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