We have a post-doc!

We are fortunate to have Dr. Periklis Paganos join our lab, starting in April 2023!

I’m originally from Athens, Greece and I’m fascinated by organismal development and evolution. I earned my BSc and MSc from University of Patras (GR) and my PhD from the Open University (UK). In the course of my MSc, carried out in the Flytzanis lab, I found my passion for embryonic development and echinoderms. During my PhD and 2 years of Postdoc in the Arnone lab at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dorn (IT) I got fascinated by cell type evolution and its assessment using sea urchin as a model. In the Swartz lab I will be working on the intersection between cellular and evolutionary biology, diving into the evolution of the cellular mechanisms controlling echinoderm oogenesis and embryonic development.