Department of Biology
Lab members
The Gordon lab is often looking for postdocs, grad students, undergrads, and technicians who are interested in stem cells, development, and evolution. Please see Contact to get in touch!
Rotation students in BBSP or those looking to be admitted through Biology or QBio are welcome to apply.
Grad students
Graduate Alumni
Dr. Xin Li
Xin got his M.S. degree from Emporia University before joining the Gordon Lab as a technician in 2019. He just earned a Ph.D. in Quantitative Biology at UNC and will stay on as a postdoctoral scholar.
Dr. Noor Singh
Noor studied Biology at the University of Chicago and earned a Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology at UNC. Noor is starting a postdoctoral fellowship at Duke.
Dr. Fred Koitz
Fred graduated from Muhlenberg College and earned a Ph.D in Genetics and Molecular Biology at UNC. Fred is starting a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto.
More Graduate Alumni
QBio student and former undergraduate honors student Ryan Merritt graduated in 2024 with his M.S. and is now beginning medical school. Check out his paper here. Congratulations Ryan!
Postdoctoral scholars
Dr. Tao Ke
I started working with C. elegans 8 years ago and became very interested in this model organism since then. I have experience in creating transgenic C. elegans strains with CRISPR and using this model to investigate dopaminergic neurodegeneration and cargo sorting mechanisms in primary cilia of C. elegans neurons. I am current working on how environmental stress modulates germline stem cells through signaling in the germ cell stem niche- the distal tip cells in C. elegans gonads. Outside of lab, I like fishing, martial art and reading.
Postdoc Alumni
Dr. Brian Kinney
Dr. Brian Kinney is starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Dr. Sheldon Lawrence
Dr. Kayt Scott
Dr. Sheldon Lawrence is now an Assistant Professor at Oxford College of Emory University. ​
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Dr. Scott joined us as a SPIRE Fellow in 2021 and moved into industry in 2022. Good luck Kayt!
Lab manager
Camille Miller
I studied biology at UNC-Chapel Hill with a second major in anthropology. I have always been interested in genetics and evolution. I am excited for this opportunity to learn more about this field.
Undergraduates
Jedd Bartlett
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Matthew McBride
Undergrad Alums​
Dhriti Koneru
​Jason Menjivar-Hernandez
Alexi Callinicos
Kayah Takei ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​
Bintou Sosseh
More Undergrad Alums
​India Washington
Jay Proctor
Madonna Baselios
Karen Li
Collaborators and prior affiliations
The Gordon Lab is open to collaboration within and outside of UNC. Check out Research for our work with collaborators.
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Before starting the lab at UNC, Dr. Gordon worked at Duke University with Dr. David Sherwood. She did her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago with Dr. Ilya Ruvinsky.
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