the team
the MOILAB (tie dye shirts, Moi taking the pic) and many friends & volunteers on Nov 2021 planting Arabidopsis in our Carnegie field site at Stanford
Principal Investigator
Moisés (Moi) Expósito-Alonso , PhD
(he/him/él)
Moi aims to mentor creative scientists that apply ecology, evolution, and genetics principles to understand nature and its relationship with climate
Moi's office phone: 650 739 4230@MExpositoAlonsomoi@moilab.science mexpositoalonso@carnegiescience.edumexpositoalonso@stanford.eduMoi's Google ScholarMoi's CV
Lucas aims to develop methods and software to understand eco-evolutionary processes under climate change
@LucCzechlczech@carnegiescience.edu Lucas' Google Scholar
Megan is interested in using machine learning algorithms to understand selection across plant genomes in response to stress.
@MeganRRuffleymruffley@carnegiescience.edu Megan's Google Scholar
Shannon aims to develop computational models to understand the importance of gene expression modulation for climate adaptation.
@s_hateleyslhateley@carnegiescience.edu Shannon's Google Scholar
Mali is interested in utilizing multiplex CRISPR gene editing to engineer polygenic traits in plants.
@Maliesfahanianmesfahanian@carnegiescience.edu Mali's Google Scholar
Ken studies hybrid incompatibilities using computational and field-based techniques.
@Apex_Herbivorekthompson@carnegiescience.eduthomp579@stanford.eduKen's Google Scholar
Meixi aims to develop ways to track genetic health of ecosystems with geo-tagged genomes and real-time satellite information.
mlin@carnegiescience.edu Meixi's Google Scholar
Xing Wu
PostdocXing is interested in developing polygenic methods to understand complex adaptive architectures in plants.
xwu@carnegiescience.edu Xing's Google Scholar
Postdoc (co-advised by Phil Cleves)
Oliver is interested in meta-analyzing coral genomic resources to find a common genetic architecture of bleaching resistance across acroporid corals.
Lauren aims to develop deep learning methods for biodiversity modeling to understand both better!
@leg2015gillespl@stanford.edu lgillespie@carnegiescience.edu Lauren's academic websiteLauren's Google Scholar
Laura aims to investigate the spatial and temporal structure in plant populations and how these inform adaptations to climate change.
@laura_leventhallleventh@stanford.edu lleventhal@carnegiescience.edu
Sebastian aims to use computational tools and engineering principles to study the underlying mechanisms of plant stress resistance
sebatoro@stanford.edu storo@carnegiescience.edu
Tati aims to understand the predictability of evolution using
tbellagio@carnegiescience.edu
Kristy Mualim
PhD Student in Biology | Ecology & EvolutionKristy works to apply machine learning models to genomics data and is now incredibly excited to start applying them to plants to understand their adaptability to climate change.
@ksmualimkmualim@carnegiescience.edu
Keegan aims to scale throughput and improve transformation efficiency for CRISPR related mutagenesis experiments
kpham@carnegiescience.edu
Zoube is interested in applying deep learning to biology using genomic and spatial data.
zouberou@stanford.edu
Kaiku Kaholoaa
Rotating PhD Student in Biology | Ecology & Evolution (Hopkins Marine Station)kaiku@stanford.edu
Tenzin Norzin (they/them)
Rotating PhD Student in Biology | Cell, Molecular & Organismal Biologynorzin@stanford.edu tnorzin@carnegiescience.edu
Ernesto Orellana
Undegraduate Research AssistantErnesto is interested in learning all about living things and passionate about genetics.
eorellana@carnegiescience.edu
Heidy Munoz
Undegraduate Research AssistantHeidy is hoping to take the fundamental genomic skills that are used in plants like the Arabidopsis thaliana and apply it to more complex systems, such as those that occur in the brain. In her free time, Heidy loves to make origami, crochet, and make bouquets.
hmunoz@carnegiescience.edu
Tenzing Kalsang
Undegraduate Research AssistantTenzing Kalsang is a current undergraduate student at Stanford University studying Neurobiology with a minor in mathematics.
tkalsang@carnegiescience.edu
Emily Koke
Research AssistantEmily is interested in using field experiments and molecular biology to understand the adaptability of plants in response to climate change
ekoke@carnegiescience.edu
Prof. Dr. Oliver Bossdorf
Visiting Scholar | Sabbatical Professor@OBossdorfoliver.bossdorf@uni-tuebingen.de obossdorf@carnegiescience.edu Oliver's Google ScholarOliver's Department
Colleagues from friend labs on campus
Lisa aims to investigate climate adaptation in mosquitoes, and the consequences of adaptation on disease transmission
@Lisa_Couperlcouper@stanford.edu
Will aims to understand the multi-dimensional phenotypes explaining drought adaptation
@williangvianaviana@stanford.edu
honorary members
Gloria, Milagros, Bielefelda, Princess, Josefa la morena Cuervo
Lab friends experts in herbivory experiments and random Markov walks.
We are always searching for talented and creative researchers, and are happy to develop together ideas for a competitive fellowship.
Open positions:
Administration and Communications Manager
Research Assistant / Tech for field experiments and molecular biology lab
Postdoc to study the molecular biology and evolution of plant dehydration traits
Graduate students through Stanford Bioscience
see more in the subpage Join us!
Support Staff
Below are the wonderful Carnegie supporting staff who interacts the most with our team. See what they do, and where to find them!
Clare Tuma
HR Business PartnerClare runs onboarding of team members, helps with benefits such as health insurances, visas, and others.
ctuma@carnegiescience.edu
Terri Tippets
Executive Administrative to Plant Bio labsTerri helps the lab in many things! scheduling visits of speakers, ordering stuff for celebrations, and many more.
ttippets@carnegiescience.edu
Garret Huntress
Information Systems ManagerGarret helps the Moi lab with hardware and software in our computing cluster. Garret set up our own MOINODE ;)
ghuntress@carnegiescience.edu
Maria and Garret are also reachable through tickets:ithelp@dpb.carnegiescience.edu
Maria Lopez
IT SpecialistMaria is there for all questions about setting up computers, ordering computer hardware, connecting to campus networks, printing posters, and more.
mlopez@carnegiescience.edu
Maria and Garret are also reachable through tickets:ithelp@dpb.carnegiescience.edu
Pixian Serna
Assistant Business ControllerPixian helps the lab with coordinating lab and strategize on investments, grants, fellowships, and hires.
pserna@carnegiescience.edu
Naoia Williams
Purchasing/ReceptionistNaoia places orders for the lab to keep it running!
nwilliams@carnegiescience.edu orders@dpb.carnegiescience.edu
Kim Poon
Accounts Payable Specialist IIKim processes reimbursements and invoices, and our lab credit card.
kpoon@carnegiescience.edu ap@dpb.carnegiescience.edu
Kate Stevenson
Administrative AssistantKate coordinates with Theo in facilities to run smoothly. Big orders and equipments go through Kate.
kstevenson@carnegiescience.edu
Scott Boutaugh
Investigator Support ManagerScott supervises the grants team, and does the last click before any grant gets submitted!
sboutaugh@carnegiescience.edu
Aimee Knudson
Grants ManagerAimee helps us with preparing everything pre- and post- grant awards, and keeps Moi on his toes to get things on time!
aknudson@carnegiescience.edu
Theo Van de Sande
Facilities ManagerTheo is our saviour in any needs regarding facilities. He coordinates growth chambers, greenhouses, and field upgrades and maintenance.
tvandesande@carnegiescience.edu
Ismael Villa
Facilities TechnicianIsmael has helped the team with all constructions projects. From setting up the field station, to helping with materials and building tools.
ivilla@carnegiescience.edu
Giancarlo (Johnny) Materassi
Growth Facilities ManagerJohnny helps coordinating greenhouse and growth chamber spaces for experiments, and takes cares of the plants applying any chemical they need and watering (except in drought experiments!)
gmaterassi@carnegiescience.edu
alumni
Kelly Huang - Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022 - now undergraduate at Stanford
Marlot Westera - Master Student 2021-2022 - now PhD student at Amsterdam University, NL
Clara Kieschnick - Undergraduate Research Assistant 2020-2022
Katie Baker - Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022 - now undergraduate at Stanford
Christie Patel - Summer Intern 2022 - now undergraduate in Cambridge University, UK
Ru Peng - Research Assistant 2019-2022, now PhD student at Washington University, St.Louis, US
Matt Gill - Genetics PhD student rotating Spring 22, now PhD Student in Bhatt lab at Stanford University School of Medicine
Erin Zess - PhD - Postdoc 2021, now group leader in Benson Hill, Missouri, US
Jennifer Serrano Rojas - Biology PhD student rotating Summer 21, now PhD student in the O'Connell Lab at Stanford
Alanna Pyke - Genetics PhD student rotating Fall 20, now PhD student in the Sherlock Lab at Stanford
Eva Sehr - Bioinformatics Master student, FH Campus Wien 2019-2020, now scientist at Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Andrea Ramirez - Biology PhD student rotating Winter 20, now PhD student in the Dinneny Lab at Stanford
Veronica Pagowski - Biology PhD student rotating Fall 19-Spring20, now PhD student in the Lowe Lab at Stanford
Some cute pictures of the lab! our timeline
Fall 2019 Moi with Ru Peng, the first lab member and first Illumina kits for sequencing ;)
Dec 2020 MOILAB winter party (of course in ZoomLand!)
Summer 2021 first MOILAB retreat!
Spring 2022
Summer 2022 (with Kristy, Oliver and Megan photoshoped, you cannot tell right? 🤣)