May 2004], Brooke Gay [Dec. 2003], Daniel McManus [May 2003], Melissa Jurkiewicz [May 2003], Jenni Clary [May 2003], Shirin Modaresi [May 2003], Sheetal Desai [May 2002], Meredith Holmberg Duncan [May 2002], Tanya Boris [Dec. 2001], Bernard Blaney [May 2001], Karen Morschauser [May 2001].
Summer REU Students:
Undergraduate Students:
Cornell Undergraduates:
Afm Khan [2022, USDA-NIFA Hatch grant], Joseph Outa [2016], Curran Reddy [2012], Michael Yuan [2012], Yunji Choi [2010]
CienciAmerica Program (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia)
Angie-Sofia Reyes [2019], Carol Melo Torres [2017], Juana Díaz Díaz [2016], Laura González Valenzuela [2015]
Jose Manuel Sevenello [2014* Universidad de Puebla, Mexico]
Boyce Thompson Institute Undergraduate Research Internships (NSF REU):
Zorimar Vilella Pacheco [2018] Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo
Evan Hilpman [2011], Chicago Botanic Garden
Marine Levy [2011], École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Sarah Wigsten [2008-10] St. Bonaventure University, NY
Jay Emerick [2008] Colorado College, CO
Univ. of S. Carolina NSF-REU program in Evolutionary Biology:
Poppy Markwell [2005, 06] Oberlin College
Andrea LeClere [2003] Iowa State University
Tamaire Ojeda-Avila [2000] Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
South Carolina EPSCOR award: Shaniece Charlemagne [2004], Benedict College, Columbia SC.
High School Student Interns:
RABS program (Research Apprenticeship in Biological Sciences) at Cornell
Ziyin (Jasmine) Xiong [2019], Shivali Verma [2017], Yue (Sophie) Yu [2015], Shweta Chawla [2014]
Ithaca High School: Asha Duhan [2018], Hannah Hertzler [2016]
SC Governor’s School of Science and Math:
Shanae McConnell [2006], Katherine Collar [2003], Justin Young [2002], Sarah Brice [2001]
Undergraduate Students:
Cornell Undergraduates:
Afm Khan [2022, USDA-NIFA Hatch grant], Joseph Outa [2016], Curran Reddy [2012], Michael Yuan [2012], Yunji Choi [2010]
CienciAmerica Program (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia)
Angie-Sofia Reyes [2019], Carol Melo Torres [2017], Juana Díaz Díaz [2016], Laura González Valenzuela [2015]
Jose Manuel Sevenello [2014* Universidad de Puebla, Mexico]
Boyce Thompson Institute Undergraduate Research Internships (NSF REU):
Zorimar Vilella Pacheco [2018] Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo
Evan Hilpman [2011], Chicago Botanic Garden
Marine Levy [2011], École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Sarah Wigsten [2008-10] St. Bonaventure University, NY
Jay Emerick [2008] Colorado College, CO
Univ. of S. Carolina NSF-REU program in Evolutionary Biology:
Poppy Markwell [2005, 06] Oberlin College
Andrea LeClere [2003] Iowa State University
Tamaire Ojeda-Avila [2000] Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
South Carolina EPSCOR award: Shaniece Charlemagne [2004], Benedict College, Columbia SC.
High School Student Interns:
RABS program (Research Apprenticeship in Biological Sciences) at Cornell
Ziyin (Jasmine) Xiong [2019], Shivali Verma [2017], Yue (Sophie) Yu [2015], Shweta Chawla [2014]
Ithaca High School: Asha Duhan [2018], Hannah Hertzler [2016]
SC Governor’s School of Science and Math:
Shanae McConnell [2006], Katherine Collar [2003], Justin Young [2002], Sarah Brice [2001]