Corlett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an evolutionary biologist interested in the evolutionary ecology and evolutionary genetics of species interactions. 

​

corlett [at] sas.upenn.edu

Corlett's CV

Follow me on Twitter

Steven completed his PhD at the University of Florida, where he investigated the effect of group fragmentation for behavioral, disease, and trophic ecology in social spiders. He is broadly interested in the influence of animal behavior on ecological communities and the ability of animals to shape species interactions with the decisions they make. In the Wood lab, he is interested in studying the influence of parasite behavior on plant-microbe symbiosis and disentangling the mechanisms of mutualism disruption by parasitic nematodes.

​

​cassteve [at] sas.upenn.edu

Nuri is the Wood research technician. As an undergraduate at Cornell, she worked on research in chemical ecology with goldenrod, root aphids, and the push-pull agricultural system. She is primarily interested in below-ground interactions, ecology and evolutionary genetics, and broader questions of philosophy and method in science.

​

eunnuri [at] sas.upenn.edu

Sarah graduated from Emory University, where she explored how beneficial interactions are established and sustained by studying a novel mutualism between the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and a soil bacteria that can reside in its gut. As a graduate student at Penn, she is interested in the maintenance of cooperation and genetic variation in symbioses. She is also passionate about community engagement in science!

​

sroderi [at] sas.upenn.edu

Vy has been a part of the lab for 2.5 years and is currently working with Nuri on the herbivory manipulation on host plant evolution experiment. Her personal project is looking at the impact of treatments on the fitness tradeoff in Medicago lupulina. She has worked on past projects such as the Common Garden Experiment and the Nutrient Manipulation Experiment.

Luke (co'27) is from Minnesota and is studying Biology and Philosophy.

​​

Michelle is a junior from Los Angeles in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is majoring in Biology and minoring in Data Science & Analytics. Her research interests involve mutualisms and the coevolution of species. She is currently working with Nuri to develop a machine learning model for trichome identification and quantification across multiple Medicago species. ​​

Anesu is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, hailing from Birchenough Bridge, Zimbabwe. He has been under the wing of several senior members in the Wood Lab since he joined the lab as a freshman. Of those experiences, most time has been invested in collaborating with Jazmine Rud on the Priority Effects projects that investigated temporal trends in mutualism and parasitism observed in Medicago truncatula plants inoculated with rhizobia and/or nematodes, and occupying different light(resource) environments—both experiments having full factorial design. This has allowed him to particularly develop a knowledge and skill base on investigating such biological phenomena and he continues to be inquisitive and keen on applying biology and related sciences to research in the lab.

Cameron is a sophomore from Los Angeles, California. She is majoring in Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences.