{"id":22,"date":"2011-11-07T17:07:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T22:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/hflanzba\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:11:14","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lewellynlab\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

1<\/sup>Butler Summer Institute, 2<\/sup>Honors Thesis, 3<\/sup>National Conference Poster (Drosophila<\/em> Research Conference or ASCB) 4<\/sup>Midwest Drosophila Conference poster 5<\/sup>URC poster 6<\/sup>Big East Research Symposium presentation<\/p>\n

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Current Lab Members<\/u>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Ethan Falconer5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2027<\/p>\n

Ellie Rubin – Biology, Class of 2027<\/p>\n

Abbey Shafier1,4,6<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Biology, Class of 2027<\/p>\n

Macy Bullington1<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Biology, Class of 2028<\/p>\n

Hailey Gerlach1<\/sup> \u2013 Biochemistry, Class of 2028<\/p>\n

Joey Martin – Biology, Class of 2028<\/p>\n

Hayden Pendleton – Biology, Class of 2029<\/p>\n

Lilia Fingerhut – Biology, Class of 2029<\/p>\n

Diego Perez – Park Tudor High School, class of 2027<\/p>\n

Karlie Biddle – Research Assistant<\/p>\n

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May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Front row:<\/em> Molly Kubal, Katie Alexander
\nBack Row:<\/em> Larry Pierce, Macy Bullington, Hailey Gerlach, Abbey Shafier, Hayden Pendleton (Not pictured: Ethan Falconer)<\/p>\n

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Front row:<\/em> (Macy Bullington and Morgan Blakey)
Back Row:<\/em> Hailey Gerlach, Abbey Shafier, Molly Kubal, Katie Alexander, Larry Pierce, and Ethan Falconer)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Butler Undergraduate Student Alumni<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

Nida Khan4<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2019 (MD program, Indiana University)<\/p>\n

Azhar Dalal1<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2019 (completed MD, Indiana University)<\/p>\n

Angie Dusak1,2,4<\/sup>\u00a0 \u2013 Biology, Class of 2019 (completed Master\u2019s program, Nova Southeastern University)<\/p>\n

Zuhayr Sayed – Pharmacy, Class of 2020<\/p>\n

Kara Stark1,2,3,4,5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2020 (PhD program Duke University)
\nAnis Tai \u2013 Pharmacy, Honors Program, Class of 2021<\/p>\n

Josephine Thestrup3,5<\/sup> \u2013 Biochemistry, Class of 2020 (Master\u2019s; PhD program, University of Copenhagen)<\/p>\n

Kirandeep Kaur2,5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2020 (DO program, Marian University)<\/p>\n

Umayr Shaikh1,3,4,5<\/sup> \u2013 Chemistry\/Spanish, Honors Program, Class of 2021 (MPH completed, Dartmouth University;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MD program, Georgetown University)<\/p>\n

Reagan Wolford1<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2021 (currently a Research Assistant)<\/p>\n

Christina Candotti5<\/sup> \u2013\u00a0 Biology, Class of 2020<\/p>\n

Megan Schroeder5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2020 (DO program, Marian University)<\/p>\n

Zoe Herdman1,2,3<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Honors Program, Class of 2022 (currently a Research Assistant)<\/p>\n

Kathleen Sherlock3<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2022 (Nursing program, University of Illinois, Chicago)<\/p>\n

Abby Elsbury5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2022 (PA program Indiana University, Indianapolis)<\/p>\n

Lauren Frank \u2013 Chemistry\/Health Sciences, Class of 2022 (PA program, Butler University)<\/p>\n

Stephanie Pelligrino3<\/sup> \u2013 Health Sciences, Class of 2022 (MD program, Rosalind Franklin University)<\/p>\n

Izzi Jordan3<\/sup> \u2013 Health Sciences, Class of 2023 (DO program, Marian University)<\/p>\n

Rose Meyer5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2023<\/p>\n

Jack Paras1,2,3,5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2023 (MD program, Loyola University)<\/p>\n

Abby Heilman3<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2023 (currently employed at Eli Lilly)<\/p>\n

Sara Lagacy3<\/sup> – Health Sciences, Class of 2024 (Master\u2019s program, University of Cincinnati)<\/p>\n

Colin Flynn \u2013 Biochemistry, Class of 2024 (PhD program, University of Illinois)<\/p>\n

Ally Foster2,3,5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2024 (PA program, Butler University)<\/p>\n

Sara Hunstad – Biology, Class of 2025 (plans to apply to a PhD program)<\/p>\n

Ellery Gaffin3,5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of Dec. 2024 (Honors Program, working at a fertility clinic)<\/p>\n

Max Brasseale \u2013 Biology, Class of Dec. 2024 (Indiana University School of Dentistry)<\/p>\n

Esten Garey1,5<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2025 (plans to apply to MD program)<\/p>\n

Isabella Adams – Health Sciences, Class of 2025 (DO program Marian University)<\/p>\n

Connor Weakland1,3<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2025 (accepted to a PhD program)<\/p>\n

Molly Kubal1,3<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2026 (PhD program at IU Indianapolis)<\/p>\n

Katie Alexander2,3<\/sup> – Biology, Class of 2026 (Veterinary Medicine Purdue University)<\/p>\n

Larry Pierce1<\/sup> \u2013 Biology, Class of 2026 (Indiana University Optometry School)<\/p>\n

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Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant Alumni (Current Position)<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

Rachel Urban (Butler University graduate; PhD program Texas A&M)<\/p>\n

Daniel Adan (Butler University graduate; DO program Marian University)<\/p>\n

James \u201cKenny\u201d Triplett (Bellarmine University graduate; PhD program University of Cincinnati)<\/p>\n

Abby Elsbury (Butler University graduate; PA program Indiana University, Indianapolis)<\/p>\n

Reagan Mozal (Butler University graduate; PhD program Boston College)<\/p>\n

Morgan Blakey – Full-time Research Assistant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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