ZENV Lab Alumni

Lab alumni (last 5 years)

Graduate students:

Jennifer Jensen, MS Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology Track, 2023

Thesis: The effects of tributyltin, an endocrine disrupting compound, on zebrafish retinal physiology

 

Maya Sanders, MS Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology Track, 2023

Thesis: The long-term molecular effects of tributyltin on estrogen signaling in the zebrafish retina

 

Maddie Caballero, Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, 2023

Project: Development of the FAST-MC method of rearing zebrafish larvae

 

Annastelle Cohen, MS Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology Track, 2022

Thesis: Long-term molecular effects of developmental estrogen signaling manipulation in the zebrafish retina

 

Mikayla Crowley-Perry, Postbaccalaureate Student 2019 & Laboratory Manager 2021

Project: Zebrafish optomotor response and morphology are altered by transient, developmental exposure to bisphenol-A.

 

Elizabeth Burch, MS Environmental Science 2021

Thesis: Spatial habitat parameters and effects of habitat fragmentation of hypotelminorheic fauna in seepage springs in southeast Washington D.C.

 

Melissa Kennedy, MS Biology 2019

Thesis: Photoreception and the role of serotonin in the photobehaviors of amphipods.

 

Cassie J. Rowe, Ph.D. Behavior Cognition and Neuroscience 2019

Dissertation: Using zebrafish to investigate cognitive deficits and vascular complications associated with type II diabetes.

 

Jenna Wiegand, MS Environmental Science 2019

Thesis: Anatomical and behavioral effects of developmental exposure to decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and 2,4,6,8-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane.

 

Kyle Laurie, Postbaccalaureate Student 2019

Project: Analyzing the impact of hyperglycemia on brain tissue using fast scanning cyclic voltammetry.

 

William Jessup, MS Biology 2018

Thesis: Analyzing the health of the Anacostia River through zebrafish development and behavior

 

Karli Wensel, MS Biology 2018

Thesis: Physiological and behavioral effects of riluzole exposures in wt and sod1 mutant zebrafish

 

Emma Lucore, MS Biology 2018

Thesis: Effects of time to first feeding and opportunity to learn on the survival and growth of zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae

 

Carly Clayman, Ph.D. Behavior Cognition and Neuroscience 2017

Dissertation: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of ethanol and caffeine exposure in juvenile and adult zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Thesis: The role of ethanol pre-exposure in ethanol-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) and reward pathways in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

 

Rebecca Wilken, MS Biology 2017

Thesis: Anatomical and behavioral outcomes of toxicant exposure in the Anacostia river: building a zebrafish (Danio rerio) model of biological river health

 

Undergraduate students:

Becky Harris, BS Biology 2023

Peyman Owrang, BS Biology 2023

Lauren Cassidy, BS Neuroscience 2023

Sofia Romero, BS Biology 2022

Avery Sherffius, BS Environmental Science, BA International Studies 2022

Jill Dunn, BS Biology, 2021

Jude Zeino, BS Public Health, 2021

Rachel Bernardo, BS Public Health 2020

Jeremy Popowitz, BS Biology 2020

Angelo Barberio, BS Biology, 2020

Erica Winston, BS Biology, 2020

Julie Delgado, BS Biology 2018

Elizabeth Schott, BS Biology 2018

Hussain Khalfan, BS Biology 2018

Erin Swartz, BS Biology, 2018

Christina Hwang, BS Biology, 2017

Erin (Ji Won) Shin, BS Biology, 2017

Matt Bunce, BS Biology 2017

Anisa Santiago, BS Public Health, 2017