people

Principal Investigator

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Dr. Timothy A. Crombie

tcrombie@fit.edu

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Dr. Crombie is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Florida Tech specializing in evolutionary and quantitative genetics. His research combines genomics, high-throughput phenotyping, and genetic mapping in Caenorhabditis nematodes to investigate how natural genetic variation influences biomedically relevant traits.

Graduate Students

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Brianna Wallace

wallaceb2023@my.fit.edu

Brianna Wallace is a second-year Ph.D. student in Cell and Molecular Biology at Florida Tech. Her research uses C. elegans to investigate how natural genetic variation influences behavioral phenotypes and susceptibility to environmental toxicants.

Undergraduate Researchers

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Kelsey Fox

kfox2023@my.fit.edu

Kelsey Fox is a senior double-majoring in Genomics and Molecular Genetics and Marine Biology at Florida Tech. Her research focuses on natural genetic diversity in Caenorhabditis, including the collection and characterization of wild isolates and genetic variation in insecticide susceptibility.

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Marlee Remington

mremington2026@my.fit.edu

Marlee Remington is a first-year undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Biochemistry at Florida Tech. She is beginning her research training in the Crombie Lab.

Former Lab Members

Graduate Students

  • Macy Nielander — M.S., 2024
  • Michaela Foley — Ph.D., 2025

Undergraduate Researchers

  • Rohan Surapaneni — B.S., Genomics and Molecular Genetics, 2025
  • Pia Scarpino — B.S., Genomics and Molecular Genetics, 2025
  • Kathryn Boyd — B.S., Biochemistry, 2026