Current Lab Personnel
 | Tim EvansPrincipal Investigatorevanst@uark.edu Tim received his BS in Biology in 2001 from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. He earned his PhD from Indiana University in 2006 studying wing vein patterning in Drosophila with Joe Duffy. He began his studies on axon guidance in the Drosophila embryonic nervous system as a postdoc in Greg Bashaw's lab at the University of Pennsylvania. Tim joined the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas as an Assistant Professor in 2013 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2019, then to Professor in 2026. |
 | Ashton MagdichGraduate StudentAshton joined the lab as a PhD student in the BIOL program in 2023. Her research project focuses on the roles of the Drosophila Robo2 axon guidance receptor in embryonic nervous system development. |
 | Kaitlyn MinerUndergraduate StudentKaitlyn joined the lab as an undergraduate student in 2026. Her project investigates the evolutionary conservation of axon guidance signaling mechanisms in insects. |
 | Ellie MooreUndergraduate StudentEllie joined the lab as an undergraduate student in 2026. Her project examines the evolutionary conservation of Robo receptor signaling in flies and other animals. |
| Stella VincentUndergraduate StudentStella joined the lab as an undergraduate student in 2026. Her project examines how Robo2 regulates axon guidance decisions during Drosophila development. |