Graduate Student Research
Ashmika Behere
Research interest: Macroevolution,genomics, herpetology, and genotype to phenotype questions
Lab:TBD
Undergrad School: University of Kansas
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Casey Lambert
Research interest: The microbiome and viral invasion
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: University of Connecticut, University of Alabama
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Chloe Langride
Research interest: Biochemistry
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: Marquette University
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Jacqueline Kivila
Research interest: Association between disease and changes in nucleic acids and epigenetic processes
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: Immaculata University, University of Nairobi
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Juan Pablo Narvaez Repizo
Research interest: Tree-liana interactions, liana mortality; recruitment processes of lianas in tropical forests
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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Maggie Kemp
Research interest: Application of statistical theoretical approaches to ecological research and creating field guides for butterflies and other insects
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: Marquette University
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Marissa Allen
Research interest: Prions and microbiology
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Nneamaka Uba
Research interest: Gene expression and bioinformatics
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: University of Port Harcourt, University of Lagos
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Rachael Halby
Research interest: Animal behavior, social support mediation of effects of stress in social insects
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: Arizona State University
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Rita Okeke
Research interest: Antibiotics resistance, bacterial molecular pathogenesis
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Ryan Cook
Research interest: Evolutionary biology and herpetology, phylogenetics, and morphological diversity
Lab: TBD
Undergrad School: Auburn University, Villanova University
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Ellie Marino
Research interest: The influence of molecular clocks on metabolism and hormonal action
Lab: Dr. Deanna Arble's lab
Undergrad School: Marquette University
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Athena Rivera
Research interest: The microbiome and viral invasion
Lab: Dr. Deanna Arble's lab
Undergrad School: Loyola University at New Orleans
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Cole Doolittle
Research interest: Influence of ecological disturbances on local biodiversity and species interactions
Lab: Dr. Joe LaManna's lab
Undergrad School: Olivet Nazarene University
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Justin Nguyen
Research interest: How gut bacteria influence social behavior using the Western honeybee
Lab: Dr. Chelsea Cook's lab
Undergrad School: Loyola University Chicago
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Kristen Quaglia
Research interest: The role of programmed cell death in maintaining fertility in C. elegans at elevated temperatures
Lab: Dr. Lisa Petrella's lab
Undergrad School: University of Minnesota
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Claire Radtke
Research interest: How protein misfolding leads to disease
Lab: Dr. Anita Manogaran's lab
Undergrad School: Lake Superior Univ. at Saulte Ste. Marie
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Sarah Rolli
Research interest: Protein misfolding and neurodegenerative disease
Lab: Dr. Emily Sontag's lab
Undergrad School: UW-Madison
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Kathryn Sullivan
Research interest: TBA
Lab: Dr. Tony Gamble's lab
Undergrad School: University of Maryland
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Sophia Bridwell
Research interest: The evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria
Lab: Dr. Chris Marshall's lab
Undergrad School: UW-Oshkosh
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Kyle Leistikow
Research interest: Disrupting bacterial communication networks to reduce antimicrobial resistance and disease
Lab: Dr. Krassimira Hristova's
Undergrad School: UW-Madison
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Hannah Buchholz
Research interest: Characterizing cellular factors that influence prion formation and propagation
Lab: Dr. Anita Manogaran's lab
Undergrad School: UW-LaCrosse
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Nicholas Schneider
Research interest: Drug-like molecule development to help study pyruvate carboxylase and treatment of associated diseases
Lab: Dr. Martin St. Maurice's lab
Undergrad School: Marquette University
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Madison Sutton
Research interest: The influence of climate on songbird survival, distributions, and behavior
Lab: Dr. Joe LaManna's lab
Undergrad School: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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Unmila Jhuti
Research interest: Adult neurodegeneration using a fruit fly gene called 'dropdead'
Lab: Dr. Edward Blumenthal's lab
Undergrad School: University of Dhaka
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Aaron Jones
Research interest: Metabolic and circadian control of breathing
Lab: Dr. Deanna Arble's lab
Undergrad School: Augustana College
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Adam Knier
Research interest: Amyloid formation, remodeling, and removal
Lab: Dr. Anita Manogaran's lab
Undergrad School: UW-Milwaukee
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Amanda Laseke
Research interest: Studying dynamic conformational changes and allosteric regulation of pyruvate carboxylase
Lab:Dr. Martin St. Maurice's lab
Undergrad School: UW-Madison
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Huy Phan
Research interest: The interaction between reactive oxygen species and antioxidants in regulating plant survivability under cold stress
Lab: Dr. Michael Schläppi's lab
Undergrad School: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Wauwatosa, WI
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Nick Sepulveda
Research interest: The negative impact of temperature stress on male fertility
Lab:Dr. Lisa Petrella's lab
Undergrad School: Juniata College
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Nasim Maghboli Balasjin
Research interest: Improving rice cold tolerance through plant growth promoting bacteria
Lab: Dr. Michael Schläppi's lab
Undergrad School: Islamic Azad University (Tehran-Medical branch), Alzahra University
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David Defilippis
Research interest: Uncovering the patterns and processes that control the maintenance of species diversity, their abundance, and distribution
Lab: Dr. Stefan Schnitzer's lab
Undergrad School: UW-Milwaukee
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Michael Hunsberger
Research interest: Changing BK K+ channel expression patterns contribute to changes in cellular excitability and increased seizure susceptibility in the neonatal brain
Lab:Dr. Michelle Mynlieff's lab
Undergrad School: UW-Stevens Point
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