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 junior who just joined the lab and is learning to culture microbes.
will burke
Will is a junior working on pheromonal communication and courtship behavior in axolotls.
aalayna green
Aalayna is a sophomore who is beginning to study pheromone release and dispersal in axolotls.
adam petrucco
Adam recently joined the lab and will be managing our animal facility.
taylor rupp
Taylor is a fourth-year graduate student studying courtship communication in axolotls.
ayley shortridge
Ayley is a junior carrying out bioinformatic work with newts and axolotls.
patric vaelli
Patric is a sixth-year Zoology graduate student who is working with newts. You can read more about his work in his BEACON blog post.
samantha westcott
Samantha is a new graduate student who is interested in toxin production in newts.
recent collaborators
Emma Coddington, Willamette University
James Foster, University of Idaho
Kevin Theis, Wayne State University
