Current or Past Faculty Members
Name
Research Fields/Interests
Position/Affiliation
Molly Albecker
Ecology and Evolution ​
Assistant Professor at Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, USA.
https://www.albeckerlab.com/
Hugo Alberto Barrera Saldaña
​​Human Growth Factor and epidemiology
Professor Emeritus at Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico.
http://www.uanl.mx/investigadores/hugo-alberto-barrera-saldana/
​ Carlos  Arámburo*
Comparative Endocrinology
​Professor at Institute of Neurobiology (INb), UNAM, Juriquilla Campus in Querétaro, Mexico
http://132.248.142.23/web_site/home_pages/85?locale=en
​Alexander Baugh
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​​Communication, sexual behavior and individual differences
Associate Professor at Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, USA
​https://www.baughlab.org/
William Bendena
​Molecular Physiology and Behaviour
Professor at Biology Department, Queen's University, Canada.  https://biology.queensu.ca/people/department/professors/w-g-bendena/
Nicholas Bernier
Neuroendocrine pathways that regulate both appetite and the stress response
Professor at Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada.
https://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/bernier
Laura Cristina Berumen​
Neuroendocrinology
Professor at Autonomous University of Queretaro · Facultad de Química, Mexico
http://directorio.uaq.mx/index.php/escuelas-y-facultades/facultad-de-quimica/2944-coordinadora-maestria-ciencias-quimico-biologicas
​Jason Breves
Osmoregulation, Growth, Prolactin, Growth hormone, Ion Transporters, Fishes
Professor, Department of Biology, Skidmore College
https://www.skidmore.edu/biology/faculty/breves.php
​​Daniel Buchholz*
Developmental Endocrinology
Professor at University of Cincinnati in Ohio, USA.
https://letfrogshelpman.wixsite.com/thefroglab
JOAO CARLOS DOS REIS CARDOSO
Comparative genomics, comparative endocrinology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, bioinformatics and cell signaling of GPCRs in metazoans
Investigator at CCMAR, Spain.
https://www.ccmar.ualg.pt/users/jccardo
James Carr
how hormones modulate adaptive features of the stress response.
Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, USA.
​https://www.depts.ttu.edu/biology/people/Faculty/carrjames/
​​John P Chang*
Comparative Neuroendocrinology
​Professor Emeritus at University of Alberta, Canada.
https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/jchang
Sheue-yann Cheng 
Thyroid hormone/thyroid receptor
Senior Investigator at NCI, NIH, USA
https://ccr.cancer.gov/staff-directory/sheue-yann-cheng
Bon-Chung Chung
Steroid hormone and Development
Professor at Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinca
https://www.imb.sinica.edu.tw/~mbchung/
Erica Crespi
​Ecological developmental biology
Associate Professor at School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, USA.
https://labs.wsu.edu/crespi/
Veerle Darras
Development and growth of vertebrates
Professor at at KU Leuven
https://bio.kuleuven.be/df/vd/vd
Nancy D Denslow
Environmental Toxicology
Professor at University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine
https://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/profile/denslow-nancy/
Robert Denver*
Comparative Endocrinology
Professor Emeritus at University of Michgan, USA. 
https://lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/people/emeriti/rdenver.html
Pierre Deviche
Environment controls the reproductive system and stress responses of vertebrates
Professor; Faculty Group Leader of Organismal Biology faculty group, School of Life, Arizona State University.
​https://search.asu.edu/profile/245841
Robert Dores
 co-evolution of melanocortin receptors, melanocortin peptides, and the accessory proteins, MRAP1 and MRAP2.
Professor at College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Denver
​https://science.du.edu/about/faculty-directory/robert-m-dores
Cunming Duan
 Developmental and cell plasticity
Professor at Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
​https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/duan-lab/
Juan Ignacio Fernandino
​Germ stem cell proliferation: molecular and epigenetic regulation, effects on fertility and reproductive behavior.
Independent Researcher CONICET. Adjunct Professor UNSAM, Argentina
https://www.conicet.gov.ar/new_scp/detalle.php?id=31528&datos_academicos=yes
Liezhen Fu
Thyroid hormone, amphibian morphogenesis
Staff Scientist at NICHD
​https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/atNICHD/Investigators/shi
Wei Ge
Zebrafish reproduction, sex differentiation
Vice Rector (Research)
Director for Centre for Development Reproduction and Aging
Chair Professor, University of Macau
https://fhs.um.edu.mo/en/staff/wei-ge/
​Gabriela González-Mariscal
Maternal and fetal interactions
Professor at Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Animal, CINVESTAV-Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Mexico
Monika Gulia-Nuss
Vector biology and vector-parasite interaction
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Nevada, Reno
​https://www.unr.edu/bmb/directory/gulia-nuss-monika
Adrian Guzman
Reproductive Physiology
Professor at Departamento Producción Agrícola y Animal, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
https://investigacion.uam.mx/en/index.php/listado-catalogo/68549
Hamid Habibi
Endocrine control of reproduction and growth
Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada.
https://contacts.ucalgary.ca/info/bio/profiles/124-1335
Breanna N. Harris
Stressors influence organismal function and life-history tradeoffs​​
Assistant Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas Tech, USA
​https://www.depts.ttu.edu/biology/people/Faculty/Harris/
 Caren Helbing
Thyroid hormones, endocrine disruption, amphibian metamorphosis, postembryonic development.
Professor at Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
University of Victoria,Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8P 5C2.
https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/helbinglab/
Andreas Heyland*
Comparative Functional Genomics ​
Professor at Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada
https://comparativephys.ca/heylandlab/ ​
Myra Hughey
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Assistant Professor at Biology Department, Vassar College, USA
https://www.vassar.edu/faculty/myhughey
Angela Lange
Insect reproductive physiology
Professor Emeritus at Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada.
https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/lange-lab/
Valérie Langlois
​​Ecotoxicogenomics. Chemical Toxicology. Ecotoxicology. Animal Physiology. Endocrinology. Molecular Biology. Detection of Endocrine Disruptors Using Cell Lines.
Professor at INRS, Canada.
https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/lange-lab/
Yazmin Macotela
Obesity
Assistant Professor
Institute of Neurobiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico,
Mexico.
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Vicki Marlatt
Environmental Toxicology
Assistant Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University.
​https://www.sfu.ca/biology/people/faculty/vlm1.html
Christopher J Martyniuk
Environmental Toxicology, Genomics, Proteomics
Associate Chair and Professor at Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Flordia, USA
​https://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/profile/martyniuk-christopher/
Stephen McCormick
Environmental Physiology of Migratory Fishes
Adjunct Professor, Senior Scientist and Research Physiologist
Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
​https://eco.umass.edu/people/adjunct-faculty/mccormick-stephen/
Valentina Melica
Marine mammals endocrinology and physiology
Aquatic Biologist, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
www.researchgate.net/profile/Valentina-Melica
​Maricela Luna Muñoz
​Comparative Neuroendocrinology
​Professor at Instituto de Neurobiología Campus UNAM Juriquilla, Mexico. 
​https://www.maestria.inb.unam.mx/?product=luna-munoz-maricela
Andrew Nuss
Physiology of neurohormonal signaling in insects
Assistant Professor at Department of Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resource.
​https://www.unr.edu/avrs/directory/nuss-andrew
Ian Orchard
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Insect Physiology
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, University of Toronto  Mississauga, Canada
https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/people/ian-orchard​
Aurea Orozco ​
Neurobiology & Nuclear Receptors
Professor at Instituto de Neurobiología, Mexico 
https://www.maestria.inb.unam.mx/?product=orozco-rivas-aurea
Jean-Paul Paluzzi
Insect Neuroendocrinology
Professor at Department of Biology, York University, Canada.
https://paluzzi.lab.yorku.ca/
Patricia Pietrantonio
Insect Physiology & Toxicology
Professor,  Texas A&M AgriLife Research Fellow, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, USA
https://entomology.tamu.edu/people/pietrantonio-patricia/
Juan Rafael Riesgo Escovar
Drosophila development
Investigator
Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM, Mexico
https://www.maestria.inb.unam.mx/?product=riesgo-escovar-juan-rafael
Nicolas Rohner
genotype to phenotype relationships underlying metabolic and physiological adaptations to nutrient-limited environments
Principle Investigator at Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA
https://research.stowers.org/rohnerlab/index.html
Marta Catalina Romano Pardo
Comparative endocrinology. Steroidogenesis in tumors. Synthesis of steroid hormones by parasites and bacteria. Immunoendocrinology
Investigator at Médica. Facultad  de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional del Rosario, Argentina.
https://www.fisio.cinvestav.mx/index.php/romano-pardo-marta
Chun Peng*
Comparative Endocrinology
Professor at Department of Biology, York University, Canada.
https://www.yorku.ca/science/lab/peng/
Joëlle Rüegg
Environmental Toxicology, endocrine disruption
Professor at Department of Organismal Biology,  Physiology and Environmental Toxicology, Uppsala University, Sweden
https://www.katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N19-1421
 Laurent Sachs
Molecular Physiology and adaption
Senior scientist, Research Director,  CNRS - Museum National d’Histoires Naturelles, France
https://phyma.mnhn.fr/en/directory/laurent-sachs-6832​
Andre P. Seale
The effects of environmental changes on the physiology (I.e. growth, osmoregulation, metabolism and stress) of aquatic organisms with broader implications to aquaculture and biomedical research.
​Associate Researcher and Professor at Department of Human Nutrition, Food & Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources,  University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA.
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/ctahr/nutritionPhD/faculty/name/andre-seale/
Mark Sheridan
Regulation of growth, development, and metabolism
Professor, Department of Biological Science & Vice Provost for Graduate & Postdoctoral Affairs & Dean of the Graduate School, Texas Tech University, USA
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/biology/people/faculty/sheridan/
Yun-bo Shi*
Developmental Endocrinology
Section Chief and Senior Investigator at NICHD, NIH, USA.
 https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/atNICHD/Investigators/shi
Karen Sweazea
diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Associate Professor at School of Nutrition and Health Promotion & School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, USA
https://karensweazea.weebly.com/​
Yuta Tanizaki
Molecular Physiology, Developmental Biology, Thyroid hormone,
Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo
https://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/tanizaki/
Vance Trudeau
how the vertebrate brain regulates anterior pituitary hormones that control sexual development and reproduction using fish and frog models.
Professor, University Research Chair in Neuroendocrinology, Department of Biology,  University of Ottawa, Canada
https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-science/professors/vance-trudeau
Glen Van Der Kraak
Fish reproduction, regulation of ovarian function, environmental toxicology.
Professor at Department of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Canada
https://comparativephys.ca/vanderkraaklab/​
José Pablo Vázquez-Medina
marine mammals, pre-clinical models of disease
Assistant Profesor at Department of Integrative Biology, University of Berkeley, USA
https://www.vazquezmedinalab.com/
​Matt (Mathilakath) Vijayan
Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in stress tolerance
Professor ​at Department of Biological Sciences,  University of Calgary, Canada
https://contacts.ucalgary.ca/info/bio/profiles/124-32886
Robin Warne
how animals maintain homeostasis in the face of ecological variation and disease dynamics
Professor at College of Agriculture, Life and Physical Sciences, Southern Illionis University, USA
​https://warnelab.weebly.com/people.html
Meet Zandawala ​
using fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to understand how neuropeptides and their G-protein coupled receptors modulate diverse behaviors and physiological processes including feeding, metabolism, stress and reproduction.
Assistant Professor at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, USA
https://lab.zandawala.com/
Hui Zhao
​mechanism of neural crest differentiation, germ layer formation and cell migration, and how these multiple events affect the embryonic patterning
Associate Professor at School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
https://www2.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/people/academic-staff/prof-zhao-hui
Yong Zhu*
Developmental Endocrinology
Professor at Department of Biology, East Carolina University, USA.
https://www.yongzhulab.com/
*: Lifetime member
Current Trainee Members
ADAN-CASTRO, ELVA
AGUILAR AVILA, DAVID FRANCISCO
AGUILAR UGALDE, MIRIAM
AGUIRRE, JESUS ANGEL
AL-DAILAMI, AREEJ
ALVAREZ, JESSICA
ALVES, VERONICA ANGELICA
ALVI, SAJID
ANTOMAGESH, FEMILARANI
ARVIZU, ERANDI
AVILA MENDOZA, JOSE
BALDERAS MARQUEZ, JERUSA ELIENAI
BALTAZAR LARA, MARIA DEL ROSARIO
BARANY, ANDRE
BRAMMER-ROBBINS, ELIZABETH
CASTANEDA CORTES, DIANA CAROLINA
CHANG, RYAN
CHUARD, AURELIEN
COOPER-MULLIN, CLARA
CORONA, REBECA
DEL PILAR MARTINEZ, LAURA NAYELI
DELGADO RUEDA, KAREN
DENA BELTRAN, JOSE LUIS
DIAZ ORTEGON, DAVID
EPARDO, DAVID
FABIAN, GUSTAVO
GARCIA MARTINEZ, MARIA ISELA
GARCIA MONTOYA, ISUI ABRIL
GARCIA RODRIGO, JOSE FERNANDO
GARDI HEWAGE, THARINDU MALINTHA
GENG, RUIJING
GONG, NINGPING
GONZALEZ ARETIA, DAVID
HERNANDEZ, MARTIN
JUVERA, EDGAR RODRIGO
KHALID, ENEZI
LAZCANO, IVAN
LEYRIA, JIMENA
LIRA, MARIA
LOZANO STAINES, MELISSA PAMELA
LU, CHUNYU
MACIAS, FERNANDO
MARTI, CELIA
MARTINEZ DIAZ, OSCAR FERNANDO
MEDINA MOCTEZUMA, ZAIRE BELEN
MONNIEZ, EMMANUELLE
MURILLO-MALDONADO, JUAN MANUEL
NAVA BOLAÑOS, ANGELA
NUÑEZ RAMIREZ, FRANCISCO FREINET
OCAMPO-RUIZ, ANA LUISA
OLIVARES, JUAN
OLVERA VIDAL, AURORA MARIA
PALACIOS PEREZ, SAMUEL
PEREZ GOMEZ, ALMA LORENA
PICINIC, BRITNEY
QUINTANAR, J. LUIS
RAVEN, BRIANNA
REEVE, ROBYN
REYES ORTEGA, PAMELA
RIVERA BAUTISTA, GUADALUPE
ROBLES, JUAN PABLO
RODRIGUEZ ARZATE, ALEJANDRA
SAJADI, ALEJANDRA
SANTIAGO ANDRES, YORGUI
SHAUGHNESSY, CIARAN
SIDHU, GAGANPREET
SIQUEIROS, MONTSERRAT
SPADACINI, VICTORIA
TAN, JINGHAN
TANIZAKI, YUTA
TAYLOR, YUTA
THOMSON, PAISLEY
TICANTE-CARRIZALES, ALMA GUADALUPE PETRY
TORNABENE, BRIAN
ULLOA, MIRIAM
URBAN, VALERIA
VAZQUEZ, DINA
VERGARA MARTINEZ, MARIA FERNANDA
VIÑUELA-BERNI, VERONICA
WYNTER, JAZMIN
YANEZ GUERRA, LUIS  ALFONSO
YUE, YIMING
ZAMORA CORONA, MARIA MAGDALENA
ZANARDINI, MAYA