Lab Members

¹Butler Summer Institute, ²Honors Thesis, ³National Conference Poster (Drosophila Research Conference or ASCB) ⁴Midwest Drosophila Conference poster ⁵URC poster

 

Current Lab Members 

Molly Kubal¹ – Biology, Class of 2026

Macy Bullington – Biology, Class of 2028

Katie Alexander² – Biology, Class of 2026

Larry Pierce¹ – Biology, Class of 2026

Ethan Falconer – Biology, Class of 2027

Abbey Shafier^1,5 – Biology, Class of 2027

Hailey Gerlach – Biochemistry, Class of 2027

Morgan Blakey – Full-time Research Assistant

 

Butler Undergraduate Student Alumni

Nida Khan⁴ – Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2019 (MD program, Indiana University)

Azhar Dalal¹ – Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2019 (completed MD, Indiana University)

Angie Dusak^1,2,4  – Biology, Class of 2019 (completed Master’s program, Nova Southeastern University)

Zuhayr Sayed – Pharmacy, Class of 2020

Kara Stark^1,2,3,4,5 – Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2020 (PhD program Duke University)
Anis Tai – Pharmacy, Honors Program, Class of 2021

Josephine Thestrup^3,5 – Biochemistry, Class of 2020 (Master’s; PhD program, University of Copenhagen)

Kirandeep Kaur^2,5 – Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2020 (DO program, Marian University)

Umayr Shaikh^1,3,4,5 – Chemistry/Spanish, Honors Program, Class of 2021 (MPH completed, Dartmouth University;        MD program, Georgetown University)

Reagan Wolford¹ – Biology, Class of 2021 (currently a Research Assistant)

Christina Candotti⁵ –  Biology, Class of 2020

Megan Schroeder⁵ – Biology, Class of 2020 (DO program, Marian University)

Zoe Herdman^1,2,3 – Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2022 (currently a Research Assistant)

Kathleen Sherlock³ – Biology, Class of 2022 (Nursing program, University of Illinois, Chicago)

Abby Elsbury⁵ – Biology, Class of 2022 (PA program Indiana University, Indianapolis)

Lauren Frank – Chemistry/Health Sciences, Class of 2022 (PA program, Butler University)

Stephanie Pelligrino³ – Health Sciences, Class of 2022 (MD program, Rosalind Franklin University)

Izzi Jordan³ – Health Sciences, Class of 2023 (DO program, Marian University)

Rose Meyer⁵ – Biology, Class of 2023

Jack Paras^1,2,3,5 – Biology, Class of 2023 (MD program, Loyola University)

Abby Heilman³ – Biology, Class of 2023 (currently employed at Eli Lilly)

Sara Lagacy³ – Health Sciences, Class of 2024 (Master’s program, University of Cincinnati)

Colin Flynn – Biochemistry, Class of 2024 (PhD program, University of Illinois)

Ally Foster^2,3,5 – Biology, Class of 2024 (PA program, Butler University)

Sara Hunstad – Biology, Class of 2025 (plans to apply to a PhD program)

Ellery Gaffin^3,5 – Biology, Class of Dec. 2024 (Honors Program, working at a fertility clinic)

Max Brasseale – Biology, Class of Dec. 2024 (accepted to dental school)

Esten Garey^1,5 – Biology, Class of 2025 (plans to apply to MD program)

Isabella Adams – Health Sciences, Class of 2025 (accepted to MD/DO program)

Connor Weakland^1,3 – Biology, Class of 2025 (accepted to a PhD program)

 

Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant Alumni (Current Position)

Rachel Urban (Butler University graduate; PhD program Texas A&M)

Daniel Adan (Butler University graduate; DO program Marian University)

James “Kenny” Triplett (Bellarmine University graduate; PhD program University of Cincinnati)

Abby Elsbury (Butler University graduate; PA program Indiana University, Indianapolis)

Reagan Mozal (Butler University graduate; PhD program Boston College)