heather eisthen
As PI, Heather spends too much time at her computer and going to meetings and not enough time at the rig.
zahraa al-tameemi
Zahraa is a senior who is studying skin-associated microbes in our salamanders.
will burke
Will is a senior working on mechanosensory aspects of courtship in axolotls.
brielle dominguez
Brielle is a second-year graduate student studying neural trade-offs inherent in possessing TTX.
adam petrucco
Adam is a senior who manages our animal facility.
roya rochell
Roya is a junior studying secondary metabolites in microbes from newt skin.
taylor rupp
Taylor is a graduate student studying courtship communication and its neural basis in axolotls.
preethi saravanan
Preethi is a sophomore studying secondary metabolites in microbes derived from newt skin.
ayley shortridge
Ayley (seen here in Ecuador last year) is a senior carrying out experiments on electrosensory signaling in axolotls.
cole silva
Cole is a junior who is studying factors contributing to toxicity in newts.
samantha westcott
Samantha is a graduate student who is studying mechanisms underlying toxin production in newts.
recent collaborators
Emma Coddington, Willamette University
James Foster, University of Idaho
Lauren O’Connell, Stanford University
Kevin Theis, Wayne State University
