Spring 2019 Lab Members
Current Lab Members
Kristy Townsend, Ph.D.
Lab head, Faculty PI
460 W. 12th Ave, Columbus OH 43210
Email: kristy.townsend@osumc.edu OR kristy.townsend@maine.edu
Office: 1014 Biomedical Research Tower
Lab: 614-366-9194
Magdalena Blaszkiewicz, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
American Heart Association Post-Doctoral Fellow (2020)
NSF STTR PI (Neuright, Inc.) 2020-21
Formerly: Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE), UMaine
(Ph.D. Defense March 7, 2019)
4150 Pelotonia Research Center
Lab: 614-366-9194
Post Doctoral Scholars
Erica de Sousa, Ph.D., M.S
Postdoctoral Scholar
Formerly: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ph.D. Defense December 8, 2021)
Center for Mathematics, Computing and Cognition, Federal University of ABC, Brazil (M.Sc. Defense April 1, 2016)
Holly Sucharski-Argall, Ph.D., M.S.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Formerly: Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at The Ohio State University (Ph.D. Defense April 1, 2024) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at Vanderbilt University (M.S. Received May 11, 2018)
Graduate Students
Gargi Mishra
Ph.D Student
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB), OSU
Gilian Gunsch
Ph.D Student
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BSGP), OSU
Jake Willows
Ph.D. Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program, OSU (Jan 2022–>)
Previous roles with Townsend Lab: Research Associate, OSU (Aug 2020-Dec 2021)
4+1 Masters Graduate (Defended Fall 2019); School of Biology and Ecology, UMaine
(Formerly: Undergraduate Student Research Assistant, Capstone Student)
Tianyi Tao
Ph.D Student
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB), OSU
Undergraduate Students
Yusra Qadir
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Karierah Humphrey
Clinical Research Assistant, OSU
Vivaan Polkam
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Kaasvi Anshu
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Lindsey Lazor
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Rudra Kamat
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Ashika Batchu
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Emily Lingafelter
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Previous Lab Members
Ethan Larson
Clinical Research Assistant
Angel Rodriguez
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Tinny Mai
Summer Intern, OSU
Joey Ahmann
Summer Research Contributor, College of Wooster
Anvitha Irrinki
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Srihan Anand
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Naeemah Story
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Kofi Mensah-Arhin
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Sabrina DiPietro
Former Lab Manager, Research Associate, OSU
Formerly: Masters Student
School of Biology & Ecology, UMaine
Zahra Alshahal
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Julia Tripodo
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Rheanna Velasquez
Student Lab Manager
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Amy Liu
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Gabriel Jensen
Ph.D. Candidate (defended thesis Spring 2022)
Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE), UMaine
Research Volunteer, OSU (2020-Current)
Valerie Wright
Research Associate, OSU
Samantha Morrison
Student Research Assistant, OSU
Emma Paradie
Research Assistant, OSU
Formerly: 4+1 Masters Student,
Research Assistant and
Honors Student
School of Biology & Ecology, UMaine
Lydia Caron
Assistant SARF Manager, UMaine
Student Research Assistant
Capstone Student
Dylan Taplin
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Honors Student, Top Scholar
Bailey Woodard
Student Lab Manager, UMaine
Student Research Assistant
Honors Student
Josh Passarelli
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Honors Student
Harrison Cyr
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Noelle Leon Palmer
Masters Student
(Defended August 2019)
School of Biology and Ecology, UMaine
Formerly: Honors Student
Cory Johnson
Ph.D. Candidate
(When lab relocated to OSU, transitioned to lab of Josh Kelley at UMaine)
Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, UMaine
(Formerly: Student Research Assistant)
Ashleigh Beaulieu
Masters Student
(Defended July 2020)
Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, UMaine
(Formerly: Student Research Assistant, Capstone Student)
Tolu Esther Adekeye
Masters Student
(When lab relocated to OSU, transitioned to GSBSE PhD in lab of Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, UMaine)
School of Biology & Ecology, UMaine
James Miller
Lab Manager, UMaine
Research Associate
Formerly: Undergraduate research assistant, Capstone student
Sarah Berez
Student Supervisor (Mouse Facility), UMaine
Seth Thomas
Student Research Assistant; UMaine
Capstone Student
Morganne Robinson
Capstone Student, UMaine
Assistant SARF Manager
Student Research Assistant
Matt Karp
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Trevor Morin
Student Research Assistant, Capstone Student, UMaine
Thomas Szewczyk
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Katie Southworth
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Top Scholar
Olivia Stevenson
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Honors Student
Cameron Fudge
Student Supervisor (Mouse Facility), UMaine
Student Research Assistant
Stephanie Anderson
Mouse Facility Assistant, UMaine
Student Research Assistant
Erin Merchant
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Isabelle Stevens
Student Lab Manager, UMaine
Student Research Assistant
Bethany Dudley
Animal Research Assistant, UMaine
Brenna Gerchman
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Histology Research Assistant
Liz Wood
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Honors Student
Victoria Hernandez
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Keenan Knox
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Cordell Beaton
Genotyping Supervisor, UMaine
Student Research Assistant, Capstone Student
Kristen DiBello
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Honors Student
Paul Dillon Kress
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Ana Eliza Souza Cunha
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Amanda L. Dubois
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Callie Greco
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Honors Student
Lila Lyons
Student Lab Manager, UMaine
Student Research Assistant
Carrie Curtis
4+1 Masters Student
(Defended Fall 2017)
School of Biology and Ecology, UMaine
Samuel Borer
Technical Biologist, UMaine
Research Associate
Joshua Havelin, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow (Aug 2019-Apr 2020), UMaine
Former: Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering
(Ph.D. Defense July 18, 2019)
Leah Jennings
Student Research Assistant, UMaine
Previous Group Photos
Spring 2018 Lab Members
Spring 2017 Lab Members
Spring 2017 Lab Outing at the Bangor Escape Rooms!
Honors Students
Josh Passarelli, Lab Research Thesis, 2021 Bailey Woodard, Lab Research Thesis, 2021 Dylan Taplin, Lab Research Thesis, 2021 Emma Paradie, Lab Research Thesis, 2019 – 2020 Emma Garner, Lab Research Thesis, 2018 – 2019Caroline Curtis, Lab Research Thesis, 2016 – 2017
Katie Asalone, Written Thesis, 2016 – 2017
Kristen DiBello, Lab Research Thesis, 2015 – 2017
Cecilia Thomas, Lab Research Thesis, 2015 – 2016
Elizabeth Wood, Lab Research Thesis, 2015 – 2016
Noelle Leon, Written Thesis, 2015 – 2016
Helen Call, Written Thesis, 2015
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