
Kelly A. McLaughlin, Ph.D
Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor of Biology |
Forms and procedures for current graduate students:
- Graduate Student Committee Meetings
- Student Progress Form
- Overview of General Graduate Courses
Check back for additional documents. |
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Ranjith Anand
(Doctoral Candidate-6th year)
Mahatma Gandhi University, B.Sc Pondicherry University, M.Sc
Freudenreich Laboratory |

Minda Berbeco
(Doctoral Candidate-4th year)
Carnegie Mellon, B.S.
Orians Laboratory |

Jessica Brubaker
(Doctoral Candidate-2nd year)
Towson University, B.S.
Romero Laboratory
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Colleen Butler
(Doctoral Candidate-3rd Year)
Boston University, B.A.
Orians Laboratory |

Shoshoni Caine
(Doctoral Candidate-4th year)
Bates College, B.S.
McLaughlin Laboratory |

David DesRochers
(Doctoral Candidate-6th year)
St. Anselm College, B.A. The College of William & Mary, M.A.
Reed Laboratory |

Molly Dickens
(Doctoral Candidate-5th year)
Cornell University, B.S.
Romero Laboratory |

Carolyn Gaydos
(Doctoral Candidate-6th year)
Boston College, B.S.
McLaughlin Laboratory |

Ronald
"Jason" Heustis
(Doctoral Candidate-4th year)
St. Louis University, B.S. Biology & B.A. Chemistry
& Political Science)
Fuhrman
Laboratory |

Nealia House
(Thesis Masters-3rd year)
Smith College, B.A.
Freudenreich Laboratory |

Daniel Kane
(Doctoral Candidate-3rd year)
Ball State University, B.S.
McVey Laboratory |

Sasha Keyel
(Doctoral Candidate-2nd year)
Arizona State University, B.S.
Reed Laboratory |

Huai-Ti Lin
(Doctoral Candidate-3rd year)
U.Mass.Amherst, B.S. Physics
Trimmer Laboratory |

Jenny Lenkowski
(Doctoral Candidate-5th year)
Brown University, B.S.
McLaughlin Laboratory |

Jocelyn Muller
(Doctoral Candidate-5th year)
Hiram College, B.A. Biology and German
Astier Almedom |

Kartik Shah
(Doctoral Candidate-2nd year)
C.M.R. College of Engineering & Technology (India), B.S.
Mirkin Laboratory |

Michael Simon
(Doctoral Candidate-5th year)
Rice University, B.S. Elec. Engr. and B.A. Economics
Trimmer Laboratory |

Adam South
(Doctoral Candidate-3rd year)
Earlham College, B.A.
Lewis Laboratory |

Ayron Strauch
(Doctoral Candidate-4th year)
Washington University, B.A. Biology, Anthropology; Tufts University, M.S. Biology
Astier Almedom |

Priya Sundararanjan
(Doctoral Candidate-8th year)
University of Madras, B.Sc
Pondicherry University, M.Sc
Freudenreich Laboratory |

Christine Surka
(Doctoral Candidate-2nd year)
Brandeis University, B.S.
Mirkin Laboratory
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Brian Tavernia
(Doctoral Candidate-5th year)
Muhlenberg College, B.S.
Reed Laboratory |

Alexandra Thorn
(Doctoral Candidate-4th year)
Wellesley College, B.A.
Orians Laboratory |

Natasha Tigreros
(Doctoral Candidate-2nd year)
Universidad del Valle (Colombia), B.S.
Lewis Laboratory |

Adam Thomas
(Thesis Masters-2nd year)
Boston University, B.A.
McVey Laboratory
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Linnea van Griethuijsen
(Doctoral Candidate-3rd year)
Wageningen University, The Netherlands, MSc
Trimmer
Laboratory |

Susan Weiner
(Doctoral Candidate-4th year)
Brandeis, B.S. Biology & Jewish Studies
Starks Laboratory |

Noah
Wilson-Rich
(Doctoral Candidate-5th year)
Northeastern University, B.S.
Starks Laboratory |

Jiahui Yang
(Doctoral Candidate-7th year)
Nankai University, B.S.
Freudenreich
Laboratory |

Amy Yu
(Doctoral Candidate-4th Year)
M.I.T., B.S. Humanities & Science
McVey Laboratory |
Visiting Graduate Students |

Irina Voineagu
(Doctoral Candidate-6th year)
Visiting Graduate Student from University of Illinois at Chicago
Mirkin Laboratory
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Recent Graduates |

Melinda Franceschini, PhD
"Glucocorticoids and Wildlife Health: Evaluating the Stress of Translocation and Chronic Contaminant Exposure" |

Nina Mallozzi, Thesis MS
"Effect of NO on Nerves and Muscles Involved in Gustation in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta" |

Randi Rotjan, PhD
"The patterns, causes, and consequences of parrotfish corallivory in Belize" |

Tatyana Fedina, PhD
"Sexual selection in flour beetles: cryptic female choice of mates" |

Steven Untersee, PhD
"Effects of encapsulated development and larval dispersal on susceptibility to phenol and copper for
marine gastropods (Ilyanassa obsolete, Nucella lapillus, Crepidula fornicate, and C. convexa)" |

Yaguang Si, PhD
"Metabolic Engineering of Adipocyte Lipid and Energy Balance" |

Nicole E. Cyr, PhD
“The effect of acute and chronic stress on the first and second waves
of the stress response in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)” |

Christina Bracken, Thesis MS
"Creating an embryonic kidney: The role of BMP signaling during patterning and
differentiation of pronephric tissue in Xenopus laevis" |

Haihua Zhang, PhD
"An AT-Rich Sequence in Human Common Fragile sites
FRA16D Causes Fork Stalling and Chromosome Breakage in
S. cerevisiae" |

Olivia Ambrogio, PhD
"The potential influence of reproductive systems and
behavior on mate finding and choice in two sex-changing
snails, Crepidula fornicata and Crepidula
convexa" |
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