Lab alumni (last 5 years)
Graduate students:
Annastelle Cohen, MS Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology Track
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.
Current Position: Medical Student at Upstate Medical University College of Medicine.
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.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation at Walter Reed Hospital, Department of Surgery
Jenna Wiegand, MS Environmental Science 2019
Thesis: Anatomical and behavioral effects of developmental exposure to decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and 2,4,6,8-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane.
Current Position: Ph.D student at University of California, Riverside
Kyle Laurie, Postbaccalaureate Student 2019
Project: Analyzing the impact of hyperglycemia on brain tissue using fast scanning cyclic voltammetry.
Current Position: Research Fellow at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
William Jessup, MS Biology 2018
Thesis: Analyzing the health of the Anacostia River through zebrafish development and behavior
Current Position: Data and Reporting Analyst at Urban Land Institute
Karli Wensel, MS Biology 2018
Thesis: Physiological and behavioral effects of riluzole exposures in wt and sod1 mutant zebrafish
Current Position: Ph.D Student at Georgetown University
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
Current Position: High School Biology Teacher at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
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)
Current Position: Data Analytics MS Student at Penn State
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
Current Position: Senior Scientist at Exponent, Inc
Matt LeFauve, MS Biology, 2016
Thesis: Impacts of heavy metals on gross morphology and visual behavior in zebrafish
Current Position: Ph.D Student at George Washington University
April Meier, MA Biology, 2016
Thesis: A color processing review of the zebrafish retina
Mandy Ng, MS Biology, 2016
Thesis: The effects of chemotherapeutic drugs on zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae
Current Position: Research Assistant at the University of Maryland
Ryan O’Donnell, MS Biology, 2015
Thesis: Large scale in vivo zebrafish screen of small molecule glutamate agonists
Current Position: Cardiovascular Engineering Research Lab at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Masha Reider, Ph.D. Behavior Cognition and Neuroscience 2014
Dissertation: Brain and behavior development in hypothyroid zebrafish
Current Position: Associate Director of Analytic Operations / Media Analytics at Conversant LLC
Zaid Tanvir, MS Biology, 2013
Thesis: ERG analysis of on-center bipolar cell function in glucose-treated zebrafish
Current Position: Working Group on New TB Drugs at TB Alliance
Chioma Aligbe, MS Biology, 2013
Thesis: Effects of the new generation hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, Oxyvita™, on pial artery diameter in healthy rats (Rattus norvegicus)
Current Position: Product Characterization Manager at Emergent Biosolutions
Marco Pelli, MS Environmental Science, 2013
Thesis: Behavioral changes in adult guppies as a result of fluoxetine exposure
Current Position: Professor at St. Catherine’s Moorlands School
Recent undergraduate students:
Sofia Romero, BS Biology 2022
Avery Sherffius, BS Environmental Science, BA International Studies 2022
Rachel Bernardo, BS Public Health 2020
Senior Capstone: Transient developmental exposure to tributyltin (TBT) alters short-term visually guided behaviors and morphology in larval zebrafish (Danio reiro).
Current Position: Clinical Research Coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeremy Popowitz, BS Biology, 2020
Current Position: Post-baccalaureate Researcher at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Farrell Lab)
Angelo Barberio, BS Biology, 2020
Current Position: Medical Scribe at George Washington Medical Faculty Associates (COVID-19 Center)
Julie Delgado, BS Biology 2018
Current Position: Ph.D Student at University of Massachusetts
Elizabeth Schott, BS Biology 2018
Current Position: Senior Program Assistant at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Hussain Khalfan, BS Biology 2018
Current Position: Director of Operations at Big Apple Visual Group
Erin Swartz, BS Biology, 2018
Current Position: Genetic Counseling MS Student at Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Undergraduate students:
Jill Dunn, BS Biology, 2021
Jude Zeino, BS Public Health, 2021
Erica Winston, BS Biology, 2020
Angelo Barberio, BS Biology, 2020
Christina Hwang, BS Biology, 2017
Erin (Ji Won) Shin, BS Biology, 2017
Matt Bunce, BS Biology 2017
Anisa Santiago, BS Public Health, 2017
Julia MacDougall, BS Biology, 2016
Emily Gerardi, BS Biology, 2015
Gabrielle Essix, BS Public Health 2015
Juana Cerna Sanchez, BS Public Health, 2015
Elizabeth Davidson, BS Public Health, 2015
Carly Slack, BS Biology 2014
Eli McComb, BS Biology 2013
Lila Reiber, BS Biology, 2013