Our current team - those who are currently working on projects with the Hoban Conservation Lab - is typically 6 to 9 people, but we also have an extended group of lab alumni who continue to meet and develop ideas with us.
Current Team
Sean Hoban, PhD (he/him)
Principal Investigator Twitter: @seanmhoban |
Emily Schumacher, MSc (she/her)
Program Manager Twitter: @koticneutralDNA |
Austin Koontz, MSc (he/him)
Research Assistant Twitter: @austinkoontz11 |
Gavin Salas (he/him)
Research Aide, RaMP Fellow |
Kaylee Rosenberger (she/her)
Research Experience Extension Fellowship, REU 2020 |
Cindy Johnson (she/her)
Volunteer |
Mikaely Evans (she/her)
Research Extension Fellow, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) 2023 |
Ashley Hamilton (she/they)
PhD Student in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago |
Alumni and Greater Network:
Alissa Brown, PhD (she/her)
Former Postdoc, 2019-2021 Now: Senior Data Analyst Morning Consult Twitter: @AlissaJ_Brown 
Bailie Munoz
Former CTS Fellow, 2018-2020 Now: Medical surgery assistant at Eversight, Chicago 
Former Research Assistant, 2016-2017 Now: PhD student, at the Ohio State University 
Laura Aguiniga (she/her)
Former Research Technician Fellow 
Mira Garner, MS (she/her)
Former Research Assistant, 2019 Now: Research Coordinator in the Hipp lab Twitter: @garner_mira |
Andrea Brennan, PhD (she/her)
Former PhD Student, Purdue 2016-2020 (Sean on Committee) Now: ArbNet coordinator, The Morton Arboretum 
Brit Garner, PhD
Former PhD Student, University of Montana 2015 - 2021 (Sean was on committee) Now: Science teacher Twitter: @BritGarner 
Emily Beckman Bruns (she/her)
Former Research Assistant 
Loren Ladd (she/her)
Former Research Technician Fellow, Research Experience Extension Fellow Samantha Gray, MS
Former Research Fellow |
Bethany Zumwalde, MS (she/her)
Former Research Assistant, 2017-2019 Now: PhD student, University of Florida 
Chloe Hendrikse
Former Research Experience Extension Fellow, REU 2022 
Emma Spence, MS
Former Research Assistant Now: Field Program Manager in the Plowright lab at Cornell University 
Mackenzie Coden
Former Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2017 Now: PhD Student at Yale University 
Antonio Castilla Alvarez, PhD (he/him)
Former Postdoc Current Assistant Professor, Midwestern State University CTS Fellow Twitter: @AR_Castilla |