Current Students

Kadijah Abston
Research Interest: Define the information carriers in semen underlying Pb-induced transgenerational behavioral alterations.

Timothy Anderson
Research Interest: Neurotoxicity of inhaled pesticides

Tyler Bell
Research Interest: Investigating the role of proton sensing G-protein coupled receptors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Janine Cubello
Research Interest: Studying the effects of lead exposure and gestational iron deficiency on neurodevelopment and cellular functioning in the central nervous system.

Ashley Fields, M.S.
Research Interest: Vitamin B6 deficiency during pregnancy: a model to study mechanisms underlying gestational diabetes mellitus

Jakob Gunderson
Research Interest: Investigating the effect of methylmercury on adult Drosophila myogenesis via the Nrf2 pathway

Kelly Hanson, M.S.
Research Interest: Toll-like receptor 4 signaling and fibroblast apoptosis resistance in radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis

Denise Herr, M.S.
Research Interest: The effects of ultrafine particulates from air pollution on the progression of Alzheimer's Disease.

Katrina Jew, M.S.
Research Interest: The effects of ultrafine particles from air pollution on the behavioral and pathological progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Connor McGuire
Research Interest: Studying the ways in which mixtures of thyroid hormone disrupting chemicals alter the development of the immune system in Xenopus laevis.

Keith Morris-Schaffer, M.S.
Research Interest: Investigating the effects of ultrafine particulate matter on cerebellum development and motor behavior.

Brian Palmer, M.S.
Research Interest: Investigating the epidermal penetration of topically applied nanoparticles and the effect they have on skin resident immune cells in a murine model

Mackenzie Palmer
Research Interest: Investigating cellular mechanisms that are involved in the development of radiation-induce pulmonary fibrosis.

Ashley Peppriell
Research Interest: Using the Drosophila model to investigate methylmercury toxicity in developing muscle.

Sarah Phelan, M.S.
Research Interest: Studying the effects of ultraviolet radiation and topically applied nanoparticles

Christina Post, M.S.
Research Interest: Transgenerational exposures as environmental modifiers of immune system function

Ashley Rackow, M.S.
Research Interest: Investigating the dysregulation of metabolic pathways which contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiac and pulmonary fibrosis

Jasmine Reed, M.S.
Research Interest: Investigating the effects of maternal exposure to estrogenic chemicals, including BPA and TBBPA, on reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes.

Timothy Smyth, M.S.
Research Interest: Investigating the effects of diesel exhaust particles on epithelial barrier integrity in the lung.

Keegan Vaughan
Research Interest: Investigating aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulation in hematopoietic stem cells

Candace Wong, M.S.
Research Interest: Studying the effects of ambient ultrafine particles on the biodistribution of tracer nanoparticles in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model.