Chris Jernigan
chrisjernigan.bsky.social
Chris Jernigan
@chrisjernigan.bsky.social
NIH NEI K99/R00 Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University | PhD Arizona State University | facial identity processing in wasps | insect brains | neural plasticity

Web: https://www.christophermjernigan.com/
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I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at Wake Forest University Fall 2026. Current projects focus on the neurobiology, behavior, and development of identity processing in paper wasps. Contact me if interested. Deadline to apply is Dec. 15th 2025. Please share!
#PhDposition #PhD #wasplove
If you are at #SFN2025 and want to hear about the impact of social isolation on face cell-like responses in a face recognizing wasp come to my poster on Monday 1-5, W5.

I‘m also recruiting Phd students (postdocs soon) so come chat if you are interested in joining my lab at WFU.
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Reposted by Chris Jernigan
Our podcast is out! Check out our research @urochester.bsky.social that is decoding how true biohackers called twisted-winged insects control social wasps! #teamwasp #strepsiptera #zombiewasps 🐝🧟‍♀️ Please check out this fantastic initiative by @bugsneedheroes.bsky.social. Thank you for having me!
This episode Amanda and Kelly discuss twisted-wing insects (Strepsiptera) with Dr Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy an assistant professor at the University of Rochester and a Levinson/Shapiro faculty scholar. @avispatica.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at Wake Forest University Fall 2026. Current projects focus on the neurobiology, behavior, and development of identity processing in paper wasps. Contact me if interested. Deadline to apply is Dec. 15th 2025. Please share!
#PhDposition #PhD #wasplove
August 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reposted by Chris Jernigan
Let me introduce our new lab homepage.

www.spatial-navigation.com

We are looking for PhD students and one Postdoc that can start in November 2025.

Contact me if you are in to studying spatial memory of honeybees. @uni-wuerzburg.de
@neuroethology.org
Beetz Lab
Our group studies the neural mechanisms underlying spatial memory in insects. As central place foragers, honeybees begin their foraging trip at a fixed location, i.e., their nest. This site fidelity.....
www.spatial-navigation.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM