TEAM MEMBERS
We are currently accepting motivated Marian University students to join the team!! Contact Drs. Chan or Staab for more information.
MEMBERS
Current
Chelsey Arvin MD '25
Khadijah Guisse '24
Laphat Jean '25
Jayci Mead '24
Ainsley Neighbors, '24
Zachary Sibila '24
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Marian University Alumni
Alexander Abatayo '23 - Marian University
Melissa Guillen '23 - Marian University
Grace Harmon '22 - Lincoln Memorial College of Osteopathic Medicine
Grace McIntyre '22 - Graduate school at Michigan University
Nathaniel Marks '22 - Marian University
Erin Oleksak '23 - Marian University
Emily Varrasso '22 - Marian University
Hope Waters MA '22 - Clinical Research
Juniata College Alumni
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Anastasia Ardasheva '17, Research Associate, Yale University
Samantha Acri '18 - pursuing biostatistics research
Samantha Bromley '20 - Lock Haven PA school
Jaylene Brown '16 - 2015 HHMI Genomics Leadership Initiative Fellow - Research Technician, Graduate student at George Washington University
Jamey Brumbaugh '18 - Currently pursuing other projects
Joshua Brycki '21 - Juniata College - CSI laboratories
Steven Chuh '18, Post bac, Wash U in Saint Louis
Cade Emlet '20 - Juniata College
Luke Gangi-Wellman '16 - Grad Student in Neuroscience, University of Utah
Cantin Gillen '15
Brandon Hark '15 - Med Student, PECOM
Kyle Heasley '18 - Veterinary School, Ohio State University
Hannah Hrobuchak '17, Med Student, Thomas and Jefferson
Azia Kalil '20 - Juniata College
Colin Laubach '17 - pursuing environmental science research
Abigail Luensmann '21
Claudia Meyer '18 (2017 summer fellow) - ASCB travel award winner, NIH Cancer Training Award Fellow at NCI
Alison Moats '19 - Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins
Joshua Muffie '18 (2017 summer fellow)
Danielle Murphy '18
Abby Nolan '15 - 2014 HHMI Genomics Leadership Initiative Fellow, Pharmacy School, University of North Carolina
Margaret Peck '21 - Juniata College - Admitted to Dental School
Soumya Polavarapu '19 (2017 summer fellow) - Medical Student, LECOM
Joycelyn Radney '18
Alejandro Salguero Jimenez (Spain) (Fall 2013) - Grad student, Spain
Lexi Schmidt '16 - Grad student in Human Genetics Program at Univ. of Pittsburgh
Prayushi Sharma '22
Dain Shirmer '21
Dustin Servello '16 - 2014, 2015 HHMI Genomics Leadership Initiative Fellow - Grad Student, Ohio State University
Curtiz Wentz '19 (2017 summer fellow) - GSA and ASCB travel award winner - Medical School, West Virginia University
Julia Witkowski '21 - - Juniata College
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Claudia, Soumya and Curtis presenting at the 2017 International C. elegans meeting in LA!
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Want to join the team?
If you are interested in research, and want to join this group of students, please fill out a lab application below (LAB FORM) and email it to me. I am always looking for motivated students interested in exploring the links between the environment and animal physiology, using cellular, molecular, genomics, and behavioral techniques.
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SUMMER RESEARCH. If you are interested in applying for a summer research position, please complete this application