Spring 2018 Lab Outing
Current Lab Members
Kristy Townsend, Ph.D.
Lab head, Faculty PI
301 Hitchner Hall
301 Hitchner Hall
Email: kristy.townsend@maine.edu
Office: 207-581-2541
Lab: 207-581-2545
Magda Blaszkiewicz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, OSU
American Heart Association Post-Doctoral Fellow (2020-relinquished)
NSF STTR PI (Neuright, Inc.) 2020-Current
Formerly: Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE), UMaine
(Ph.D. Defense March 7, 2019)
307 Hitchner Hall
Office: 207-581-2545
Staff
Jake Willows
Research Associate, OSU
4+1 Masters Graduate (Defended Fall 2019)
School of Biology and Ecology
(Formerly: Student Research Assistant, Capstone Student)
Sabrina Dipietro
Lab Manager, OSU
Formerly: Masters Student
School of Biology & Ecology
Emma Paradie
Research Assistant, OSU
Formerly: 4+1 Masters Student
School of Biology & Ecology
Student Research Assistant
Honors Student
Bailey Woodard
Student Lab Manager, UMaine
Student Research Assistant
Honors Student
Graduate Students
Gabriel Jensen
Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE), UMaine
Volunteer, OSU (2020-Current)
Cameron Ford
Ph.D. Student
Neuroscience, OSU
Undergraduate Students
Josh Passarelli
Student Research Assistant
Undergraduate Honors Student
Lydia Caron
Assistant SARF Manager
Student Research Assistant
Capstone Student
Harrison Cyr
Student Research Assistant
Seth Thomas
Student Research Assistant
Capstone Student
Dylan Taplin
Student Research Assistant
Undergraduate Honors Student, Top Scholar
Previous Lab Members
Noelle Leon Palmer
Masters Student
(Defended August 2019)
School of Biology and Ecology
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
(Formerly: Student Research Assistant)
Ashleigh Beaulieu
Masters Student
(Defended July 2020)
Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
(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
James Miller
Lab Manager
Research Associate
Formerly: Undergraduate research assistant, Capstone student
Sarah Berez
Student Supervisor (Mouse Facility)
Morganne Robinson
Capstone Student
Assistant SARF Manager
Student Research Assistant
Matt Karp
Student Research Assistant
Trevor Morin
Student Research Assistant, Capstone Student
Thomas Szewczyk
Student Research Assistant
Katie Southworth
Student Research Assistant
Top Scholar
Olivia Stevenson
Student Research Assistant
Undergraduate Honors Student
Cameron Fudge
Student Supervisor (Mouse Facility)
Student Research Assistant
Stephanie Anderson
Mouse Facility Assistant
Student Research Assistant
Erin Merchant
Student Research Assistant, Honors Student
Isabelle Stevens
Student Lab Manager
Student Research Assistant
Bethany Dudley
Animal Research Assistant
Brenna Gerchman
Student Research Assistant
Histology Research Assistant
Liz Wood
Student Research Assistant
Honors Student
Victoria Hernandez
Student Research Assistant
Keenan Knox
Student Research Assistant
Cordell Beaton
Genotyping Supervisor
Student Research Assistant, Capstone Student
Kristen DiBello
Student Research Assistant
Honors Student
Paul Dillon Kress
Student Research Assistant
Ana Eliza Souza Cunha
Student Research Assistant
Amanda L. Dubois
Student Research Assistant
Callie Greco
Student Research Assistant
Honors Student
Lila Lyons
Student Lab Manager
Student Research Assistant
Carrie Curtis
4+1 Masters Student
(Defended Fall 2017)
School of Biology and Ecology
Samuel Borer
Technical Biologist
Research Associate
Joshua Havelin, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow (Aug 2019-Apr 2020)
Former: Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering
(Ph.D. Defense July 18, 2019)
Leah Jennings
Student Research Assistant
Previous Group Photos
Spring 2017 Lab Members
Spring 2017 Lab Outing at the Bangor Escape Rooms!
Honors Students
Olivia Stevenson, Lab Research Thesis, 2019 – current
Emma Paradie, Lab Research Thesis, 2019 – current
Emma Garner, Lab Research Thesis, 2018 – 2019
Callie Greco, Lab Research Thesis, 2017 (Dec)
Caroline 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
Helen Call, Written Thesis, 2015
Noelle Leon, Written Thesis, 2015 – 2016
Capstone Students
Morganne Robinson, 2019 – current
Trevor Morin, 2018 – 2019
Cameron Fudge, 2017 – 2018
Krystyna Rybka, SBE 2017 – 2018
Ashleigh Beaulieu, Psychology (co-advised by Dr. Fremouw) 2017 – 2018
Stephen Waible, SBE 2017 – 2018
Jake Willlows, SBE 2017 – 2018
Cory Johnson, SBE 2017 – 2018
Ryan Anderson, MBS 2017
Dillon Kress, SBE 2016 – 2017
Cordell Beaton, SBE 2016 – 2017
Amy Lamore, MBS 2016 – 2017
Christian Labonte, SBE 2016
Jillian Gori, SBE 2016 – 2017
Ashley Ronzo, SBE 2016 – 2017
Sigi Koizar, SBE 2016 – 2017
Cecilia Thomas, SBE 2015 – 2016
Erik Holmsen, SBE 2015 – 2016
James Miller, SBE 2015 – 2016
