Positions Held:

1995-2000       Graduate Research Assistant at Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology (Advisor: Arnold Levine)

2000-2002       Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology (Advisor: William Dunphy)

2002-2006       Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology (Advisor: Marianne Bronner)

2006-2007       Senior Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology (Advisor: Marianne Bronner)

2007-2015       Assistant Professor, Department of Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park

2007-present   Faculty member, Biological Sciences Graduate Program; Research Clusters: Molecular and Cellular Biology Program; Compuational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics, University of Maryland, College Park

2007-present   Faculty member, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park

2010-present   Affiliate, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park

2015-2019   Associate Professor, Department of Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park

2019-present  Professor, Department of Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park

Degrees

  • PhD
    Princeton University, Molecular Biology
  • MS
    Princeton University, Molecular Biology
  • BA
    McDaniel College, Chemistry/Biochemistry
Research Methods
Immunohistochemistry
Embryology
Cell Biology
Confocal Microscopy
CRISPR/Cas9
Electroporation
Biochemistry
Tissue Culture
Time Lapse Imaging
Research Interests
Development
Embryonic Patterning and Early Development
Cell Migration
Neural Development
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Gene expression
Lisa Taneyhill
1405 Animal Sciences Building
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
Email
ltaney [at] umd.edu