Kostas joined the Whited Lab in the 2016 to lead a collaborative project with Mike Levin’s group at the Allen Discovery Center, Tufts University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Dayton in the lab of Dr. Panagiotis Tsonis. After a postdoctoral research position in the lab of Dr. Joanna Jankowsky at Baylor, Kostas is now reunited with salamanders.