Principle Investigator Frank Smith (904) 620-2883 frank.smith@unf.edu Education: B.S. University of Rhode Island (2007) Ph.D. University of Connecticut (2013) Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013-2017) UNF Undergraduate Students Raul Chavarria Research: The developmental functions of tardigrade Wnt genes Mandy Game Research: Tardigrade leg development and establishment of new protocols for studies of tardigrade development Nichole Wyman Research: The function of fushi tarazu in tardigrades NSF REU Students Paula Nolte Hope College Research: Gut patterning in tardigrades Summer 2018 Ariana Rojas University of Connecticut Research: Gut patterning in tardigrades Summer 2019 Lab Alumni Bri Arbelaez Senior Seminar Project: The canonical wnt signaling pathway: conserved intracellular proteins and their domains in Tardigrada 2017–2019 Avery Campbell 2019 Stephanie Helmer 2017–2018 Nadia Obaed 2019 Mikel Penrod 2017–2018 Chloe Ramnarine 2017–2018 Chandler Robbins 2017–2019 Victor Senf 2018 Zach Snow Senior Seminar Project: Identifying genomic signautures for loss of mid-trunk segments in tardigrades 2017–2019