Graduate Student Research

Ashmika Behere

Research interest: Macroevolution,genomics, herpetology, and genotype to
phenotype questions

Lab:TBD

Undergrad School: University of Kansas

Casey Lambert

Research interest: The microbiome and viral invasion

Lab: TBD

Undergrad School: University of Connecticut, University of
Alabama

Chloe Langride

Research interest: Biochemistry

Lab: TBD

Undergrad School: Marquette University

Jacqueline Kivila

Research interest: Association between disease and changes in nucleic acids and epigenetic processes

Lab: TBD

Undergrad School: Immaculata University, University of Nairobi

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

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

Marissa Allen

Research interest: Prions and microbiology

Lab: TBD

Undergrad School: Metropolitan State University of Denver

Nneamaka Uba

Research interest: Gene expression and bioinformatics

Lab: TBD

Undergrad School: University of Port Harcourt, University of Lagos

Rachael Halby

Research interest: Animal behavior, social support mediation of effects of stress in social insects

Lab: TBD

Undergrad School: Arizona State University

Rita Okeke

Research interest: Antibiotics resistance, bacterial molecular pathogenesis

Lab: TBD

Undergrad School: Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Ryan Cook

Research interest: Evolutionary biology and herpetology, phylogenetics, and
morphological diversity

Lab: TBD

Undergrad School: Auburn University, Villanova University

Ellie Marino

Research interest: The influence of molecular clocks on metabolism and hormonal action

Lab: Dr. Deanna Arble's lab

Undergrad School: Marquette University

Athena Rivera

Research interest: The microbiome and viral invasion

Lab: Dr. Deanna Arble's lab

Undergrad School: Loyola University at New Orleans

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

Richard Melton

Research interest: TBA

Lab: Dr. Krassimira Hristova's

Undergrad School: Clemson University

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

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

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

Sarah Rolli

Research interest: Protein misfolding and neurodegenerative disease

Lab:  Dr. Emily Sontag's lab

Undergrad School: UW-Madison

Kathryn Sullivan

Research interest: TBA

Lab: Dr. Tony Gamble's lab 

Undergrad School: University of Maryland

Sophia Bridwell

Research interest: The evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Lab: Dr. Chris Marshall's lab

Undergrad School: UW-Oshkosh

Kyle Leistikow

Research interest: Disrupting bacterial communication networks to reduce
antimicrobial resistance and disease

Lab: Dr. Krassimira Hristova's

Undergrad School: UW-Madison

Hannah Buchholz

Research interest: Characterizing cellular factors that influence prion formation and propagation

Lab: Dr. Anita Manogaran's lab 

Undergrad School: UW-LaCrosse

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

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

Unmila Jhuti

Research interest: Adult neurodegeneration using a fruit fly gene called 'dropdead'

Lab: Dr. Edward Blumenthal's lab

Undergrad School: University of Dhaka

Research interest: Metabolic and circadian control of breathing 

Lab: Dr. Deanna Arble's lab

Undergrad School: Augustana College

Adam Knier

Research interest: Amyloid formation, remodeling, and removal

Lab: Dr. Anita Manogaran's lab 

Undergrad School: UW-Milwaukee

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

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

Nick Sepulveda

Research interest: The negative impact of temperature stress on male fertility

Lab:Dr. Lisa Petrella's lab 

Undergrad School: Juniata College

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

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

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

Research interest: Functional ecology

Lab: Dr. Stefan Schnitzer's lab 

Undergrad School: University of São Paulo